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Innocent Facebook comment causes international furore

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Ahhh… the joys of Facebook! You can say pretty much say whatever you like and not have to worry about it (too much).

What started out as a simple comment on Facebook by a local arborist has quickly escalated into an international furore involving two of the world's major tree climbing ..

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SRT ascent lessons with Joe Harris

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, October 10, 2011

SRT ascent is now considered one of the everyday 'tools' used by tree climbers. Most SRT systems are cobbled together by the climber, using various bits of ascending hardware they have gathered up over time.

Due to this fact, and the evolving nature of SRT ascent, ..

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Petzl, Jared Abrogena and iClimb work together

Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, October 09, 2011

Tree climbing looks set to follow the marketing route adopted by rock climbing equipment manufacturers with company sponsored athletes - see the Petzl/iClimb video above (you'll recognize some local faces).

Up until recently there has been an unspoken stand-off between the top tree climbers and ..

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Counterfeit product continue to cause concern for aerial arborists

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, October 07, 2011

Most of the major tree climbing equipment manufacturers have already begun making noises about counterfeit (and low quality) product entering the market.

Petzl issued a warning earlier in the year and Treemagineer Mark Bridge (arguably representing DMM and Teufelberger offered some startling insights in ..

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Tree climbers experiment with the Sterling ATS

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, October 05, 2011


On good authority, there a few world-class Australasian tree climbers experimenting with the new Sterling (Rope) ATS Rappel/Belay Device.

Like the Benchmade Rescue7 featured in the previous blog, Treetools believes the Treemagineers may have been the first tree climbers to express interest in ..

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Benchmade Rescue7 tactical cutters make it to Treetools

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Treemagineer Mark Bridge was seen sporting one of the Benchmade Rescue7 cutters at the WEL Networks/Treemagineers Workshop in Hamilton back in August. A couple of eagle-eyed climbers spotted this unique 'knife' on Mark's harness and asked Treetools if they were available in New Zealand. They ..

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2011 Wellington Regional TCC now on Flickr

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, October 03, 2011

Photographs taken by Treetools at the 2011 Wellington Regional TCC, Botanic Gardens, Wellington on Saturday October 1 are now available for viewing on Flickr. ..

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Training buddies lead Wellington competition points table

Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, October 02, 2011

On-form Clay Winter and a determined Nicky Ward-Allen scooped the top spots at the 2011 Wellington Regional TCC on Saturday.

Clay and Nicky have been training together and it shows: Clay has picked up some of Nicky's deliberation and finesse while Nicky seems to have gained Clay's perchance for aggression and ..

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More fun from the westies (Australian that is)

Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, October 01, 2011

Arborists don't like to do things by halves, but the West Australian boys have lifted the bar to new heights!

Speedline, skyline, zipline or plain old, garden variety flying fox - no matter what you call them, they generally attract plenty of attention from the public. ..

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Spiderjackery II - high risk viewing!

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, September 30, 2011

Watch this latest video from Joe Harris at your own risk - after viewing you might have to part with a few hard-earned dollars to invest in a new Spiderjack! Note Joe's use the of the DB Tree Crackajack ..

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