Saturday's weather bomb turned out to be a fizzer in Western Park - it was just another day at work for the tree climbers in the 2012 NZ Arbor/Husqvarna Auckland Regional TCC.
There where a few showers but they did not dampen the quality of tree climbing on display.
Jawand Nga Chun ..
WeatherWatch head analyst Philip Duncan is predicting a potential 'weather bomb' to hit Auckland tomorrow morning, right about the time Auckland tree climbers commence their annual regional tree climbing competition.
Event organizer Craig Webb has told Treetools the comp will continue as planned as this point.
Craig has asked competitors to meet ..
Get to know Drew and Johno a little better in this excellent video by Greg Parker - lifting the bar up another couple of notches.
..Once upon a time (pre-2010) tree work SRT ascent was considered an 'advanced' tree climbing technique. Today, SRT ascent is almost passé.
But don't let its popularity lull you into a sense of false security!
Having all the right gear to get yourself up an ascent line ..
2012 Auckland Regional TCC chief cook and bottle wash, Craig Webb says, if time permits, a Masters climb will follow the preliminaries scheduled for Saturday.
This is a good move! Many climbers do not get to experience a Masters ..
Talk about a public relations nightmare! The ITCC Safety and Advisories department seems to have an uncanny knack for stuffing things up!
Every tree climbing innovator needs to download this latest 'Statement' from the ITCC.
Among other more important topics the ITCC Statement says: "To allow underserved pressure (we think the authors ..
Go out and buy a copy of today's Weekend Herald.
Biff the paper but keep the Canvas Magazine and turn to page 7 and there she is: Nicky Ward-Allen, an unsung champion to mainstream readers but definitely a hero to every tree climber.
Nicky is well known, worldwide in tree circles, ..
As an addendum to yesterdays Rope Wrench blog post, interested parties should put aside half an hour to read the Complete and Utter Hypocrisy thread on Tree Buzz.
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Treetools has seen a couple of very dramatic 'tests' recently which demonstrate how easily the Rope Wrench can be pulled down onto the friction hitch, in theory sending the climber plummeting to the ground.
Try is yourself. Set up the Rope Wrench system anyway you prefer, without any load applied. ..
The Silky Gomtaro and its curved blade brother, the Silky Zubat dominate the NZ handsaw market for arborists - to date nothing else has come close to knocking these two saws off their perch.
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