As if a full day of tree climbing was not enough Scott Forrest, Nicky Ward-Allen and Chrissy Spence conducted a climbing workshop to conclude day one of the 2010 NTCC.
2009 NTCC winner and current number two in the NZAA Top 20, Scott Forrest is in the lead with 124 points following the first day of the climbing in the national competition at Ellerslie, Auckland.
Scott is followed by Ross Kite on 118.68 points and Matt Glen (AKA Superman) with ..
Here is a list of the top ten climbers on completion of day one of the 2010 National TCC held at the Ellerslie Racecourse, Auckland.
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Kiwi climbers will be disappointed to learn that James Kilpatrick is not climbing in this years National TCC at Ellerslie on Friday and Saturday.
The KISS principle for those who don't know: Keep It Simple, Stupid!
Over the last few weeks there has been much debate about the set-up Marlies Laserhas planned for the aerial rescue scenario at the NTCC.
We have had a fantastic week of weather and, being Auckland, it's hard to believe it will last till the weekend but according to the weatherman the worstwe can expect is a few showers on Friday and Saturday. That will be good news for the climbers!
This years ..
Arb product development never sleeps - even at Petzl!
We blogged about the new Alveo lightweight helmet from Petzl earlier in the week (perfect for arborists). Now Petzl have climbed into the throwline strorage ..
Nine out of ten lengths of climbing rope sold through Treetools has an eye spliced into one end. 100% of the lanyards sold now have a splice and friction hitches probably run at about 2:1 spliced versus un-spliced.
With the arrival of commercial splicing companies like DB Tree and i-Splice ..
Thanks to all you Yale Blaze fans who have waited for the manufacturer, Yale Cordage to catch up on supply.
Treetools expect a shipment of Blaze to arrive later this week. We'll dispatch all back-orders for un-splicedlengths as soon as possible. If ..
Petzl have announced a new line of climbing helmets to compliment the tried-and-true Vertex Vent and Best helmets currently available for arborists.
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