Book "Petzl, the Promise of the Depths" by Petzl
From English: From the Deep: the Petzl Adventure - A story about a company and its environment
Although rarely in the spotlight, climbing equipment represents much more than just an accessory for mountaineers. The evolution of these carefully designed pieces of equipment demonstrates the ingenuity climbers use to overcome increasingly difficult terrains and also embodies their ethical choices.
The tools climbers use clearly reflect their approach to the mountain environment. For forty years, Petzl and its founders have played a major role in the history of mountain exploration. With the golden age of caving as the starting point of its legacy - in which Fernand Petzl played a pioneering role - the manufacturer has explored the various realms of the vertical world: rock, ice, snow, night...
The company has also successfully applied its expertise to rescue and work at heights. Reading the Petzl adventure is to follow women and men engaged in the vertical world and at the very heart of exploration. In constant interaction with an ever-evolving world, they create new means of progression!
Detailed description:
- Authors: Sophie Cuenot and Hervé Bodeau
- Foreword by Lynn Hill
- 272 pages
- French version
- Éditions Guérin - Chamonix Mont-Blanc