25 December 2009

Rope Workers ~ Technicians Get High To Fix!

Kate Galbraith writes in the NYTimes that the Rise of Wind Turbines Is a Boon for Rope Workers...
"Rope specialists [...] long filled a range of niche jobs, like inspecting big dams, cleaning Mount Rushmore and repairing offshore oil platforms. But as wind farms have sprouted across the nation, rope companies have quickly expanded into a new line of work -- fixing turbines so they last longer..."
But it seems to me they still need better tools, for instance, the powered rope accender made by MIT alumco Atlas Devices...

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