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Samurai to take on Silky

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Samurai saws, manufactured by Kanzawa Seiko of Japan are to take on Silky (of Japan) in the NZ pruning saw market. The Samurai saw will be introduced to New Zealand by the local Jameson Distributor, Aorangi Merchants of Timaru.

Silky is the dominant player in the worldwide pruning saw market and ..

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Comments on spliced termination

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, May 11, 2010

MOG has offered a suggestion on the termination knot/spliced friction cord issue. It appears there is some debate about this subject going on ArbTalk. One solution being offered is the insertion of a ring into the friction hitch as shown in the pictures below.

The main argument presented by climbers for ..

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TCC workshop planned for the Waikato

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, May 11, 2010

A climbing competition workshop is planned for Saturday August 28 in Hamilton, two weeks prior to the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Regional TCC. The workshop follows a suggestion made by well known Auckland climbers Drew Bristow and Johno Smith. The venue is yet to be confirmed.

Hamilton might be the venue for ..

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More tree rigging with Reg Coates

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, May 10, 2010



Here's the latest rigging video from Reg Coates. Reg is the designer of the Stein RC Lowering Devices (RC stands for Reg Coates) which are revolutionizing tree rigging methods across the world. New Zealand was one of the first countries, outside ..

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Spliced termination with Hitch Climber set-up (please)

Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, May 09, 2010

If you are using the Treemagineers Hitch Climber system seriously consider splicing your termination (the rope-end attached to the top DMM Ultra O).

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SRT speed climb planned for next Open Masters Challenge

Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, May 08, 2010



If you are interested in SRT (Single Rope Technique) get along to the next Open Masters in Cornwall Park scheduled for Saturday May 22. The May event will include a SRT speed climb over a 20 meter distance. The footlock TCC ..

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PCRB User Manual ready to download

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, May 07, 2010

Pro Climb, New Zealand's leading rigging experts, have published a comprehensive User Manual for the popular PCRB (Pro Climb Rigging Bollard). While this manual is designed to be used in conjunction with the PCRB it makes excellent reading for anyone interested in rigging.

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Comments on Open Masters tree

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, May 06, 2010

Just in case you missed the comments on the blog relating to the branch failure on the Open Masters oak see below. Russell is the Cornwall Park arborist for those of you who not know him.




"Yeah crazy ay. looked 100% ..

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We got the wrong tree!

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, May 05, 2010

Yes, we also make mistakes - we blogged about the wrong tree yesterday! Matt had advised us of a problem with one of the Open Masters trees. We ASS U MEd (remember what assume spells: make an ASS of U and ME) it was the tree for upcoming Open Masters ..

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Why the use of the DMM Aero HMS?

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, May 05, 2010

A climber as asked why the DMM Aero HMS carabiner was used on the DB Rope Walker system we blogged about last week. The answer ..

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