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'How to' for Treemagineers/DMM Rigging Hubs

Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, October 15, 2011

Back in December 2010 Treetools suggested the Treemagineers/DMM rigging hubs would suffer a little in the market without some form of product education. In the NZ arb market at least, Treetools prediction has proved to be correct - product education is indeed required.

After almost a ..

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Zane Wedding qualifies for 2011 Queensland TCC Masters

Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, October 15, 2011

Climb Everything Zane Wedding has qualified for the Masters event at the Queensland TCC held today at Brennan Park in Dongaree, Queensland. According to reports coming in to Treetools, Zane placed third in the Work Climb, along with fellow kiwi (and Climb Everything compatriot) Matty Smith first in the Throwline ..

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Access ropes: innovation required!

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, October 14, 2011

Arborist rope research and development departments need to start looking beyond climbing lines and concentrate their considerable resources on the development of a new access line.

In Treetools opinion, the innovation life cycle of the arborist climbing line has almost reached its zenith; the latest ..

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Open Masters competition planned for early December

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Matt Glen, the climber who made the Open Masters competition world famous in New Zealand, will return to this country early in December to run an event in Auckland.

The tentative date for the Auckland Open Masters is Saturday 10 December. We'll confirm the venue ..

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Innocent Facebook comment causes international furore

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Ahhh… the joys of Facebook! You can say pretty much say whatever you like and not have to worry about it (too much).

What started out as a simple comment on Facebook by a local arborist has quickly escalated into an international furore involving two of the world's major tree climbing ..

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SRT ascent lessons with Joe Harris

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, October 10, 2011

SRT ascent is now considered one of the everyday 'tools' used by tree climbers. Most SRT systems are cobbled together by the climber, using various bits of ascending hardware they have gathered up over time.

Due to this fact, and the evolving nature of SRT ascent, ..

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Petzl, Jared Abrogena and iClimb work together

Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, October 09, 2011

Tree climbing looks set to follow the marketing route adopted by rock climbing equipment manufacturers with company sponsored athletes - see the Petzl/iClimb video above (you'll recognize some local faces).

Up until recently there has been an unspoken stand-off between the top tree climbers and ..

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Counterfeit product continue to cause concern for aerial arborists

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, October 07, 2011

Most of the major tree climbing equipment manufacturers have already begun making noises about counterfeit (and low quality) product entering the market.

Petzl issued a warning earlier in the year and Treemagineer Mark Bridge (arguably representing DMM and Teufelberger offered some startling insights in ..

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Tree climbers experiment with the Sterling ATS

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, October 05, 2011


On good authority, there a few world-class Australasian tree climbers experimenting with the new Sterling (Rope) ATS Rappel/Belay Device.

Like the Benchmade Rescue7 featured in the previous blog, Treetools believes the Treemagineers may have been the first tree climbers to express interest in ..

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Benchmade Rescue7 tactical cutters make it to Treetools

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Treemagineer Mark Bridge was seen sporting one of the Benchmade Rescue7 cutters at the WEL Networks/Treemagineers Workshop in Hamilton back in August. A couple of eagle-eyed climbers spotted this unique 'knife' on Mark's harness and asked Treetools if they were available in New Zealand. They ..

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