The Wellington TCC is probably one of the best regional events in the country - a real mixture of tree climbing and involvement with the wider community. The Botanic Gardens venue lends itself to the TCC, bringing together families with kids, grandparents and plenty of passer-bys observing the action - ..
As James (Kilpatrick) said, great comments from both sides of the debate (NZAA Top 20). I wonder if this would be a less controversial issue if the points system were arranged differently?
While I can understand the concern expressed about the regional competitions becoming part of a national circuit and creating pressure to get through everyone who wants to compete (read previous blog ), I am excited at the ..
Have a look at the tree climbers portraits by Mark Tantrum Photography. Mark set up a make shift 'studio' at the Wellington TCC in the Botanic Gardens and took portrait photographs of the climbers throughout the day.
Perhaps the comp climbers really are posers after all!The following comments were posted by 'Anonymous'. We have reproduced the comment in this format (broken into paragraphs) to make it easier to read.
It may be fun to rank climbers, but ..
Weather in the Capital is forecast fine for the 2010 Wellington Regional TCC on Saturday 2 October. The comp trees are located in the Wellington Botanic Gardens off the Glenmore Street entrance.
The Wellington Regional TCC is the last regional ..
New Zealand arb companies are getting in behind their tree climbers and supporting attendance at the Regional TCC events.
Treescape will have a number of (Auckland and Wellington) climbers in Wellington
Anonymous and Westie might well be right.
However… short of observing each tree climber in action there is no other consistent comparison to be made between climbers and their ability (withor without a ..
Have a look at the OAR ascender/descender designed and built by Gordon Svedberg. The prototype OAR doesn't have the finesse of the Unicender but you can see the potential.
Moss TreeClimber tested the OAR ..Copyright © Treetools New Zealand 2025. All rights reserved.
