If in your heart you have at any time aspired to be batman then this product is for you!!
The above video shows a product called the ATLAS Powered Rope Ascender.
The product has been carefully designed by students from MIT’s Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (only in America :), and is capable of hauling a fully kitted out soldier up an obstacle at up to 10 ft/sec!!!
Other uses include using it to tow vehicles and even remotely move equipment and casualties.
At Stormhoek we are in the process trying to supply wine to the restaurant at the top of Table Mountain so maybe we could use it as a quick way of getting emergency wine stocks up there, I calculated it would take about 1min 40seconds to the top from the cableway, not too bad and much faster than Dave and myself took to walk to the top the other day!!