Nicky Ward-Allen is the New Zealand Womens Representative in the 2010 ITCC scheduled for July in Chicago, USA. Nicky holds an 'unofficial' record for the womens foootlock event with a time of 14.79 seconds achieved at the Wellington Region TCC, 3 ..
The 2010 Professional Catalog is available for download from Petzl. There is some some new gear relating to tree work and all the usual technical diagrams which make this an excellent catalog - well worth having on the shelf.
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When it is time to replace your climbing gear? Some companies have a PPE inspection schedule firmly entrenched in their code of practice but others are much less formal and gear is only retired when it breaks! Sounds crazy but it happens.
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Advancing your climbing line to a higher position while in the tree can radically increase your range of mobility particularly when moving out on long lateral limbs. Climbers use various techniques to advance their line but the humble throwline is probably one of the most versatile.
As well as advancing your ..
Love them or hate them - snap hooks get lots of use in the arb industry! But… as we all know not all snap hooks are created equal. When used on lanyards for tree work some double-action snaphooks were opening unexpectedly. Safety concerns reached a point where ETCC officials restricted ..
Rigging is one of the more technical aspects of arboriculture and Reg Coates is considered a world master. Reg is the designer of the Stein RC-3002dual bollard and the video below shows Reg and the dual in action.
If you are into the tree climbing comps set aside the weekend of March 20/21, 2010 for the Auckland TCC and the Asia Pacific TCC the next day. The venue is not confirmed as yet but plenty of tree climbing action ..
Often customers will call in with a pulley or carabiner that requires a bit of attention. Usually a few puffs of graphite powder brings brings the offending item back to life - but not always!
Graphite is essentially very finely ground 'pencil lead'. As well as climbing gear, graphite willalso give ..Working load limit (WLL) can get confusing. For a start you cannot use a WLL rating in isolation - there are very important relationships between Breaking Strengths (BS), Safety Factors (SF), Working Load Limit (WLL) and Cycles to ..
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