A stunned international tree climbing community learned yesterday Sal Hernandez passed away overnight Saturday.
Mexican-born Sal was well known in tree climbing circles and loved nothing more than coming to New Zealand to immerse himself in our own brand of tree climbing culture.
Details are sketchy surrounding his death but we ..
Following the dramatic DB Tree 'Frog System' drop-test experiment early in 2012 kiwi tree climbers started taking an active interest in ropes where the sheath and core are permanently bound together - resulting in zero sheath slippage and no 'socking' when excessively loaded.
The first ascent line off ..
Back in June 2010, the New Zealand tree-climbing community was stunned to hear that Matt Dallas had passed away.
Kiwi tree climbers felt they should do something to help Matt's family but no 'mechanism' was in place for climbers to facilitate this action.
Around the same time, the Northland Tree Climbers Association ..
The Asia Pacific Tree Climbing Championship Operations Committee (through NZ Arbor) have announced Monte Cecilia Park in Hillsborough, Auckland as the venue for the 2013 Asia-Pacific TCC scheduled for Saturday 16 March (rain day Sunday 18 March).
And not before time!
Why does the ISA have to do everything the hard way ..
The internet in an unlimited resource for tree climbers.
But there is so much information out there on the web you could literally spend weeks (or months, or even years) trolling through this wealth of data without finding the essential downloads you need - so Treetools has made things easy ..
The soon-to-be-released Petzl ZigZag has the potential to become the climbing kit of choice for many arborists - a new company darling?
The ZigZag's 'Standardized Configuration', discussed in a previous blog post, will no doubt simplify the purchasing of carabiners and climbing ..
Short answer: NO.
Treetools does not recommend the use of large-eye, general purpose or rescue pulleys for remote applications in the tree.
By 'large-eye' we mean any pulley with a connection point large enough for a carabiner to make a full rotation without resistance from the barrel - see three ..
Along with the bridge, the hip-to-leg webbing straps on the TreeMOTION harness are the most common replacement parts requested - the trade-off result for all that freedom of movement you get with the TreeMOTION!
Genuine replacement ..
DMM Wales recently posted a 'factory tour' video detailing the production of DMM equipment. The passion exuded by DMM employees is almost palpable, working together as a big family of craftsmen (and women). They make the gear, they use the gear.
The ..
Further to our blog post earlier in the week, Mr Spiderjackery Joe Harris tells us the latest replacement cam for the ART Spiderjack is manufactured with a larger cross-section and lower bite-point to help reduce slippage on ..
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