VIDEO – French Rope Access Championships

March 19, 2011 – Petzl hosted the first French Rope Access Championships in their training and experimentation building, V.Axess.

The video covers all the action and emotions of this unique day as it happened when 60 rope access professionals competed against one another for the title of French Champion as well as an award for the best team.  

   

The event was organized by SFETH in cooperation with EPIsûr and with support from Petzl.   To find out more:

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REQUEST FOR IMMEDIATE SELF-INSPECTION for all ABSORBICA energy absorbers

Concerns all ABSORBICA energy absorbers manufactured before May 17th 2011 up to serial number 11137****. The relevant product references are: L57, L58, L58 MGO, L59, L59 MGO, L59 69, L70120 YG, L70150 IM, L70150 YM, L70150 I, L70150 Y, L70150 YM.

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Petzl statement on a special use of the Petzl Shunt

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Since 1999 Petzl has provided specific information regarding the special use of the Petzl SHUNT as a back-up device for industrial rope access. Petzl required that users must have received and mastered IRATA (Industrial Rope Access Trade Association) training or similar and must (...)

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Have you inspected your ABSORBICA energy absorber following the May 2011 inspection procedure?

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Mountain rescue: video from the IKAR CISA 2011 Conference

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Labor of Love : Maurice, founder of "GRIMP" search and rescue team in Belgium

Maurice Levaux, 57 years old, is head of GRIMP, the hazardous environment search and rescue group in Aywaille, Belgium ("grimpe" is another word for "climbing" in French thus the acronym). GRIMP's creation and history are closely linked to a recent event. In 1997, during a club outing at the Sy/Ourthe cliff, one of Maurice's close friends was involved in an accident.

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MICRO TRAXION: very efficient ultralight progress capture pulley

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