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Taranaki Open on facebook

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, January 19, 2012

Event organizer Nicky Ward-Allen has posted the Taranaki Open on facebook - if you are planning to attend click the 'going' button now!

The trees for the 2012 event are completely different to those climbed last year - Nicky has conveniently included an aerial view of King Edward Park in Stratford ..

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ART innovation for 2012

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Treetools touched on the subject of ART innovation late last year but many readers managed to overlook the detail, preferring instead to get lost in Joe Harris's Spiderjack instructional video (and we can understand why).

Part way through the video Joe makes a reference to the planned changes for the Spiderjack ..

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Renewed interest in Beal Uni Core following 'frog' drop tests

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Treetools has a length of Type B Yale Blaze in the showroom kindly donated by Drew Bristow. The sample is the result of an experiment conducted by DB Tree to see what happens when the Frog system is dynamically loaded with 80kgs of weight.

Drew's length ..

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First issue hard copy of Arb Climber available now

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, January 17, 2012

The first issue of Arb Climber arrived this afternoon instore - there is nothing like the smell of fresh ink! Copies of Arb Climber are available now for immediate delivery.

As far as we know Arb Climber is the first aerial arborist magazine ever. And readers should be very happy with ..

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DB Tree drop tests confirm Rope Wrench grip-ability

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, January 16, 2012

Working the tree on a single (leg of your climbing) line has always polarized climber opinion.

Now, with increasing popularity for the Rope Wrench the SRT issue is coming into much sharper focus.

While the Rope Wrench might be renewing interest in working SRT it is not ..

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Climb the tallest white gum in the world with Matt Glen

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, January 13, 2012

The White Knight, Evercreech Forest Reserve, north-east Tasmania - 91m tall. Amazing footage from Matt Glen.

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Zip lining: nice 'n easy with Wouter

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, January 13, 2012

Cut a bit short and visual overload, but fun to see Wouter in action!

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Full time arboriculture lecturer position, Otago

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, January 12, 2012

Arboriculture Lecturer, School of Architecture, Building and Engineering

FULL TIME

Otago Polytechnic is seeking a suitably qualified and experienced person, to fill an arboriculture lecturing position in the Natural Resources section of the School of Architecture, Building and Engineering.

The successful applicant will hold a recognised qualification in Arboriculture.

Previous tertiary teaching experience ..

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More on the Petzl Shunt caution

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, January 12, 2012

Questions regarding the use of the Petzl Shunt as a professional rope access back-up device surfaced way back in 2001 following an extensive study by Lyon Equipment for the Health and Safety Executive in the UK.

The 2001 Lyon Report raised some serious concerns about ..

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Important blog post from iClimbinc

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Singapore-based tree climber/blogger Jordan Glossop from iClimbinc has blogged about the January 10, 2012 caution notice from Petzl regarding the Petzl Shunt when used in rope access as a backup device (towed by a cord).

Jordan touches on a number of important topics in this one post - the primary focus ..

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