The guys at ArbTAlk have beavered away on their Arborist Knot Guide for the last year and… now it's live on the ArbTalk website.
The first iteration of the guide has over 50 popular arborist knots on display with an easy-to-use interface similar to the
Wellington-born Rob Fisher (now resident in Australia) read a recent Treetools blog about tree climbing photography and this changed his life forever (kind of).
Early in ..
Kiwi climbers hold both world records for secured footlock: James Kilpatrick the mens record and Nicky Ward-Allen the womens. James' record still has to be ratified but lets assume that's a given.
Breaking the world record is now down to points ..
If throwline is not your thing, get your robot to do it for you.
The Tree Work,
This link just in from Linwahling: James Kilpatrick Masters climb at the 2011 Asia-Pacific Regional TCC in Singapore.
..SRT access with a 'backup' is one of the latest debates in tree climbing. Some say, definitively 'That will never happen… ever!'
Have a look at Steve IbelingsThe concept is simple enough - take some indoor rock climbing grips and attach them to a tree stem using webbing slings - voila - happy kids!
Have a look at the video published by Singapore-based iClimbinc.com. Tree-D is an excellent concept, and could be included at every Regional (and National) ..
The 2011 Asia-Pacific Regional Tree Climbing Championship preliminary heats results are now available.
The 'Masters' sheets should be available soonish!
Thanks to Joe Harris, Into Trees ..
Petzl has announced a recall of the newly launched GriGri 2. This follows the discovery that excessive force on the fully extended handle causes it to remain stuck in the open position.
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