Auckland tree climbers make National Geographic

Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, December 19, 2010

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Double line rope walker alternative to SRT

Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, December 19, 2010

Soon to be Perth-based, Mason Walker received a Treetools Gift eCard from his workmates at Treescape as a going away present and he couldn't wait to redeem the card on a new double line rope walker system ..

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AS/NZ 1891.1:2007 and the tree climbing harness

Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, December 18, 2010

If you are looking to find any form of Australia/New Zealand Standard on most tree climbing harnesses commercially available in New Zealand you will be sorely disappointed!

The only tree climbing, lower body harnesses to meet the requirements of the ..

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Pumped! Climb Everything!

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, December 17, 2010

Pump were begging for it according to Climb Every Thing, Johno, NZ!

It is hard to see in the pics below but the advertising billboard says: "leave your details for a free Pump" with a space at the top for your name and address. The sign is ..

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ART goes Faster. Higher. Further.

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, December 16, 2010

According to Advanced Rope Technology (ART): lacking progression equals regression! And… they are living up to their word with the launch of a brand new website.

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Bore and release?

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Wouter (from the Netherlands) reckons we shouldn't take Daniel's 'Step Cut ' video too seriously - and he is not alone!

The Treemagineers 6mm lanyard adjusting prussic loop

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Yesterday we featured Menno Kluiter's 6mm Globe 5000 lanyard adjusting prussic loop. Take a closer look and you will notice a short length on clear ..

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Looking for an alternative to the ubiquitous Dyneema webbing sling?

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Another gem to come out of the Climbers Open Forum at the 2010 NZAA Conference, lead by Omnitree Directors Menno Kluiters and Jelte Buddingh, was the use of 6mm ..

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The Game of Logging - a great example!

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, December 14, 2010

A great example of the step cut in action. As far as we understand it, the step cut was first introduced by the Game of Loggingtrainers and fine tuned by Daniel Murphy.

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The 2011 Taranaki Open TCC and Mountain Climb

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, December 13, 2010

January is over, start booking February now! Plan to be in Stratford for the inaugural Taranaki Open TCC and Mountain Climb over Waitangi Weekend, 2011. Five Trees, Two Days, One Mountain, Two thousand five hundred and eighteen meters!