Head to head Workclimb!

kauriman

You asked for more.

Check this out.


More of the Trans-Tasman Tree Climbing Challenge from Hamilton last year. And yes that's two climbers in the same tree at the same time.

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Eric Frei

That poor bugger on the left just near the ground his line got caught and couldn't get footing .... BUGGER!

Darn nice tree, what was it?

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kauriman

Great tree all right. It's a rather large London plane. They grow very well here, in fact we really are spoilt when it comes to nice trees to climb here in Hamilton. This is Ferry Bank Park on the banks of the mighty Waikato river and only a stones through into the city.

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jim1nz

Wicked!! So who was climbing there? Kodz and Craig was the kiwi right? Man he had it! Well about half a meter from having it ha.

Great footage mate

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Whoo!

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newguy18

Are those guys up for hire,they're a hell of alot faster than me.

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Levi Parkin

While we're on the topic... anyone ever found this video?

jim1nz

Now there is a bloke can climb, hes up for hire too...If ya can drag him away from the new straw house!

TrevMcRev

Hey, whats the general gist of this? Both have a similar course to take in the one tree? Pretty hard for the courses to be dead even, but great idea, and good spectator value.

That guy had a bit of bad luck at the end there huh!

kauriman

There's two teams of five climbers. Three men two women in each team. Three events: ascending, throwline and workclimb. Each event is head to head either in same tree or two trees side by side.

The teams swap trees for each heat so in theory at least any advantage that one tree may give is evened out through swapping and repitition.

I want get into the scoring system but basically it's the difference between the fastest time in each heat and the second time. This means that there is incentive for the second placed climber to keep going. Obviously ther are penelties for various infringments.

The Trans-Tasman event is still young (only three annual events) so the rules and format are evolving as we go.

Like you say Trev. The spectators love it.

Next one is in Newcastle in May.

kauriman

Sorry also meant to say that the events are tested pretty thoroughly by good climbers prior to the event to make as even as possible.

Hey Jim. You are right with picking the climbers.

Cheers
Kauriman