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Open Masters Challenge still on for Saturday

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, May 21, 2010



The weather this morning did not look very promising but it is supposed to fine up by tomorrow. At this point Matt Glen says the Open Masters Challenge and SRT Speed Climb in Cornwall Park are still ..

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Tree climbing veteran Tom Greenwood in action

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, May 21, 2010



Tom Greenwood was the ISA Official to oversee the World Record Footlock Attempt at the Asia-Pacific TCC where Nicky Ward-Allen broke her own footlock record with a 14.44 second climb.

Tom is a ..

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Brass Monkey Arborcamp flyer available

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, May 20, 2010



Jerry Lynch has sent through more information on the Brass Monkey Arbor Day Arborcamp at the Mt Stuart Reserve, Manuka Gorge in Otago on the weekend of 5-6 June, 2010.

The plan is to ..

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Open Masters Challenge confirmed for Saturday 22 May

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, May 20, 2010

Cornwall Park Management have confirmed the tree to be used in the Open Masters Challenge and SRT Speed Competition scheduled for Saturday 22 May.

The SRT Speed Climb is over 20 meters and will be timed using three stop watches - the time from each watch will be averaged to give ..

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ISAAC TCC pictures available from Treetools on Flickr

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Here's a few hundred images taken at the ISAAC TCC held on Saturday May 15, South Parklands, Adelaide. Kiwi readers will recognize a few familiar faces - ..

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Drew Bristow placed second in ISAAC TCC prelims

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Treetools sponsored ISAAC TCC kiwi wild card, Drew Bristow came in second in the prelims held on Saturday May 15, South Parklands, Adelaide. Apart from a small slip in the Speed Climb, Drew had an almost perfect day.

The Speed Climb was in the new form, introduced in the Hawaii event ..

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ISAAC TCC winners

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, May 17, 2010

Grant Cody and Kiah Martin are to represent Australia in the ITCC scheduled for Chicago, July 2010.

Grant was ranked fifth in the prelims, held on Saturday May 15 at South Parklands in Adelaide, but went on to win the Masters event on the Sunday against some stiff competition including ..

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ISAAC Tree Climbing Comps this weekend

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, May 13, 2010

The Treetools blog will be not be updated for a couple of days while we attend the ISAAC Tree Climbing Comps in Adelaiade, South Australia. Drew Bristow, sponsored by Treetools, is a wild card entry representing New Zealand. We'll post pictures next week.

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Samurai to take on Silky

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Samurai saws, manufactured by Kanzawa Seiko of Japan are to take on Silky (of Japan) in the NZ pruning saw market. The Samurai saw will be introduced to New Zealand by the local Jameson Distributor, Aorangi Merchants of Timaru.

Silky is the dominant player in the worldwide pruning saw market and ..

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Comments on spliced termination

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, May 11, 2010

MOG has offered a suggestion on the termination knot/spliced friction cord issue. It appears there is some debate about this subject going on ArbTalk. One solution being offered is the insertion of a ring into the friction hitch as shown in the pictures below.

The main argument presented by climbers for ..

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