Congratulations to Mark Chisholm (New Jersey Chapter) and Jo Hedger (UK Chapter)! The level of competition looks to have been very high for 2010 and the weather and event postponement would have tested all the climbers.
Women:
Footlock - 1st Nicky Ward-Allen with new wr 13.26 s. 2nd Jo Hedger, 3rd ..
Chrissy and James have made the masters - more information soon!
Here's why Saturday was postponed! Photo by Mark Roberts.
Congratulations to Nicky Ward-Allen on setting yet another world woman's foot lock record: 13.26 seconds.
Joe Harris has announced updates to the very popular VTIO workshop downloads. The PDF on Singe Rope Technique
Take a few minutes to look at this video by cinematographer Greg Parker but make sure you view it full screen so you can see all the detail!
For blog readers outside of New Zealand, Greg's video was shot in ..
Comp postponed until noon, when decision will be made on whether any events today or all tomorrow. Still raining quite heavily now but lightning has stopped.
No climbing today. Revised and shortened format tomorrow. One minute less for shortened work climb. One minute less for aerial rescue with climbers starting in ..
Just in from Nicky Ward-Allen in Chicago: The aerial rescue is on a climber attached to a srt system up an oak. The work climb is straight forward 15 m up an oak. The throwline ..
Thanks to Treemagineer Mark Bridge we have a graphic paper available showing various set-ups for the Hitch Climber.
Climbers have long visualized the creation of a a dual-pulley friction saver. By using two pulleys the bend ratio on the rope would be significantly lowered and friction would be reduced to next-to-nothing!
All good in theory, but in practice ..
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