Southern Arbor Day arborcamp photographs finally on Flickr

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, June 15, 2011

We've finally managed to get the 2011 Southern Arbor Day Arborcamp photographs loaded onto Flickr.

It seems there is a lot of pics showing Adam Holland ..

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Aspiring sling in the 'home-made' rope saver breaks at 24kN

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, June 14, 2011

'Home-made' rope savers are commonplace in New Zealand. Most of these savers follow the same method of construction. Climbers take a suitable length of rope (usually Sirius 10mm

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NZ Arbor Best Practice Guideline clashes with reality

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Last week Treetools posted a YouTube clip showing climberdad using a whole raft of new equipment (which is interesting in itself). This blog incensed one particular safety conscious arborist.

Evidence of two 'Bad Practices' in the video were the ..

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Major tree climbing showdown later this week in Singapore

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, June 13, 2011

Who will win the Asia-Pacific Regional TCC later this week?

The Asia-Pacific Regional TCC is the last chance for climbers to represent their country with a starting position in the 2011 International Tree Climbing Championships scheduled for Sydney, July ..

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Yale Cordage tests highlight the importance of rope choice

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, June 13, 2011

Andy Neverman says this video is important viewing for arborists and he's right! You will need to watch right through to the end to see why.

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More on carabiner side loading in Treetools break test

Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, June 12, 2011

We'll be honest, Treetools cannot fully explain how the physics worked in the climbing configuration test where the DMM Sentinel screw gate carabiner failed at 21kN.

But we do know… on paper at least, the DMM carabiner ..

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(in)Famous Netherlands DuckSaver trashed in chipper

Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, June 11, 2011

You'll probably all remember the Matt Says No! story from January last year where Matt Glen had a go at Wouter (from the Netherlands) for using the Kong Duck in a rope saver set up.

Following this stressful ..

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Bad arb practice questioned! Thank you Matt Glen!

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, June 10, 2011

Yesterday we ran an article demonstrating a 'solo' topping effort. Climberdad shows off plenty of gear but there are a number of questionable practices in this video. Currently, in ..

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DMM Sentinel carabiner failure at 21kN

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, June 10, 2011

Before everyone gets all hot and bothered there is a reason why this DMM Sentinel carabiner failed at 21kN (for those who don't know the Sentinel is rated at 24kN).

The carabiner in ..

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All the gidgets and gadgets in one rigging video

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, June 09, 2011

>The Stein RC2000 swinging bollard, the Rope Wrench, the Petzl Rig, mini Port-A-Wraps, self-locking fiddle blocks, zip lines - you'll get the lot in this video.

The clip is about 13 minutes long so set aside a ..

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