What's the Honey Brothers Redi look like, someone has asked? See below: apparently this redirect was originally developed as a joint effort between Honey Brothers and Merrist Wood College in the UK.
The picture below is a beta version - the final model uses an Edelrid sling sheathed in YaleBlaze with ..
This weeks TreeMOTION set-up is from Drew Bristow, designer of the soft-eye DB Tree Rope Saver. Note the multiple DMM Revolvers, Rapide Hitch Climber, Ocean Polyester 8mm e2e, Aspiring Slings, Petzl Pirana and of course the DB Tree Rope Saver. The shorter length of Armor-Prus on the right (with Revolvers attached) ..
There's no doubt the classic 8 descender from Kong, ISC and other hardware manufacturers is one of the most popular descending devices on the market. It's simple, versatile and economically priced. But most classic and rescue 8's have one major failing - you have to take them off your harness ..
Start saving your pennies now - Treetools have a shipment of Unicenders from Thompson Treetools on the water - they should be available for sale to NZ tree climbers by mid February. The Unicender lists in the US for around US$450 so it will require more than just a few ..
Word has it this Sundays (17 January) Open Masters in Cornwall Park will be a real challenge - three pin oaks in one climb! If you feel up to it take the Greenlane East entrance into Cornwall Park - the Challenge will be set up in the pin oaks on ..
Following yesterdays blog Treetools have had a number of requests today for information regarding the competitors in the 2010 Asia Pacific Tree Climbing Competitions scheduled for 21 March, 2010, at Western Park, Freemans Bay, Auckland. A quick call to NZ TCC coordinator, Marlies Laser clarified the situation immediately.
Selected climbers, the ..
Matt Glen is organising another Open Masters Challenge this Sunday (17 January) in Cornwall Park, Auckland. Take the Cornwall Park entrance off Greenlane East. The Challenge will be set up in the pin oaks on the left as you come through the entrance - you won't miss it. Starts 1:00 ..
Both the NZAA/Stihl Auckland Regional TCC and the Asia/Pacific Region TCC will be held at Western Park, Freemans Bay, Auckland over the weekend of 20-21 March 2010. (Get over to Western Park
Petzl dominate the tree climbing helmet market in New Zealand with the Vertex range of helmets. The Vertex Best outsells the Vent at least 3:1 (certainly at Treetools). Many companies have written the 'Vertex Best' into their Best Practice procedures and are moving away from the Vent as standard equipment. ..
Treescape climber Dave Stejskal (number 6 in the NZ NTCC) has kindly sent through dates from Marlies for the 2010 TCC events - individual locations are yet to be confirmed.
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