First Christian Church in Kent

In honor of the North American Tree Climbing Championship hosted by Davey Tree this weekend, here's a fun fact:
We have a very famous tree on the church property!
The story behind this Cucumber tree is that from 1920 to 1937 every Davey employee who attended the Davey Institute of Tree Sciences training program faced climbing its slick trunk as one of the program’s “exams.” As a result, Ripley’s Believe it or Not declared the tree the most-climbed tree in the U.S. Here, Long-time Davey employee and trainer Wh**ey Myers demonstrates the heel-to-toe, wrap-around climbing method students used. Per the plaque, the tree, located in Kent, Ohio, was officially retired in 1952.
The child holding the plaque is Cecil Davey-Giltz, daughter of Martin L. Davey, Jr.