Last Friday saw us out at the SSE Hydro demonstrating a Limpet E5 and jackup anchor frame to a group of health and safety managers from Venues under the National Arenas Association (NAA) umbrella. The demo saw us drop a 22 metre wire rope ladder from the mother grid to demonstrate the climb assist functionality of the system. With 90% climb assist, the easiest way to climb the ladder is actually to not use your feet at all and just pull using only your arms. That way you don't need to bother with the rather fiddly technique that's needed to perfect the art of unassisted rope ladder climbing. Of course the easiest way of all is to just use the up button on the remote control hoist and to leave the ladder completely untouched! Some people consider that to be cheating, but it's the application that's seen us win most business in the touring stage production sector, with Limpet's being used as the means of lifting the follow-spot operators into their chairs.
After the NAA demo, we took a tour of the Hydro and were able to try out the use of the Limpet as a means of easily accessing and fall protecting work to clean and maintain the inside of the translucent, air filled, ETFE walls that are the most distinctive feature of the venue. After rolling the Limpet out of the arena on its jacked up anchor frame, we parked it below the leaning outer wall and rigged the line up and got to work. 30 minutes later everyone was covered in dust, but we'd been successful in proving its usefulness for that application.
After the NAA demo, we took a tour of the Hydro and were able to try out the use of the Limpet as a means of easily accessing and fall protecting work to clean and maintain the inside of the translucent, air filled, ETFE walls that are the most distinctive feature of the venue. After rolling the Limpet out of the arena on its jacked up anchor frame, we parked it below the leaning outer wall and rigged the line up and got to work. 30 minutes later everyone was covered in dust, but we'd been successful in proving its usefulness for that application.
