Wheeeee! Ever wanted to grapple your way across an abyss, pursued by bad guys, with a woman you later find out is your sister? Me neither. However, if you are so inclined, Notcot have flagged a POCKET GRAPPLING HOOK. And apparently, it isn’t technically classifiable as a gadget, because it’s intended for military use:
This Is A Light Weight, Reusable Grappling Hook To Be Used To Snag Trip Wires Or Command Detonation Wires on IEDs In A Combat Environment. Designed To Be Small Enough To Carry, But big Enough To Complete It’s Mission.*
Now I can fulfill my lifelong dream: to break into the Smithsonian, and punch the Wright Brothers plane in the face. Yes, a face. Granted It would be drawn on prior to the punching with a large red texter, but when you’ve just rapelled into a museum to punch a priceless aviation artifact, little details become more or less moot.
/Paul
(Link via notcot)
*This is from the official site. Note how every word starts with a capital. I can only assume this is an expanded acronym. TIALWRGHTBUTSTWOCDWIEDIACEDTBBSETCBETCIM, anyone? An acronym shouldn’t make your eyes burn.
3 responses so far ↓
1 trav // Jan 7, 2009 at 11:50 am
from that description it doesn’t appear to be intended to support the weight of a human… It’s more of a terrorist trap tripping tool than a sky scraper swinging solution
2 paul // Jan 7, 2009 at 2:13 pm
Something I’m all too aware of.
3 Beaudacious // Jan 9, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Then why did they call it a Grappling Hook? Is it grappling with the Terrorist Traps it is Tripping? Highly unlikely. However, I believe you could still sneak it into the Smithsonian, stick a glove on the end and fire it at the plane’s face. It would be like you’re Inspector Gadget! Now HE never needed no grappling hook..
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