Climb Every Thing promo video on YouTube

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, March 01, 2012

Get to know Drew and Johno a little better in this excellent video by Greg Parker - lifting the bar up another couple of notches.

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Self rescue: vital skill for SRT ascent

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Once upon a time (pre-2010) tree work SRT ascent was considered an 'advanced' tree climbing technique. Today, SRT ascent is almost passé.

But don't let its popularity lull you into a sense of false security!

Having all the right gear to get yourself up an ascent line ..

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Masters event planned for 2012 Auckland Regional TCC

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, February 28, 2012

2012 Auckland Regional TCC chief cook and bottle wash, Craig Webb says, if time permits, a Masters climb will follow the preliminaries scheduled for Saturday.

This is a good move! Many climbers do not get to experience a Masters ..

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Important announcement from ITCC: to those less informed!

Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, February 25, 2012

Talk about a public relations nightmare! The ITCC Safety and Advisories department seems to have an uncanny knack for stuffing things up!

Every tree climbing innovator needs to download this latest 'Statement' from the ITCC.

Among other more important topics the ITCC Statement says: "To allow underserved pressure (we think the authors ..

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Unsung NZ champion: Nicky Ward-Allen

Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, February 25, 2012

Go out and buy a copy of today's Weekend Herald.

Biff the paper but keep the Canvas Magazine and turn to page 7 and there she is: Nicky Ward-Allen, an unsung champion to mainstream readers but definitely a hero to every tree climber.

Nicky is well known, worldwide in tree circles, ..

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'Complete and Utter Hypocrisy' rant on Tree Buzz

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, February 23, 2012

As an addendum to yesterdays Rope Wrench blog post, interested parties should put aside half an hour to read the Complete and Utter Hypocrisy thread on Tree Buzz.

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Dramatic tests for Singing Tree Rope Wrench

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Treetools has seen a couple of very dramatic 'tests' recently which demonstrate how easily the Rope Wrench can be pulled down onto the friction hitch, in theory sending the climber plummeting to the ground.

Try is yourself. Set up the Rope Wrench system anyway you prefer, without any load applied. ..

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Popular Silky Gomtaro has a new competitor… from Silky!

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, February 21, 2012

The Silky Gomtaro and its curved blade brother, the Silky Zubat dominate the NZ handsaw market for arborists - to date nothing else has come close to knocking these two saws off their perch.

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Treetools visitor and pageview numbers continue to rise

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, February 21, 2012

After reading about the Nick Pott arbjobs.com visitor numbers today (a very respectable 12,000 visitors per month) we thought we'd take a look at Treetools web traffic as a point of reference.

As of today, Tuesday 21 February 2012, Treetools visitors were 12,931 for the month of February and we still ..

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UK-based website helps New Zealand arb employers

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Last weeks 'Asplundh' blog post regarding labor shortages in the NZ arb market has sparked a flood of comments from Treetools customers both in the store and over the phone - it appears every tree company in New Zealand is looking for staff!

Late last century (1999) the UK arb market ..

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