Cornwall Park Management have confirmed the tree to be used in the Open Masters Challenge and SRT Speed Competition scheduled for Saturday 22 May.
The SRT Speed Climb is over 20 meters and will be timed using three stop watches - the time from each watch will be averaged to give ..
Here's a few hundred images taken at the ISAAC TCC held on Saturday May 15, South Parklands, Adelaide. Kiwi readers will recognize a few familiar faces - ..
Treetools sponsored ISAAC TCC kiwi wild card, Drew Bristow came in second in the prelims held on Saturday May 15, South Parklands, Adelaide. Apart from a small slip in the Speed Climb, Drew had an almost perfect day.
The Speed Climb was in the new form, introduced in the Hawaii event ..
Grant Cody and Kiah Martin are to represent Australia in the ITCC scheduled for Chicago, July 2010.
Grant was ranked fifth in the prelims, held on Saturday May 15 at South Parklands in Adelaide, but went on to win the Masters event on the Sunday against some stiff competition including ..
The Treetools blog will be not be updated for a couple of days while we attend the ISAAC Tree Climbing Comps in Adelaiade, South Australia. Drew Bristow, sponsored by Treetools, is a wild card entry representing New Zealand. We'll post pictures next week.
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Samurai saws, manufactured by Kanzawa Seiko of Japan are to take on Silky (of Japan) in the NZ pruning saw market. The Samurai saw will be introduced to New Zealand by the local Jameson Distributor, Aorangi Merchants of Timaru.
Silky is the dominant player in the worldwide pruning saw market and ..
MOG has offered a suggestion on the termination knot/spliced friction cord issue. It appears there is some debate about this subject going on ArbTalk. One solution being offered is the insertion of a ring into the friction hitch as shown in the pictures below.
The main argument presented by climbers for ..
A climbing competition workshop is planned for Saturday August 28 in Hamilton, two weeks prior to the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Regional TCC. The workshop follows a suggestion made by well known Auckland climbers Drew Bristow and Johno Smith. The venue is yet to be confirmed.
Hamilton might be the venue for ..
Here's the latest rigging video from Reg Coates. Reg is the designer of the Stein RC Lowering Devices (RC stands for Reg Coates) which are revolutionizing tree rigging methods across the world. New Zealand was one of the first countries, outside ..
If you are using the Treemagineers Hitch Climber system seriously consider splicing your termination (the rope-end attached to the top DMM Ultra O).
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