Kiwi men's 2010 ITCC Work Climb on YouTube

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, September 01, 2010

Just in from Danny Rodriguez - New Zealand's Jimmy Kilpatrick and Scott Forrest in the 2010 ITCC Work Climb, Chicago - now on YouTube!

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MkII for the Pro Climb Rigging Bollard

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, September 01, 2010

Pro Climb's objective in designing the original PCRB was to make a rigging bollard, that was robust, easy to install and simple to use for grounds staff. The first PCRB's (Pro Climb Rigging Bollard) ..

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Kiwi ingenuity for Unicender

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Johno Smith introduced the Unicender to the New Zealand tree climbing scene about a year ago. It wasn't long before he was suggesting modifications to Unicender designer Morgan Thompson. However, as far as ..

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New tree climbing 'bomber style' rain jacket on the market

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, August 30, 2010

Tree climbing in a 'road-worker' rain jacket is not much fun! That's why UK based Stein Safety developed the Evolution climbing jacket. Now, another UK company, Clark Engineering have followed suit with the CutandClimb Arb Bomber Jacket.

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Waikato TCC Workshop: brilliant!

Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, August 29, 2010

Tree climbers traveled from as far away as Hastings, Auckland and Rotorua to attend the Waikato TCC Workshop in Hamilton yesterday. The event was organized by the ..

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Brad Barron says thanks to the NZ tree climbing community

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, August 27, 2010

The above comment was recently posted on the Matt Dallas blog by his friend Brad Barron.

If you want to contribute to the Lillian Dallas Trust Fund you can contact Brad direct:

Email: bradleybarron@gmail.com
Mobile: 021 661 664
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Internationally acclaimed tree climbers at 2010 Waikato/BoP Regional TCC

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, August 27, 2010

At least three internationally acclaimed tree climbers are likely to attend the 2010 Wakiato/BoP Regional TCC on Saturday, September 11 at Hamilton Lake Domain in Hamilton.

Woman's World Footlock ..

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Waikato TCC Workshop all go for tomorrow (Saturday 28)

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, August 27, 2010

Rossy Ross has advised the Waikato TCC Workshop scheduled to start at 9:00am at Steele Park, Hamilton East is all go, regardless of weather (tree climbers are a hardy bunch and don't get put off by a few showers!).

However, Rossy and Marlies (Lazer) do have an alternative wet-weather plan ..

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National recall for SpanSet K4 carabiners

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, August 26, 2010

Following the failed carabiner incident at the Yarwun 2 Project in July, SpanSet Australia has asked for all SpanSet K4 triple action carabiners, batch number 100329, to be removed from service and returned to the distributor for replacement.

SpanSet Australia cannot replicate the problem under the same conditions as ..

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Nicky Ward-Allen's world record footlock now on YouTube

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, August 26, 2010

A video of 2010 NZ Woman's Tree Climbing Champion, Nicky Ward-Allen breaking her own world record footlock at the 2010 ITCC in Chicago on July 23 is available on YouTube. Nicky's record time for the woman's footlock is now 13:26 seconds. ..

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