2011 Asia-Pacific Regional TCC photographs now on Flickr

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, June 27, 2011

Thanks to Neal Harding, photographs taken at the 2011 Asia-Pacific Regional TCC in Singapore, June 16-19 are now available on Flickr.

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ArbTalk launches new Arborist Knot Guide

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, June 27, 2011

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 Read More

Treetools Blog re-ignites passion for photography

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, June 27, 2011

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 ..

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10mm Armor-Prus the rope of choice for world record footlock

Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, June 26, 2011

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 ..

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Here's a glimpse to the future for tree climbers!

Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, June 25, 2011

If throwline is not your thing, get your robot to do it for you.

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Prize pool grows for 2011 Treephoto competition

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, June 24, 2011

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James Kilpatrick Masters climb on YouTube

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, June 23, 2011

This link just in from Linwahling: James Kilpatrick Masters climb at the 2011 Asia-Pacific Regional TCC in Singapore.

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Steve Ibelings 'Rescue' at the 2011 European ITCC

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, June 23, 2011

SRT access with a 'backup' is one of the latest debates in tree climbing. Some say, definitively 'That will never happen… ever!'

Tree-D climbing keeps kids occupied at the 2011 AP-TCC

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, June 22, 2011

The 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) ..

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2011 Asia-Pacifc TCC prelim results available for download

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, June 21, 2011

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 ..