{"id":598,"date":"2011-10-22T19:31:55","date_gmt":"2011-10-22T19:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intotrees.com\/Content\/?p=598"},"modified":"2011-10-22T19:31:55","modified_gmt":"2011-10-22T19:31:55","slug":"lit-thus-one-run-bro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intotrees.com\/Content\/2011\/10\/lit-thus-one-run-bro\/","title":{"rendered":"lit thus one run, bro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No, that isn&#8217;t a spelling mistake.\u00a0 <em>into trees <\/em>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&#8217;s game against France.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/intotrees.com\/Content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/litthesonerun.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-599\" title=\"litthesonerun\" src=\"http:\/\/intotrees.com\/Content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/litthesonerun.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intotrees.com\/Content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/litthesonerun.jpg 481w, https:\/\/intotrees.com\/Content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/litthesonerun-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The competition is in Masterton this year, towards the south of the north island, so another roadtrip was definitely in order.\u00a0 Luckily NZ is not quite so large as Australia, so unlike the<em>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/intotrees.com\/Content\/2011\/07\/let-this-one-run\/\" target=\"_blank\">let this one run <\/a><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/intotrees.com\/Content\/2011\/07\/let-this-one-run\/\" target=\"_blank\">roadtrip <\/a>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 &#8211; busy couple of days.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"geyserjump\" src=\"http:\/\/intotrees.com\/Content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/geyserjump.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The competition in New Zealand is always going to be fierce, with the top echelon of NZ climbers all at world-class standard: <a href=\"http:\/\/treetools.co.nz\/_blog\/Treetools_Blog\/post\/Gumpy_piss-take\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scott (the legend)\u00a0Forrest<\/a>, 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.\u00a0 The comp also receives a lot of support, with sponsors Husqvarna and others offering generous prizes, and lots of media coverage: the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.times-age.co.nz\/news\/competitive-tree-climbing-a-cut-throat-sport\/1144228\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wairarapa Times-Age<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/dominion-post\/news\/local-papers\/wairarapa-news\/5658691\/Masterton-to-host-national-tree-climbing-champs\" target=\"_blank\">NZ Stuff<\/a>, and of course <a href=\"http:\/\/treetools.co.nz\/BlogRetrieve.aspx?BlogID=2370\" target=\"_blank\">TreeTools<\/a> all posting info.\u00a0 Results to follow this evening!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, that isn&#8217;t a spelling mistake.\u00a0 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&#8217;s game against &hellip; 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