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Rope Wrench popularity gathers momentum

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Kevin Bingham's Singing Tree Rope Wrench tends to polarize opinion - you either love it or hate it (or are ambivalent towards the subject of SRT altogether).

The interesting thing is, tree climbers who thought they hated the Rope Wrench are rapidly changing their minds! (read Reg Coates comment(s) on this ..

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PulleySAVER retrieval shackle revisited

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, January 09, 2012

When you are familiar with a product it can be very easy to (almost) forget some its idiosyncrasies.

Take the Treemagineers pulleySAVER as an example.

Without prior knowledge you might find the retrieval shackle on the pulleySAVER a little complicated to use. That is, your climbing line may not appear to ..

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Young guns hold key to future

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, January 06, 2012

Travel around New Zealand and you'll appreciate the depth of talent we have in this country for tree climbing.

Almost every tree climbing event produces one or two young climbers who stand out from the crowd, someone to be watched.

One such climber is Fielding rookie Peter Boyle.

Typical of talented ..

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Cranes and trees: what's the problem?

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, January 05, 2012

Our sympathies go out to the family of this poor bugger but what the hell is going on here?

Two crane accidents involving trees in as many months - something is not right.

Crane safety ..

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River City Open Masters now on Flickr

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, January 05, 2012

2012 River City Open Masters

Photographs taken by Treetools at the River City Open Masters on Tuesday are now available for viewing on Flickr. 

The Whanganui event was organized by 2011 Wellington Regional champion Clay Winter and Nicky ..

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Open Masters: a success formula

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, January 04, 2012

The Open Masters event has proved to be an excellent formula for competitive tree climber training and development.

Matt Glen's original concept allowed climbers the opportunity to experience a 'Masters' without having to qualify by completing the preliminary competitive events.

And the format can be easily completed in a few hours ..

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2011 - a big year for New Zealand tree climbing

Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, December 24, 2011

2011 is almost over and what a fantastic year it has been for the New Zealand tree climbing community!

Chrissy Spence and Scott Forrest are the International Champions, Nicky Ward-Allen and James Kilpatrick hold the world foot lock records and the 'dream team' of Scott Forrest, James Kilpatrick and Ross Kite ..

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2012 ITCC volunteers needed

Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, December 24, 2011

If you are planning on attending the 2012 ISA Conference in Portland, Oregon (USA) it is not too early to get your name on the list of volunteers to assist with the 2012 International Tree Climbing Championship at Laurelhurst Park on August 11-12.

To receive ITCC volunteer sign-up form, email itcc@isa-arbor.com.

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Kowhai Park for River City Open Masters, early January 2012

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, December 23, 2011

The Spanish Oak in Kowhai Park, Whanganui is the location for the inaugural River City Open Masters Challenge scheduled for Tuesday January 3, 2012.

Kowhai Park is on Anzac Parade (State Highway Four). The Open Masters Challenge ..

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Excellent first issue for Arb Climber magazine

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, December 22, 2011

Arb Climber publishers didn't quite meet the October deadline for their first issue but the wait has not diminished the quality. The digital copy of Arb Climber is available now for download from their website and Treetools will have magazine hard copies available in-store early next year.

The first issue of ..

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