Saturday looks like a beauty in Christchurch - perfect for the 2012 NZ Arbor/Husqvarna South Island Regional TCC in Abberly Park - see previous blog post for directions. Gear check is 7:30am Saturday morning. No registrations on the day!
Jerry Lynch has organized a Splicing Circle on Friday evening at the ..
First it was one-on-one communication using the A-Kabel ArborCom Bluetooth headsets to assist trainers. These unique headsets offer crystal clear ground-to-climber communication for up to 200m, hands free and in full Duplex.
Rather than yelling at the trainee from the ground, a trainer can talk quietly through the situation. Duplex ..
Treetools has posted comments about Sterling TriTech in the past but we had never put the new rope to ..
You have to hand it to the NTCA boys - they certainly know how to do things right! The 2012 NTCA Aerial ..
2011 NZ Arbor/Husqvarna South Island Regional TCC photographs on Flickr - 2012 event to come this weekend.
Here's a note from Mark Roberts:
"Just a quick reminder about ..
Rumor has it, Petzl's not-so-secret D22 ascender/descender might be introduced to the market at the TCIA Expo in November this year.
The D22 'Zig-Zag' has a similar feel to the Bulldog OAR first shown on a blog back in 2010.
According to the D22 patent document the new device can be ..
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Our apologies ..
Make sure you head north to Whangarei this weekend for the NTCA Aerial Rescue and tree climbers Open Forum at Mander Park - see map below. The AR day gets underway at 8:30am (Saturday 25 August) and ..
Almost every self-employed arborist complains about the paperwork associated with the job; quotes and invoices, job sheets, site risk assessments and tree health and hazard reports - unfortunately all this bureaucracy goes with the territory.
If you happen to have an iPhone or iPad your problems might just be solved - ..
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