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.
Christchurch: 13 March
Below is a comment by Wouter from the Netherlands - the owner of the 'Duck Saver' featured in the Matt Says No blog.
It appears Wouter is a previouswinner of the Dutch Tree Climbing Competition and competed against Andy Harrison (of Harrison Rocketfame) back in 2002 at the ITCC in ..
Investment in climbing gear is a large expense for climbers and arborist companies alike. Apart from the serial number on each piece of climbing equipment its often hard to tell individual items apart. Many competition climbers say they often return home from the comps with the same amount of gear ..
Masters Challenge in Cornwall Park today starts at 1:00 pm - best to arrive about noon. Turn left once you go through the Greenlane Road entrance - you'll see the big gum over the fence in the paddock. Be prepared for a BIG climb! Everyone welcome. See previous blog for ..
The Masters Challenge today in Cornwall Park proved to be a bit of a challenge… for everyone bar the organizer Matt Glen. Treetools will post a video later in the week showing some of the action.
Guy is pictured below in a crotch 10 meters up the gum getting unsolicited ..
Dave has questioned the "fall-arrest ability" of the rated 22 kN Aspiring sling used on the DB Tree rope saver. He highlights a very important issue relating to all rope savers - particularly those being made for personal use by individual ..
Here's a link worth bookmarking: http://drivelink.blogspot.com/ This blog is written by Dave Vickers, a chainsaw tutor at Sparsholt College in the UK. and its primarily aimed at inexperienced chainsaw users and arb students. But there is plenty useful information for anyone working with a chainsaw.
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