A novel about a company and its environment. From the first caving ladders to
\nself-adjusting headlamps, the Petzl story is one of a series of inventions
\nthat revolutionized access to the vertical world.<\/p>\n
For forty years, Petzl and its founders have played a major role in the
\nhistory of the mountains. With caving as the starting point of its legacy \u2013 an
\nactivity in which Fernand Petzl played a pioneering role \u2013 the equipment
\nmanufacturer has explored vastly different realms of the vertical world: rock,
\nice, snow, and nighttime. The company has also successfully transferred its
\nexpertise to both rescue and work-at-height.<\/p>\n
To tell the history of Petzl means telling the story of a team of cavers who
\ndiscovered an underground network of galleries and shafts while at the same
\ntime inventing the means with which to explore them. This is also the story of
\na family that started out with almost nothing and built, through sheer
\ndetermination and ingenuity, a world-renowned company.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"