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Victorian Tree Climbing Championship 2012

Another fine event by the VTIO crew: 52 climbers made it through in time to do the master’s challenge before dusk.  There were a few surprises: the rescue dummy for the master’s and women’s grade was set in a fairly … Continue reading

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ITCC on the 7 o’clock news; full results

Portland (Oregon) is a fair trip from Australia, but the team from the 7 o’clock news made the journey, and a brief wrap-up of the recent ITCC made it onto the national news (starts at about five minutes, after the … Continue reading

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ITCC Portland 2012

Congratulations to Bernd Strasser for his ninth ITCC win, and to Veronika Ericsson from Sweden for her first world title.  The competition ran seamlessly in beautiful summer weather, and the standard of climbing was extremely high.  into trees‘ Joe Harris … Continue reading

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