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Auckland tree climbers make TVNZ Close-up at 7:00pm

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, October 12, 2010


Amrbym volcano climbers, Drew Bristow and Johno Smith featured tonight on TVNZ Close-up at 7:00pm. The news item centered around the cameraman, Geoff Mackley, but it was the tree climbers we were most interested in.

The nutter in the 'silver suit' is ..

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Beaver Trees from Christchurch lead company Dunedin TCC entries

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Beaver Trees from Christchurch have five climbers competing in the Labour Weekend Arb Festival Tree Climbing Comp. Good on you Beaver - it's great to see company commitment to tree climbing events!

The Dunedin tree climbing competition is part of a weekend of arb festivities which include the treeclimbing competition, ..

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Futura Body smaller than you think!

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, October 12, 2010

We blogged about the Kong Futura Body in the past (first in July and then again in September Read More

Matt Glen's Open Masters Challenge gathers momentum

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Prominent Auckland tree climber, Matt Glen started the Open Masters Challenge in 2009 in a effort to get climbers prepared for the 'competitive' nature of the Regional and National Tree Climbing comps - see NZAA

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Learning to work the angles in rigging

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, October 11, 2010

We have talked before about the importance of the rope angles in rigging (and climbing for that matter), particularly the loads generated when pulleys are used as re-directs and the value to be gained from downloading the VTIO ..

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NTCA keen on getting kids up trees, up North!

Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, October 09, 2010

The Northland Tree Climbers Association (NTCA ) is keen to get young people into tree climbing. As part of this initiative , ..

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Arb Festival update from Jerry Lynch

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, October 08, 2010

Labour Weekend Arb Festival organizer Jerry Lynch has sent through this update for the upcoming Dunedin event- make sure you get your tickets booked - this will be a fantastic weekend!

The Climbing Comp… it's all go, the climbing comp won't help your Read More

Hamilton Rigging with the Port-A-Wrap workshop sells out!

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, October 08, 2010

Yet another Pro Climb 'Rigging with the Port-A-Wrap' workshop has sold out. The Hamilton workshop, scheduled for Saturday 9 October, is the second-to-last in ..

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Volcano adventurer laid low with malaria

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, October 08, 2010

Well known Auckland tree climber and Marum volcano adventurer, Johno Smith has contracted malaria while in the islands. Doctors say Johno should come right in about 3-weeks following several forms of anti-malarial drug treatment.

Malaria is transmitted by the bite from a ..

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You saw them first on Treetools!

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, October 08, 2010

Yes it is Imori, yes it is the Stein Skywalker -  but it's the 'LUKE' oval carabiners from ISC and Stein and the new Silverstreak hitch cord by Yale that are first on Treetools.

The new LUKE oval carabiner is designed to partner with the new two-holed Stein Read More

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