Neil Montgomery is an Australian caver who (it is claimed by the aussies) first coined the phrase Single Rope Technique (SRT) back in 1977 - sorry tree climbers, you did not invent SRT!
If you missed the comment from Jerry Lynch regarding a proposed splicing workshopin Dunedin later in the year - see the comment below.
This is an excellent idea of Jerry's! Apart from the cross-pollination of ideas (as alluded to in yesterdays
Treeskills founder, Roger Gale dropped in to Treetools over the weekend to say hello. Before too long we got to talking about the Arborcamp Workshop held recently at Mt Stuart Reserve south west of Dunedin.
The workshop was conducted by Drew Bristow and Johno Smith representing DB Tree and covered off ..
Regular visitors to Treetools will have noticed slight changes to the website navigation over the last few weeks. This evening we have changed over the complete site to a new format to make it easier for customers to find products and to better reflect the emphasis of Treetools - high ..
The new generation Stihl Advance Class 1 chainsaw trousers we blogged about late May are now in stock. These new trousers are definitely 'light in weight' when compared to similar spec'ed trousers and are likely to be ..
We have had a quick note from Chrissy and it appears she gained the most points in the preliminary round of the women's division - bodes well for the Worlds! As a wild card entry in the European Tree Climbing Competition, Chrissy could not compete in the Masters.
Unofficial ETCC ..
2010 Asia-Pacific TCC women's representative Chrissy Spence is due to compete in the European TCCtomorrow. This years European Tree Climbing Competition will be held in the Czech Republic city of Prague.
Chrissy has been traveling in Europe over ..
The splicing of friction cords has become are a matter of contention in tree climbing circles over recent months - Treetools inadvertently 'fueled the fire' when we published this blog.
The debate centers around the fact that some climbers are splicing Class II double braid (High Molecular/Aramid ..
The DMM Impact Block we blogged about late May have certainly created an impact! The design is excellent and the overall finish puts them in the 'must have' bracket for gear freaks! But… ..
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