Husqvarna NZArbor national tree climbing championship results

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Joe

Well, the unofficial results have been posted by Treetools, here.  With world champions Scott Forrest and Chrissy Spence out of the way, the NZ field was clear for new national champions to step up to the plate: congratulations to James Kilpatrick and Nicky Ward-Allen for winning the 2011 Husqvarna/NZArbor national tree climbing championships.  They will represent New Zealand at the 2012 ITCC in Portland.

The competition overall was a great success, as well as being lucky enough to escape the rain on both days.  The Aerial Rescue involved a ‘pickoff’ rescue of an injured climber on an SRT system, and thankfully competitors were allowed to bring the climber to the ground on their own lines: a welcome return to the real world. 

Check the NZ Arb Association page for official results in the coming weeks.

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lit thus one run, bro

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Joe

No, that isn’t a spelling mistake.  into trees climber Joe Harris is in New Zealand for the NZAA national tree climbing competition, and is trying to pick up the accent just in case the All Blacks lose tonight’s game against France. 

The competition is in Masterton this year, towards the south of the north island, so another roadtrip was definitely in order.  Luckily NZ is not quite so large as Australia, so unlike the  let this one run roadtrip earlier in the year, we were able to make it from Auckland down to Masterton in just a couple of days, stopping on the way to check out the Mount and Tauranga, the Redwood forest, geothermal pools, Taupo and Napier – busy couple of days.

The competition in New Zealand is always going to be fierce, with the top echelon of NZ climbers all at world-class standard: Scott (the legend) Forrest, James Kilpatrick and Ross Kite have all set the bar very high with standout performances in the ITCC and the Asia Pacific tree climbing competitions this year.  The comp also receives a lot of support, with sponsors Husqvarna and others offering generous prizes, and lots of media coverage: the Wairarapa Times-Age, NZ Stuff, and of course TreeTools all posting info.  Results to follow this evening!

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Crane work with TreeSpec

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Joe

 

The photo shows Grant Cody of TreeSpec Professional Arborists using a crane to lift off a 6m length of cypress timber.  After a lengthy setup (always seems to be the way with cranes!) the job was finished with about ten cuts.

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