Rossy Ross has advised the Waikato TCC Workshop scheduled to start at 9:00am at Steele Park, Hamilton East is all go, regardless of weather (tree climbers are a hardy bunch and don't get put off by a few showers!).
However, Rossy and Marlies (Lazer) do have an alternative wet-weather plan ..Following the failed carabiner incident at the Yarwun 2 Project in July, SpanSet Australia has asked for all SpanSet K4 triple action carabiners, batch number 100329, to be removed from service and returned to the distributor for replacement.
SpanSet Australia cannot replicate the problem under the same conditions as ..
A video of 2010 NZ Woman's Tree Climbing Champion, Nicky Ward-Allen breaking her own world record footlock at the 2010 ITCC in Chicago on July 23 is available on YouTube. Nicky's record time for the woman's footlock is now 13:26 seconds. ..
If you are interested in tree climbing get along to Steele Park, Hamilton East on Saturday morning (28 August) for the Waikato TCC Workshop.
This is a free workshop, organized by the NZAA . It is primary designed for newcomers ..
Founding directors of the Northland Tree Climbers Association, Joe Cooper and Troy Alderton have announced a proposal to establish the Agathis Tree Climbers Crisis Fund - a financial support mechanism for tree climbers in need.
Tree climbers tend to be young people, physically in the prime of their lives. However, on ..
The Auckland climbers who made a road trip out of Jerry Lynch's Brass Monkey Arborcamp south of Dunedin in June will be climbing in Queensland, Australia and Singapore over the next week.
Climbing brothers Johno and Matt Smith and fellow Auckland contract climber Zane Wedding (all three Brass Monkey road-trip ..
Auckland climber, Dave Stejskal (Czech Dave) claimed number one position in the 2010 Czech Republic TCC preliminaries held on the weekend, affording him a climb in the Masters. Dave finished second overall (out of four Masters contestants).
Apparently the competition trees were huge, with 50m ofclimbing line barely doing the ..If you want to attend the Climbers' Open Forum Workshop at the 2010 NZAA Conference, scheduled for 11 November, led by Menno Kluiters and Jelte Buddingh you will need to register soon (places are limited).
In addition to the Climbers' Open Forum Workshop you you can buy tickets tothe Climbers' BBQ ..
Just in from Thane Young at the Department of Labour. If you have recently purchased carabiners from SpanSet it would pay to give them a thorough check over. SpanSet are a UK based company, but the product is distributed in Australia (and New Zealand) through SpanSet Australia.
The SpanSet 30kNcarabiner, ..Manufacturers of tree climbing equipment know the arborist work environment can be harsh on gear. That's why all the main players have replacement parts available.
Treetools have replacement parts for the Treemagineers Treemotion, Komet and Petzl harnesses, Gecko, Bashlin and Buckingham climbingspurs including replacement gaffs and straps and all the ..Copyright © Treetools New Zealand 2025. All rights reserved.
