Questions regarding the use of the Petzl Shunt as a professional rope access back-up device surfaced way back in 2001 following an extensive study by Lyon Equipment for the Health and Safety Executive in the UK.
The 2001 Lyon Report raised some serious concerns about ..
Singapore-based tree climber/blogger Jordan Glossop from iClimbinc has blogged about the January 10, 2012 caution notice from Petzl regarding the Petzl Shunt when used in rope access as a backup device (towed by a cord).
Jordan touches on a number of important topics in this one post - the primary focus ..
Kevin Bingham's Singing Tree Rope Wrench tends to polarize opinion - you either love it or hate it (or are ambivalent towards the subject of SRT altogether).
The interesting thing is, tree climbers who thought they hated the Rope Wrench are rapidly changing their minds! (read Reg Coates comment(s) on this ..
When you are familiar with a product it can be very easy to (almost) forget some its idiosyncrasies.
Take the Treemagineers pulleySAVER as an example.
Without prior knowledge you might find the retrieval shackle on the pulleySAVER a little complicated to use. That is, your climbing line may not appear to ..
Travel around New Zealand and you'll appreciate the depth of talent we have in this country for tree climbing.
Almost every tree climbing event produces one or two young climbers who stand out from the crowd, someone to be watched.
One such climber is Fielding rookie Peter Boyle.
Typical of talented ..
Our sympathies go out to the family of this poor bugger but what the hell is going on here?
Two crane accidents involving trees in as many months - something is not right.
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Photographs taken by Treetools at the River City Open Masters on Tuesday are now available for viewing on Flickr.
The Whanganui event was organized by 2011 Wellington Regional champion Clay Winter and Nicky ..
The Open Masters event has proved to be an excellent formula for competitive tree climber training and development.
Matt Glen's original concept allowed climbers the opportunity to experience a 'Masters' without having to qualify by completing the preliminary competitive events.
And the format can be easily completed in a few hours ..
2011 is almost over and what a fantastic year it has been for the New Zealand tree climbing community!
Chrissy Spence and Scott Forrest are the International Champions, Nicky Ward-Allen and James Kilpatrick hold the world foot lock records and the 'dream team' of Scott Forrest, James Kilpatrick and Ross Kite ..
If you are planning on attending the 2012 ISA Conference in Portland, Oregon (USA) it is not too early to get your name on the list of volunteers to assist with the 2012 International Tree Climbing Championship at Laurelhurst Park on August 11-12.
To receive ITCC volunteer sign-up form, email itcc@isa-arbor.com.
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