Once upon a time (pre-2010) tree work SRT ascent was considered an 'advanced' tree climbing technique. Today, SRT ascent is almost passé.
But don't let its popularity lull you into a sense of false security!
Having all the right gear to get yourself up an ascent line ..
2012 Auckland Regional TCC chief cook and bottle wash, Craig Webb says, if time permits, a Masters climb will follow the preliminaries scheduled for Saturday.
This is a good move! Many climbers do not get to experience a Masters ..
Talk about a public relations nightmare! The ITCC Safety and Advisories department seems to have an uncanny knack for stuffing things up!
Every tree climbing innovator needs to download this latest 'Statement' from the ITCC.
Among other more important topics the ITCC Statement says: "To allow underserved pressure (we think the authors ..
Go out and buy a copy of today's Weekend Herald.
Biff the paper but keep the Canvas Magazine and turn to page 7 and there she is: Nicky Ward-Allen, an unsung champion to mainstream readers but definitely a hero to every tree climber.
Nicky is well known, worldwide in tree circles, ..
As an addendum to yesterdays Rope Wrench blog post, interested parties should put aside half an hour to read the Complete and Utter Hypocrisy thread on Tree Buzz.
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Treetools has seen a couple of very dramatic 'tests' recently which demonstrate how easily the Rope Wrench can be pulled down onto the friction hitch, in theory sending the climber plummeting to the ground.
Try is yourself. Set up the Rope Wrench system anyway you prefer, without any load applied. ..
The Silky Gomtaro and its curved blade brother, the Silky Zubat dominate the NZ handsaw market for arborists - to date nothing else has come close to knocking these two saws off their perch.
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After reading about the Nick Pott arbjobs.com visitor numbers today (a very respectable 12,000 visitors per month) we thought we'd take a look at Treetools web traffic as a point of reference.
As of today, Tuesday 21 February 2012, Treetools visitors were 12,931 for the month of February and we still ..
Last weeks 'Asplundh' blog post regarding labor shortages in the NZ arb market has sparked a flood of comments from Treetools customers both in the store and over the phone - it appears every tree company in New Zealand is looking for staff!
Late last century (1999) the UK arb market ..
You have to admit, a tree climbing masterclass held on Friday 13, featuring two of the world's greatest practical jokers, Joe Harris and Scott Forrest, sounds like a piss take but Brad Bowden tells us this West Australian masterclass is for real!
Joe and Scott will present a one-day Tree ..
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