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Legends Foundation blog posts bringing live information from ITCC in Portland

Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, August 11, 2012

Legends Foundation trustee Neal Harding, currently reporting from Portland in the US, is loading some pretty good information about the 2012 ITCC onto the Legends Foundation website - for those of us who could not make the event.

Neal offers a full analysis of each event over a series of posts ..

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New Zealand 'tree lopper' sub-market beginning to emerge

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, August 09, 2012

Visit any Australian city and you will see trucks proudly advertising themselves as 'tree loppers'. These guys are not arborists but most of them do know how to use a chainsaw and simply lop and top the tree, as and when required by the customer and charge a fee accordingly. ..

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Pro Climb Easy Rig - small is big!

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, August 08, 2012

Launching a new piece of kit these days is a right challenge, even for non-PPE hardware like a rigging bollard. Along with all the product testing, manufacture and paperwork you have to hope you sell few of your new toys to get a return on your investment - in many ..

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International interest in The Scott Forrest Legends Foundation

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, August 06, 2012

As the highest profile, most successful, independent tree climbing team in the history of the sport its little wonder international brand owners are showing a great deal of interest in The Scott Forrest Legends Foundation.

A number of multi-national companies have already approached the Legends Foundation with a view to coming ..

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Elusive Petzl Single Line Statement available for download

Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, August 04, 2012

If you followed the TreeBuzz Rules and Regs thread linked in yesterdays post you will have noted several references to 'Petzl documentation' regarding the use of the Petzl Rig and I'D in SRT work positioning.

One observer stated: 'no other single line device has this kind of documentation'.

Treetools wondered what 'this ..

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SRT Work Positioning allowed - only the Rope Wrench out!

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, August 03, 2012

By Treetools reckoning 'Joe' is correct in his assumption that SRT climbing (Ascent and Work Positioning) IS ALLOWED in the ITCC events.

Non-allowance of the Rope Wrench is product specific. The ITCC restriction does not apply to the climbing method in which the Rope Wrench ..

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Pencil in late November for the first of the summer arborcamps

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, August 01, 2012

Hackfalls Arboretum Arborcamp and Working Bee is on again this year, over the weekend of 24-25 November. Last years inaugural event attracted arborists and their families from all over the North Island.

Arborcamp organizers Mark Randall (ArborCare Gisborne) and Rossy Ross Pro Climb and The Scott Forrest (Legends Foundation) tell us ..

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'Legends' celebrates New Zealand tree climbing success!

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Scott Forrest's Legends Foundation website went live this afternoon.

The new website celebrates the success of New Zealand tree climbers on the international stage.

The Legends Foundation trustees are keen for the site to act as a repository for New Zealand tree climbing related material, including historical data, photographs and characters - ..

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TCIA to intro SRT Best Practice Guideline at the ISA Conference

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Single Rope Technique in tree climbing has to be the THE hot topic for 2012!

Following a passionate SRT outburst from Rich Hattier on TreeBuzz earlier in the year the ISA/ITCC public relations machine faulted a few times in their delivery of information, causing the associations' Technical Advisory Committee to ..

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Stein Phantom chainsaw protection boots look like a winner!

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, July 30, 2012

Finding the right chainsaw protective boot is a mission by anyone's standard. Price, performance, durability, water-proofness, comfort, availability, warmth (but not too hot), weight, height… the list goes on.

Treetools landed the first shipment of the new Stein Phantom chainsaw protective arb boot last ..

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