[Nmcaver] Motorized Ascenders

[Minton, Mark]

      Last fall there was some discussion about motorized ascenders.  There was recently a CNN story about yet another entry into the field:  <http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/02/14/wall.climb.invention.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest>.  The company's web site is <http://www.atlasdevices.com/>.  It is not nearly as informative as the one for its competitor PowerQuick.  I'm guessing it is much newer, although it claims they are already on generation 3.  The latest device on the web site at <http://www.atlasdevices.com/products.htm> looks different from the one in the CNN story.

Mark Minton