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More than a classroom experience!

Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, November 06, 2010

If you are think the Omnitree Climbers Open Forum on Thursday 11 November will be a classroom-based teaching session - think again!

Omnitree directors Jelte Buddingh and Menno Kluiters have a practical tree climbing experience planned for registered participants.

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Bullet-proof safety glasses: that's no joke!

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, November 05, 2010




The military and the police force have unique requirements for safety glasses beyond the scope of chainsaw protection (see video below) but there are still some common parameters.


Apart from the mandatory ..

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Top 20 climber rankings updated by Neal Harding

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, November 05, 2010

Chief score keep, Neal Harding has updated the NZAA Top 20 rankings. The full list is available on the NZAA website.

2009 NTCC winner, Scott Forrest has moved up a spot due to ..

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More information on the ART Ropeguide '10

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, November 04, 2010

Further to yesterdays blog we can now confirm the Ropeguide Primus has also ceased production in its current form. The new ART Ropeguide 2010 is an amalgamation of concepts taken from both the Rope Guide '07 and the Ropeguide Primus and will replace both models.

Advanced Rope ..

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Women tree climbers feature in the 2010 NZTCC

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, November 04, 2010

Check the 2010 NTCC qualifiers list and you will find ten women in this years national competition at the Ellerslie Convention Center in Auckland on Friday and Saturday 12-13 November. See NZAA link.

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First pictures of the ART Rope Guide '10

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, November 03, 2010

We blogged about the end-of-the-line for the ART Ropeguide '07 last month - today we have the replacement Ropeguide '10 shown below.

The webbing on the '07 always caused problems when climbers coiled the unit for stowage on their harness - when it was unraveledthe twists ..

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Edelrid Micro O: yes, they do break!

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, November 02, 2010

The Edelrid Micro O wiregate accessory carabiner is popular with tree climbers. The Micro O has a break strength of 150kg so it's definitely more than a $2 Shop special but they will ..

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'Expressions of Interest' at Open Masters Challenge

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, November 01, 2010



Have a look at the story-telling facial expressions in the slide show below - we almost don't need to write much more about Saturday's Open Masters Challenge!

Matt Glen organized a couple of fantastic climbs for the 'competitors' in this ..

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Three ITCC tree climbing 'Masters' in action in Auckland

Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, October 30, 2010



Three of the climbers to reach the Masters at the 2010 ITCC will be competing in Ellerslie on November 12-13 at the 2010 NTCC: James Kilpatrick, Chrissy Spence and Kiah Martin (Australia).

Davey Tree have posted an excellent video showing ..

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Marlies Laser announces 2010 National Tree Climbing Comp qualifiers and wild card entries

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, October 29, 2010

NZ National TCC co-ordinator Marlies Laser has announced the 2010 NTCC qualifiers along with wild card entries from New Zealand and Australia… andit's an impressive list!

The 2010 NTCC will flow over two days; Friday and Saturday 12-13 November in the trees surrounding the ..

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