The motor-driven cable winch is indispensable for the long ascent
“It only becomes dangerous for
us when the client puts pressure
on us and safety is neglected.”
Selvin Keller
Selvin Keller is the Managing
Director of Rope Ventum
rope access installers listen attentively. Then it’s
off to work; that is to say, up into the air. Liebmann
stows working materials and ice sensors in a robust
box that also hangs from the harness. The hindquarters
workbench, so to speak. Then, a rattling
petrol engine is started by a cable pull. But instead
of powering a lawn mower or chain saw, the
motorized propulsion is used to gain height. This
is because the motor powers a machine that works
its way up the rope, carrying the climber to his lofty
workplace at a height of more than 100 meters.
While the “climbing moped” reliably tows
Liebmann and his equipment upward, Keller
safeguards his colleague and keeps in contact over
the radio. Dusk begins to fall. This is not a problem
for the two professionals. “We have flashlights with
us, after all.” Lines of worry only begin to appear on
Keller and his colleague’s brows when the weather
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