Arborist rope research and development departments need to start looking beyond climbing lines and concentrate their considerable resources on the development of a new access line.
In Treetools opinion, the innovation life cycle of the arborist climbing line has almost reached its zenith; the latest ..
Matt Glen, the climber who made the Open Masters competition world famous in New Zealand, will return to this country early in December to run an event in Auckland.
The tentative date for the Auckland Open Masters is Saturday 10 December. We'll confirm the venue ..
Ahhh… the joys of Facebook! You can say pretty much say whatever you like and not have to worry about it (too much).
What started out as a simple comment on Facebook by a local arborist has quickly escalated into an international furore involving two of the world's major tree climbing ..
SRT ascent is now considered one of the everyday 'tools' used by tree climbers. Most SRT systems are cobbled together by the climber, using various bits of ascending hardware they have gathered up over time.
Due to this fact, and the evolving nature of SRT ascent, ..
Tree climbing looks set to follow the marketing route adopted by rock climbing equipment manufacturers with company sponsored athletes - see the Petzl/iClimb video above (you'll recognize some local faces).
Up until recently there has been an unspoken stand-off between the top tree climbers and ..
Most of the major tree climbing equipment manufacturers have already begun making noises about counterfeit (and low quality) product entering the market.
Petzl issued a warning earlier in the year and Treemagineer Mark Bridge (arguably representing DMM and Teufelberger offered some startling insights in ..
On good authority, there a few world-class Australasian tree climbers experimenting with the new Sterling (Rope) ATS Rappel/Belay Device.
Like the Benchmade Rescue7 featured in the previous blog, Treetools believes the Treemagineers may have been the first tree climbers to express interest in ..
Treemagineer Mark Bridge was seen sporting one of the Benchmade Rescue7 cutters at the WEL Networks/Treemagineers Workshop in Hamilton back in August. A couple of eagle-eyed climbers spotted this unique 'knife' on Mark's harness and asked Treetools if they were available in New Zealand. They ..
Photographs taken by Treetools at the 2011 Wellington Regional TCC, Botanic Gardens, Wellington on Saturday October 1 are now available for viewing on Flickr. ..
On-form Clay Winter and a determined Nicky Ward-Allen scooped the top spots at the 2011 Wellington Regional TCC on Saturday.
Clay and Nicky have been training together and it shows: Clay has picked up some of Nicky's deliberation and finesse while Nicky seems to have gained Clay's perchance for aggression and ..
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