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Caution advised when using the Singing Tree Rope Wrench

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, December 08, 2011

The Singing Tree Rope Wrench is slowly making its presence felt in the New Zealand tree climbing market following extensive promotion out of the United States.

The Kevin Bingham designed device allows for ascending and descending on a stationery single line when used in conjunction with a suitable friction hitch - ..

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Open invitation from Auckland City Council to arborists

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, December 07, 2011

The Auckland City Council Consents Department wants to get the message across: CHECK BEFORE YOU CHOP!

The Auckland City Consents Department is hosting three information sessions for Auckland arborists held across the city next week: one in Auckland Central, one North Shore and one out West - see the Treetools events ..

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Monte Cecilia Park for Saturday's Open Masters Challenge

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, December 06, 2011

Open Masters Challenge organiser Matt Glen has announced Monte Cecilia Park in Mt Roskill as the venue for this Saturday's (December 10, 2011) Open Masters Challenge.

The best access to the Masters tree is from the Korma Road car park off Pah Road - see map below. The Masters tree is ..

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New, cheaper rigging lines add to complexity

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, December 05, 2011

Most arborists would agree: tree rigging is a complicated business.

Up until recently rigging lines available in New Zealand were almost all low-stretch, double braid polyesters, either Samson Stable Braid and Yale Double Esterlon or 12-strand Samson TenexTEC and Yale Yalex.

A generation of kiwi arborists have been trained on the low-stretch, ..

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BPG for Tree Climbing launch photographs now on Flickr

Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, December 03, 2011

WINTEC BPG for Tree Climbing Launch

The photographs taken by Treetools at the WINTEC Best Practice Guideline for Tree Climbing launch last weekend (Saturday 26 November 2011) are now available for viewing on Flickr.

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Pencil in the weekend of March 17-18, 2012

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, December 02, 2011

Joe Cooper from the Northland Tree Climbers Association has advised Treetools the 2012 NTCA Tree Climbers Gathering will be held on the weekend of 17-18 March in Northland.

The inaugural 2011 NTCA event at the Alderton Farm in Pakaraka set the bar very high but we ..

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The first (and last) Open Masters Challenge for 2011

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, December 01, 2011

This year the Auckland climbing scene has missed the energy of Matt Glen in producing the Open Masters Challenge Matt's Open Masters Challenge became a fixture on the local tree climbing calendar during 2009-2010 and the envy of other tree climbing centers throughout the country.

Matt ..

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ISC extends popular triple-action snap hook range

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, November 30, 2011

ISC Wales have taken the triple-action snap hook to the next level by adding a swivel eye as the base connector, similar in style to the current ISC Twister.

The ISC triple-action snap was the ..

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Knowledge 'gaps' apparent in tree climber education

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, November 29, 2011

The WINTEC Best Practice Guideline for Tree Climbing was launched in Hamilton on Saturday 26 November 2011.

During the presentation Andy Harrison, the documents author, alluded to the fact that many of today's tree climbers had 'gaps' in their knowledge base.

Simply put: a little bit of knowledge can be a ..

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More lessons with aussie No:1 Joe Harris

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, November 28, 2011

ATRAES in association with Into Trees Joe Harris and Angus McMahon of Shebrooke Tree Services have produced lesson number two in a series on SRT Ascent.

In this video Joe talks about 'double-bagging' when isolating the anchor point and looks at various ways to tie off ..

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