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 ..The kiwi men's team almost completed the 'hat trick' in the Masters event at the 2011 Asia-Pacific Regional TCC in Singapore today!
Current Asia-Pacific Regional champion James Kilpatrick placed number one with Scott Forrest number two and Ross Kite number four (beaten into third place by a meager .67 points by aussie ..
Another update from Thoughtplanter Richard Wanhill in Singapore. The (unofficial) mens Asia-Pacific TCC preliminary results are Ross Kite 1st, Scott Forrest 2nd, Henk Morgan 3rd, James Kilpatrick 4th and Richard Kenyon 5th.
Womens preliminary results: Kiah Martin 1st, Nicky Ward-Allen 2nd.
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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Below is photographic evidence of Scott Forrest mixing it up with the locals in Singapore! To be more precise the picture was taken in the remote rainforstsof the Johor Pennisula, north-west of Singapore.
Here's what Australian No.1 climber, Joe Harris has to say: "we visited some remote rainforests ..
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.
The Chilean ash cloud has forced New Zealand woman's NZ Arbor No 1 Chrissy Spence and rookie international climber Stef White out of the Asia-Pacifc TCC due to start Friday in Singapore.
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