Stein have launched a new 100% Dyneema throwline to compete with Samson Zing-It and New England Dynaglide and it will be available soon from Treetools.
What's happening out there? by Kal Hubay
"Lately I have been looking at marketing strategies to make myself more competitive during these tough economic times.
I have been trying to focus (more) on my local residential market in particular, having been fortunate ..
To ensure the integrity of all PPE splices sold by Treetools we regularly conduct random break tests on spliced rope supplied to us by Auckland splicers DB Tree and i-Splice.
Film maker, Geoff Mackley has uploaded a short video via sat phone showing Auckland climbers, Drew Bristow and Johno Smith descending to the lip of the lava lake in Marum volcano, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu - absolutely amazing video footage!
Marum volcano, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu, Sunday 19 September, 2010 - check out the photos of Drew Bristow and Johno Smith on Geoff Mackley's website(scroll to the bottom picture and you'll see Johno disappearing over the edge with the lava lake in the background).
Apparently, Geoff has ..
Pfanner, known in the arb industry for Stretch-Air protective clothing and Klima-Air boots, unveiled the Protos Integral protective helmet at their 20th anniversary celebration on Monday 13 September.
A family-ownedAustrian business, Pfanner has invested €1.8 million and spent ..
Many 'old school' arborists are beginning to realize that tree climbing has changed dramatically over the last few years.
At first, resistant to the change, they carried on as per usual, swearing out loud that competition climbers were show ponies and almost incapable atdoing any 'real work'. Over ..
Registered participants in the Splicing Workshop, scheduled to coincide with the 2010 Labour Weekend Arboricultural Festival in Dunedin, will be sent a 5.0m length of rope in both double braid and 16-strand prior to the event.
Each length of ..
Following the SpanSet incident in July 2010, many NZ arb companies are reevaluating the management of climbing hardware. The primary aim is the ability to track individual items and paramount to this is the serial numbering of hardware.
Nicky Ward-Allen posted a 16:43 second foot lock at the Waikato/BoP Regional TCC on Saturday - over two seconds shy of her world record.
However, you have to remember that only two years ago Nicky's time would have beaten ..
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