Toprope soloing is when the climber is not tied into the rope directly. Instead, she sets up a fixed line from a solid anchor above the route, attaches herself to the rope with two PCDs (e.g., Petzl ...

ROLLNLOCK is the multipurpose device CLIMBING TECHNOLOGY dedicates to mountaineering, rope access work and self-rescue. Compact, ultralight and easy to handle, it offers three different modes of ...

An M.I.T. graduate student has invented a hand-held gadget that lets you climb up and down walls like Batman. Called the Powered Rope Ascender, it's a spiraling, battery-powered winch that winds its ...

February 15, 2007 Atlas Devices’ Rope Ascender is a remarkable new tool that enables "reverse rappelling" up buildings and other vertical surfaces at unprecedented speeds. The device, which is the ...