A novel cable rope climbing device comprises a rack (1) and a climbing unit (K) composed of an upper idler wheel (2), an upper hinge I (3), an upper connecting rod I (4), a brake (5), an upper hinge II (6), an upper supporting seat (7), an upper hinge III (8), an upper connecting rod II (9), an upper hinge IV (10), a pre-tightening piece (11), a lead screw (12), a pre-tightening motor (13), a lower hinge I (14), a lower connecting rod I (15), a drive motor (16), a synchronous pulley I (17), a lower supporting seat (18), a lower hinge II (19), a synchronous belt (20), a lower hinge III (21), a lower connecting rod II (22), a synchronous pulley II (23), a lower hinge IV (24) and a lower idler wheel (25). The novel cable rope climbing device can serve as a movement carrier for equipment for cable rope detection, maintenance and the like, and the problems that manual operation is high in labor intensity and low in safety, and an existing cable rope climbing device is poor in adaptability are solved.