Climbing device

A climbing device comprising:

• a rope for anchoring at one end to a support, at least one first engagement arrangement releasably locked to the rope, said first engagement arrangement being displaceable in a direction towards the anchored end of the rope under the action of a climbing force and in locking engagement with the rope when the climbing force stops;
• at least one drivable second engagement arrangement disposed to act on a free end of the rope, said second engagement arrangement being located between the locking engagement of the first engagement arrangement with the rope and a load carried by the rope to produce the climbing force and move the first engagement arrangement along the rope and towards the anchored end of the rope;
• a suspension link connected adjacent one end to the first engagement arrangement and at an opposite end to the load;
• and
• said second engagement arrangement including a transmission plate, a rotatable rope pulley carried by said plate, a drive arrangement carried by said plate for rotating the pulley, and a motor attachment for connecting a motor to the drive arrangement.