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Zane Wedding upsets the apple cart with his Unicender antics

Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, October 27, 2012

Unicender (and Single Line Work Positioning) advocate Zane Wedding felt the wrath of NZ TCC organizer Mat Palmer at the climber de-brief session this evening (see FB post below as a precursor).

Here's how things unfolded.

Zane presented the Unicender at Gear Check on Friday evening where his full kit was passed. ..

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Whiptail stitched terminations produce good break-test results

Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, October 21, 2012

Treetools will commence sales of locally produced stitched rope terminations next month. The 'Whiptail' terminations are manufactured in Auckland by custom rope stitching company Shift 2. Stitched terminations will compliment the splicing work currently undertaken for Treetools by DB Tree (not all ropes can be spliced).

Shift 2 have their own ..

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Silky Japan get in behind NZ TCC climbers

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, October 18, 2012

Thanks to Silky Japan and a lot of leg work by Silex (Silky NZ), a number of qualifying competitors in the 2012 NZ National TCC, scheduled for the weekend of 27-28 October in Wellington, will be sporting unique 'toothless' Silky Tsurugi 300 competition saws - ..

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Hitch Hiker update

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, October 16, 2012

The Hitch Hiker is bit of a hard one to get your head around (at first). We all possibly felt that way about the Rope Wrench (I honestly don't recall - it seems so long ago!).

The Hitch Hiker is a little foreign in that it combines the friction hitch and ..

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Re-worked Petzl Croll for 2013

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, October 15, 2012

Petzl have re-worked a couple of their old faithfuls; the Croll and Pantin, due for launch first quarter 2013 (we believe).

On first sighting, the Croll prototype has a more 'finished' look than its predecessor. The edges are rounded and rope friendly (almost DMM-like) ..

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Excellent Platinum review by Ontario Climber, Cary Gibson

Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, October 13, 2012

Here's some Single Line viewing for a Saturday afternoon!

In the link above, Ontario Climber Cary Gibson films his first use of the revolutionary Teufelberger Platinum we first blogged about early October - see previous post here. ..

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Hitch Hiker trials begin in New Zealand

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, October 12, 2012

The Ropetek Hitch Hiker has landed!

Trails begin immediately in preparation for the Arb Tradeshow at the 2012 NZ Arbor Conference in Wellington later this month.

On first viewing, the Hitch Hiker is compact yet quite heavy.

Most of the weight is probably in the steel Triact Petzl Oxan Oval carabiner ..

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More on TreeMOTION harness adjustments

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, October 10, 2012

The TreeMOTION tree climbing harness has so many adjustment options personalization can get a little daunting for a new owner.

Climbers visiting Treetools to purchase their new TreeMOTION have the opportunity to try various options and adjustments before they leave the store but website buyers don't get ..

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Legends Foundation provide excellent backgrounder to Nationals

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, October 08, 2012

Legends Foundation trustee Neal Harding has posted and excellent update on the Scott Forrest Legends Foundation website covering the lead-up to the 2012 NZ Arbor/Husqvarna NZ National TCC at the end of the month in Wellington.

The Auckland Regional TCC seems so long ago it's hard to remember exactly who the ..

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TreeMOTION leg loops: how tight should they be?

Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, October 06, 2012

One of the advantages of photographing the various Regional TCC around the country is the opportunity it provides to catch up with Treetools customers.

Last weekend I managed to spend a few minutes with up-and-coming tree climber Ethan Martin who works for Brendon Bellamy's Tricky Tree Specialists in New Plymouth.

Ethan had ..

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