The Fancy Dress Tree Climbing Competition on January 29, brain-child of Open Masters organizer Matt Glen, looks like it should be a fun day. Apart from the fact that climbers will be competing in fancy dress the TCC judges are also planning ..
Short answer Scotty, Steven is right: Splicing no (as far as we can ascertain). Stitching, yes (on some ropes). It's knots all the way!
During the day our rope experts have given us plenty of reasons why dynamic ropes cannot be spliced - mostly in technical jargon so I will not ..
Over the last few years, the influence of the Treemagineers has caused a minor revolution in the world of tree climbing. Their products have also had a major influence on the New Zealand tree climbing scene (as noted ..
We have blogged about the issue of static-on-static footlocking lines/strops in the past. New Zealand womens climber, Nicky Ward-Allen pretty much started the debate back in March '09 with a world record footlock ..
The Northland Tree Climbers Association (NTCA) Pakaraka Tree Climbers Gathering is scheduled for this coming weekend at the Alderton Farm, Marshall Road, Pakaraka, Northland.
Climbers from as far afield as Australia, Christchurch and Dunedin plan to be in attendance ..
Thanks to all our supporters during 2010 - we're looking forward to an even bigger 2011. There will be no more blog posts from Treetools until the New Year - low and slow until you know.
Merry Christmas from the Treetools team! ..Leaf through any old school, paper-based arb catalog and you'll find products with a star burst, loudly stating 'Popular Choice". That's code for 'this is the one you should buy!' in case you didn't know.
There's no doubt about it though, 'Top' lists are popular (witness the NZ Arbor Top ..
See Google maps below for directions to the NTCA Pakaraka Tree Climbers Gathering at Alderton Farm, Marshall Road, Pakaraka on January 15-16, 2011.
The clever buggers at Yale Cordage came up with this one!
Yale Brace is a specially developed flat-braid rope for use as a dynamic tree brace. The correct installation of Yale Brace ensures supplemental support for 'at risk' trees. Yale Brace allows the tree to sway naturally. This helps build new ..
The NZAA Taranaki Open organizers have a Stratford tree tour planned for climbers who arrive early for the Open Tree Climbing Competition and Taranaki mountain climb over Waitangi Weekend.
The Friday 4 February Stratford tree tour involves a visit to ..
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