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 ..
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.
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 ..
EN 892 is the standard test used to rate rock climbing lines. EN 1891A is the standard used for tree climbing lines.
Read it once and then read it again!
You'll notice one major ..
Peter 'Treeman' Jenkins is a retired rock climber turned arborist and in 1983 he founded Tree Climbers' International and opened the world's first tree climbing school in Atlanta, Georgia.
Burnside Park in Christchurch is confirmed as the venue for the 2011 Husqvarna South Island Regional TCC scheduled for Saturday 3 September - see map below or check the
If you didn't make it to the 2011 ITCC in Parramata last month here's the next best thing - video highlights by totaratree99. Together these videos make over 40 minutes of viewing but it is well worth the ..
After a rocky start back in the May the 2011 Treephoto competition is in its last weeks (hint, hint - to be in to win you must submit your photographs before September 1). ..
In all the hurly burly of the worlds in Sydney we seem to have forgotten about our own regional tree climbing comps?
It's now only three weeks until the 2011 South Island Regional TCC in Christchurch.
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