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Australian Tree Climbing Championships 2011

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Joe

After 10,000km of roadtrip, and three regional tree climbing competitions, the into trees crew took part in the Australian Tree Climbing Championships in Darwin on the weekend of May 28 – 29.  The preliminaries were held on the Saturday, with … Continue reading →

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Let this one run – Darwin

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Joe

After another few days on the road, the crew are in Darwin, with a week to go before the Australian Tree Climbing Championships 2011 – time to get acclimatised, and to get used to the legendary green ants! 

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Brad Bowden – rope guide install

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Joe

One criticism that has often been levelled at the groundbreaking ART Ropeguide by climbers using ‘traditional’ two-ring cambium savers (or even more traditional natural crotching) is that the Ropeguide cannot be installed from the ground.  In the video below, leading … Continue reading →

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