DMM Axis Swivels with Taylor Hamel
Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, November 01, 2012
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Climb Every Thing duo chiselled into tree climbing history
Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Johno Smith and Zane Wedding have positioned themselves at the sharp end of the Single Line Work Positioning debate.
The effect of their individual SLWP 'protests' at the 2012 NZ TCC last weekend is now rippling around the (social media) tree climbing world - their actions are bound to become part ..
Highlights from the 2012 NZ TCC
Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Legends Foundation trustee and TCC chief score keep Neal Harding has provided a running commentary, YouTube clips, an excellent review and full results for the 2012 NZ tree climbing competition via the Legends blog.
Consequently, there is no need for Treetools to repeat the info on this site so we ..
Rock Exotica reply to Zane Wedding… and it sounds positive!
Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Treetools published Zane Wedding's plea to Rock Exotica on Facebook, regarding the Unicender, as part of a previous post.
Here is Rock Exotica's answer.
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Recall for Wild Country Ropeman III
Richard Tregoweth, Monday, October 29, 2012
Here's the word from Wild Country:
For the safety of all of our customers we are issuing an immediate recall of the Wild Country Ropeman 3. If you own a Wild Country Ropeman 3 please read this notice carefully and follow the instructions: “How to Return the Product”.
Reason for the ..
World record holders lead day one of the 2012 NZ TCC
Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, October 27, 2012
World foot lock record holders, and recognized tree climbing Legends Nicky Ward-Allen and James Kilpatrick lead the points table after day one of competition in the 2012 NZ TCC held in the Wellington Botanic Gardens today.
Other points leaders include Drew Bristow, Johno Smith, Clay Winter, Peter Boyle, Michael Winstanley ..
Zane Wedding upsets the apple cart with his Unicender antics
Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, October 27, 2012
Unicender (and Single Line Work Positioning) advocate Zane Wedding felt the wrath of NZ TCC organizer Mat Palmer at the climber de-brief session this evening (see FB post below as a precursor).
Here's how things unfolded.
Zane presented the Unicender at Gear Check on Friday evening where his full kit was passed. ..
Whiptail stitched terminations produce good break-test results
Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, October 21, 2012
Treetools will commence sales of locally produced stitched rope terminations next month. The 'Whiptail' terminations are manufactured in Auckland by custom rope stitching company Shift 2. Stitched terminations will compliment the splicing work currently undertaken for Treetools by DB Tree (not all ropes can be spliced).
Shift 2 have their own ..
Silky Japan get in behind NZ TCC climbers
Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, October 18, 2012
Thanks to Silky Japan and a lot of leg work by Silex (Silky NZ), a number of qualifying competitors in the 2012 NZ National TCC, scheduled for the weekend of 27-28 October in Wellington, will be sporting unique 'toothless' Silky Tsurugi 300 competition saws - ..
Hitch Hiker update
Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, October 16, 2012
The Hitch Hiker is bit of a hard one to get your head around (at first). We all possibly felt that way about the Rope Wrench (I honestly don't recall - it seems so long ago!).
The Hitch Hiker is a little foreign in that it combines the friction hitch and ..
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- Rock Exotica reply to Zane Wedding… and it sounds positive!
- Recall for Wild Country Ropeman III
- World record holders lead day one of the 2012 NZ TCC
- Zane Wedding upsets the apple cart with his Unicender antics
- Whiptail stitched terminations produce good break-test results
- Silky Japan get in behind NZ TCC climbers
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