Er, that wasn't really a rope ascender. It retracted a cable, sort of a "one person only" deal. However with something like this many people could be using the same rope.
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They made a nicer one on Mythbusters. It was even compact
@mike
haha yeah i was watching that the other day and thinking the same thing
Er, that wasn't really a rope ascender. It retracted a cable, sort of a "one person only" deal. However with something like this many people could be using the same rope.