Vertical access made rrrrreal easy!
Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Every climber dreams of easy, energy efficient vertical access but the ActSafe Powered Ascender takes it to the extreme.
ActSafe is a Swedish company ..Chaibut Kathawut wins 2011 Singapore TCC
Richard Tregoweth, Monday, May 09, 2011
Thai-born Chai Kathawut has won this years Singapore TCC - he now has three Singapore championships in the trophy cabinet - well done Chai. Check out iClimb
Petzl's Grigri 2 'infomercial' a start in the right direction
Richard Tregoweth, Monday, May 09, 2011
The 'infomercial' is one to televisions famous cliche's. Don't laugh… there are valuable lessons to be had from this style of advertising.
Thesuccessful premise behind the infomercial is entertainment - entertainment value is useful when your message is not particularly newsworthy eg ..Gan Khing Singapore TCC photographs available on Facebook
Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, May 08, 2011
Thanks to Gan Khing from Singapore there are photographs of the 2011 Singapore TCC available on Facebook.
Clay Lee caught in the moment while competing in the 2011 Singapore TCC - more pics by Gan Khing on Facebook.
Here's a first - Treemagineers pulley compatible with Petzl
Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, May 08, 2011
In most instances Treemagineers inspired hardware works best with other DMM products. When Treemagineers gear is paired with other brands they don't seem to work as well. eg the Ultra O with the Hitch Climber is a perfect combination but when you combine the Petzl OK (supposedly oval) carabiner with Hitch ..
New player enters the tree climbing market to shake things up!
Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, May 08, 2011
The long standing arb suppliers must be scratching their heads in dismay - what the hell is going on?
The usual suspects have dominated the tree climbing market for over 20 years: Buckingham, Yale, ISC, DMM, Petzl, Samson. And then we have the relative newcomers causing a stir: the Treemagineers, ART ..
Rock Exotica rigging hub from outer space?
Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, May 08, 2011
The Rock Exotica UFO looks like it could be from outer space but the acronym UFO actually stands for Universal Focusing Object or 3-D rigging in tree work parlance.
The Treemagineers first introduced the concept of three dimensional rigging with the launch of the DMM Rigging Hubs ..
Jordo Glossop leads the 2011 Singapore TCC after day one
Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, May 07, 2011
iClimb inc.com's Jordan Glossop leads the top 10 preliminary placings on day one of the 2011 Singapore Open TCC. This follows last weekends success for Jordo where he gained top place in the inaugural WA-TCC masters in Perth.
The top five prelim contenders will progress to the Masters Challenge on Sunday ..
DB Tree back on camera with an O-Rig demo
Richard Tregoweth, Friday, May 06, 2011
Treetools featured a knot-based retrievable redirect YouTube clip by Dom Eastwood a few weeks ago. Drew Bristow of DB Tree followed Dom up with a video ..
Singing Tree Rope Wrench gone all metallica
Richard Tregoweth, Friday, May 06, 2011
If there was ever a 'product' bound to be copied it is the Singing Tree Rope Wrench.
Treetools first blogged about the Kevin Bingham's Rope Wrench back in December. Almost immediately ..
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- Vertical access made rrrrreal easy!
- Chaibut Kathawut wins 2011 Singapore TCC
- Petzl's Grigri 2 'infomercial' a start in the right direction
- Gan Khing Singapore TCC photographs available on Facebook
- Here's a first - Treemagineers pulley compatible with Petzl
- New player enters the tree climbing market to shake things up!
- Rock Exotica rigging hub from outer space?
- Jordo Glossop leads the 2011 Singapore TCC after day one
- DB Tree back on camera with an O-Rig demo
- Singing Tree Rope Wrench gone all metallica
