Fabien Roser

Climbing arborist based in Saint-Sauves-d'Auvergne, at the foot of the Sancy.

Climbing is the long way round. A cherry picker is quicker — when it fits. A digger does the job — when the ground can take it. Fabien goes up on a rope because it is often the only way to work a tree without wrecking what surrounds it: the garden, the wall, the power line — and the tree itself.

Respect for nature and safety sit at the heart of every job. Sound pruning doesn't tear at a tree, it works with it. Rigged dismantling lowers each section one at a time, on a rope, breaking nothing below.

And when a storm comes through — Fabien picks up the phone at any hour — for town councils, for the fire service, for households. A tree across a road cannot wait until Monday morning.