Petzl has announced a recall of the newly launched GriGri 2. This follows the discovery that excessive force on the fully extended handle causes it to remain stuck in the open position.
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The long awaited, Treemagineers designed CELanyard is finally available in New Zealand. The joint manufacturers of the CELanyard, DMM and Teufelberger,have struggled to keep up with worldwide demand since its initial launch earlier in the year.
This new lanyard incorporates plenty of technology from both DMM and Teufelberger: ..
New Zealand Slack Trip 2010 from Fabrice Wittner on Vimeo.
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13.65 seconds straight up 15 meters! Yes, you read that right - James Kilpatrick has officially broken the men's world record secured footlock with a 13.65 second climb at the 2011 Asia-Pacific TCC in Singapore.
James held the previous men's record at 14.11 ..Just in from Thoughtplanter Richard Wanhill at the Asia-Pacific TCC in Singapore: James Kilpatrick has set the unofficial world record with a 13.75 second footlock. We'll post more information as it comes to hand.
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Climbers are beginning to see the energy-efficient benefits in SRT access and more and more variations of the 'tree frog' system are presenting themselves on YouTube.
Have a look at this 'sit-stand-sit' tree frog configuration from Tanglewr.
'Home-made' rope savers are commonplace in New Zealand. Most of these savers follow the same method of construction. Climbers take a suitable length of rope (usually Sirius 10mm
Last week Treetools posted a YouTube clip showing climberdad using a whole raft of new equipment (which is interesting in itself). This blog incensed one particular safety conscious arborist.
Evidence of two 'Bad Practices' in the video were the ..
Andy Neverman says this video is important viewing for arborists and he's right! You will need to watch right through to the end to see why.
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