2011 ITCC: Spiderjacked!

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, August 22, 2011

Enjoy! Thanks to Joe Harris, Into Trees and film making by Jordan Glossop, iClimbinc.

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New 'aerial arborist' magazine to launch in October 2011

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, August 22, 2011

Arb Climber "at last, a magazine specifically for climbing arborists and riggers" is due to launch in October 2011 . Arb Climber is a sister publication to 19-year old, Technical Rescue and is part ..

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Rock Exotica announces Unicender inspection recall

Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, August 21, 2011

All Rock Exotica Unicenders manufactured before August 8, 2011 should be returned to Rock Exotica for inspection.

From what Treetools can ascertain, one of the riveted chain links has come adrift ..

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Treephoto entries close first September!

Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, August 20, 2011

If you are planning to enter this years Treephoto competition you'll need to get a move on - entries close Thursday, September 1! Entry is simple: just email your ..

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Gisborne 'Hackfalls' arborcamp the first camp for summer 2011

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, August 19, 2011

Load the weekend of November 12-13 into your iPhone! The Hackfalls Arboretum (Gisborne) is the first arborcamp/working bee planned for the summer of 2011.

Hackfalls Arboretum, home of the largest private collection of oaks in the world, is run by a charitable trust and they need some ..

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More on the Petzl Grigri/Rig/I'D discussion

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, August 19, 2011

 

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Software available for Trivect Rigging Systems

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, August 18, 2011

Graeme and Angus McMahon of Sherbrooke Tree Services (Australia) presented a workshop at the ISA Conference in Parramata on a rigging system called Trivect.

The ISA Conference booklet described the system as follows: 'Trivect is a rigging system that ..

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Grigri not suitable for treework (according to Petzl)

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, August 17, 2011

In the last edition of Tree Matters, the NZ Arbor Quarterly Journal, president Rick Mexted wrote about the rapid evolution of tree climbing equipment and techniques - good-to-go one day and abolished the next.

Rick was referring specifically to SRT (relative to the Best Practice Guidelines) but his comments are valid ..

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iClimbinc continues to lift the bar in TCC video production

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Go grab a coffee, click full screen and settle back for the next 20 minutes - below is the latest video by iClimbinc, shot over the three days of the 2011 ITCC in Parramata, Sydney late last month.

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More on EN dynamic and static rope standards

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Further to yesterdays EN 892 blog, here's another rope manual by Tendon worth downloading. The primary focus is on mountaineering and rock climbing lines but ..

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