[Nmcaver] nmcaver Digest, Vol 29, Issue 7

[mpearson at ix.netcom.com]

The recently created MIT motorized ascender is expected to cost around $5000 and weighs 20 lbs, according to the news report.

Mike Pearson 

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>Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:22:48 -0700
>From: "Minton, Mark" <mminton at nmhu.edu>
>Subject: [Nmcaver] Motorized Ascenders
>To: <nmcaver at caver.net>,	"txcaver" <texascavers at texascavers.com>
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>      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.
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>Mark Minton
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