Tips for maintaining your Petzl equipment

Couverture pdf entretien des produitsYou can download the "Tips for protecting your equipment" PDF under the heading: "Our social and environmental responsibility" and at the "Le

Multi-pitch climbing: first feminine ascent of Carnet d'adresse (Rocher du Midi, France) by Nina Caprez

Sunday July 21st at 15H02 an SMS from Nina Caprez arrives on the phone : "DONE !!!" Nina has just free climbed "Carnet d'Adresse" at the Rocher du Midi in the Chartreuse massif (Isère -France). A week ago her partner, Cedric Lachat, made the second free ascent. "Carnet d'Adresse" was bolted a while ago by Philippe Mussato, a renowned specialist in this style of route. The route got it's first free ascent in 2011 by Yann Ghesquier.

Chris Sharma - Back in Céüse

Chris Sharma has been in Ceüse for the last couple of weeks, climbing established lines and bolting a new route. We were able to catch up with him on the tail end of his trip and ask him a few questions.
 

VIDEO – Running at night with Kilian Jornet, Seb Chaigneau, Fernanda Maciel and Jared Campbell

To mark the commercial release of the NAO headlamp, ultra-runners from team Petzl provide us with some insight on how to properly run at night.

VIDEO - Petzl RocTrip Argentina teaser

The organizing team of the next Petzl RocTrip just delivered a teaser video. A 3 minutes 20 seconds tour to discover life on Moncada's Ranch, surrounding scenery and climbing potential in the Canyon "La Buitrera".

 

 

 

New wallpapers

Six news wallpapers (from the 2012 catalog) are now available for download.

Home run for the first Mount Fuji Ultra Trail

It is 14h59, Sunday, May 20th, in Oike Park, by the peaceful shores of lake Kawaguchi. As the award ceremony reaches its end, Seiji Okamato and Ryu Kodama, the last two runners, cross the finish line hand-in-hand to a huge round of applause and are welcomed onto the stage by both the organizing committee and the winners of the races. Seiji Okamato proudly shows a bag full of trash he picked up on the trail and carried all the way.

VIDEO - Petzl RocTrip China 2011 - the official movie

Last fall, from October 26-30, 2011, more than 600 climbers gathered with our team for Petzl RocTrip China. All participants discovered and enjoyed more than 250 brand new pitches on unbelievable limestone especially prepared for the event. The long-awaited movie has now arrived.

Dave GRAHAM in "Polvo Tecnico"

1st ULTRA TRAIL of MONT FUJI® - Japan - May 18, 2012

The long awaited first edition of the Ultra Trail race around Japan's iconic mountain is soon to start. Covering the 156 kilometers of paths with 8530 m of vertical gain is next week-end's challenge for the registered runners. This race is the first of it's kind in Asia. Over the previous years many runners from Japan participated to Ultra Trail races in Europe and America. Originally scheduled in 2011 the UTMF was cancelled because  of the tsunami disaster.

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

Portrait Maurice LevauxMaurice 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.