F8 Revolver designer, Kevin Bingham (treebing on TreeBuzz ) announced the invention of the Singing Tree Rope Wrench a month or so ago and this new descending tool is now attracting plenty of attention ..
We published the DMM Impact Block video back in June and Adam H has now reminded us how good it is! Spend a few minutes and you'll see what we mean - thanks ..
The Treemotion harness defines the Treemagineers in New Zealand - just have a look at the number of climbers wearing Treemotions at the recent New Zealand National TCC. But there is more to the Treemagineers than the Treemotion harness.
In Europe the Treemagineers have a relatively high profile, ..Treetools will stock the Line Boss early next year and prices are yet to be confirmed. GET International has the Line Boss for sale on their website but only customers resident in the USA can make the purchase.
Test climbing with the Line Boss will commence later in the month ..
The Thompson Unicender has (up until today) dominated the mechanical ascender/descender market. Now, USA based GET International is looking to carve out a unique position for the LineBoss as it goes up against the Unicender.
Rossy Ross from Pro Climb first alerted us to the ..
Yesterday we blogged about the increase in demand for SRT access lines when used in conjunction with mechanical ascenders.
Overnight, Jords from Singapore commented the new Yale Blue Tongue Access Line, designed by John ..
Energy efficient SRT tree access is becoming more and more popular in tree work, largely driven by developments in SRT access hardware. Unfortunately, investment in hardware is only one part of the equation - the other aspect to consider is your choice in rope.
As part of an ongoing research and development program, Treetools conducts break-tests on various pieces of climbing equipment to see how they perform under simulated pressure.
Last week, in conjunction with DB Tree and Climb Every ..
Spend a few minutes on this video by John Kilpatrick (dad to James) taken at the 2010 New Zealand TCC. John provides the entertaining voice over commentary.
Back in July we blogged about Christchurch climber Adam Hartshorne and his investment in the new Yale Imori 12mm climbing line.
Almost six months later Yale Imori (pronounced EEE-MOR-LEE) is finally available to New Zealand tree climbers (apart from Adam!).
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