Gas-powered ascender. Sweet.

Check this bad boy out. It retails for the low low price of $2,495.

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(For the above video, the demonstration starts at 1:23)

Here is the link to the company's site.

Hilarious.

Sooooo if you used one of these to get up elcap would that be considered aided-aid-climbing?

What will they come up with next????

dude doesnt choose to clip into that daisy chain very well.

From here:
"It makes ascending trees quick, easy, safe and almost effortless. Weighing in at only 20 pounds the Wraptor can lift up to a 300 pound climber at a rate of 100 feet per minute. The Wraptor can fulfill the ascending needs of arborists, mountaineers, high tower linemen, researchers and the recreational climber by providing a safe, efficient and easy means of access into high angle work environments."

Anyone know any 300 pound mountaineers? get ready to see a bunch of obese folks falling out of trees and whatnot...

Holy Batman!

jon vandub wrote:Sooooo if you used one of these to get up elcap would that be considered aided-aid-climbing? What will they come up with next????

100 fpm... One could ascend Lover's Leap in just over 4 minutes. Wait! Where have I heard of that before?

It looks like you just end up sweating when you haul and look at your bank account rather than when you haul and jug.

Cool idea. I'm sure it has a good application, but not for climbing.

Evan

No if that's not Ironic. Bunch of tree huggers using gas powered ascenders.

Cool! I wander if I can hall my icebox full of PBR and Cheetos with that thing.

That's what I'm talking about! My elbows feel better already.

that damn thing sounded like it was going to blow up! i wonder how extensive the testing was, sounded like that little chainsaw motor wasnt really built for up to a 300 lb load...