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Beth Rodden's Long Road to Recovery, Part 4

Beth Rodden's Long Road to Recovery, Part 4

It’s been a few months since my last post and I’ve been running into people at the crags and boulders who’ve been asking for updates. I’ve been getting a lot of questions from people who have themselves suffered labral tears. It seems this type of injury has grown more common among climbers lately, so I asked my physio about it -- she suggested it could just be that doctors are now better able to accurately diagnose such injuries.

11/11/2010 - News Read more

Petzl RocTrip Mexico 2010 - Dia de los Muertos in Jilotepec

Petzl RocTrip Mexico 2010 - Dia de los Muertos in Jilotepec

After spending two days climbing in the gigantic stalactite-filled El Chonta cave, the Petzl team took a rest day. They headed to downtown Taxco, navigating narrow, steep, and winding cobblestone roads in vans and busses. Starting at Taxco’s famous Santa Priscilla cathedral, with ornate stone and wood carvings, they toured the streets, full of vintage Volkswagen Beetles. The colonial town, a series of box-like buildings stacked on the the side of a valley and watched over by a stone statue of Jesus, is famous for its silver trade, attracting tourist from around the world.

03/11/2010 - News Read more

Safety information : WARNING, QUICKFIX is not a lanyard !

Safety information : WARNING, QUICKFIX is not a lanyard !

We have become aware of a prohibited and dangerous use of the QUICKFIX adjustable strap.

20/10/2010 - Product news Read more

Alli Rainey's Ten Sleep Summer Report

...Or: 10 Reasons to Visit Ten Sleep Next Season Positive energy was the name of the game in Wyoming's Ten Sleep Canyon this summer. With more traffic than ever before, it might have turned out differently, but somehow it seemed as though nearly every climber who came here this summer got caught up in the buoyant wave of exactly what rock climbing should be about: having fun, no matter how “seriously” you take it.

28/09/2010 - News Read more

A Conversation with Chris Blakeley, Director of V.axess, the Petzl Institute

In early 2010, Petzl welcomed Chris Blakeley as the new director of V.axess, the Petzl Institute. V.axess is a training, information and research department of Petzl, designed to bring together the ideas and aspirations of mountain, rescue, and industry professionals to develop the vertical-access techniques of tomorrow. Blakeley brings many years of experience as an engineer, caver and climber, rope-access technician and trainer to V.axess. Blakeley will help Petzl get the most out of the innovative V.axess facility.

15/09/2010 - News Read more

Emily Harrington and the Artist's Proposal, Part 2

Emily Harrington and the Artist's Proposal, Part 2 Continued from The Artist’s Proposal, Part 1

10/09/2010 - News Read more

New Petzl ice axes

New Petzl ice axes

The line of Petzl Charlet QUARK and NOMIC ice axes has a new look and has been expanded with the addition of the ERGO, an exclusive model designed specially for high-performance dry tooling and ice climbing.

01/09/2010 - Product news Read more

Ethan Pringle, The Wheel of Life, and why grades can(‘t) be ignored

When I was 11 or 12 years old, I cared a lot more about grades than I do now. I was more (outwardly) competitive, especially around other strong kids my age. I think I said some pretty stupid and egotistical things back then. Luckily I can’t remember what they were.

17/08/2010 - News Read more

Beth Rodden's Long Road to Recovery, Part 3

This is the third installment of Beth Rodden's Long Road to Recovery. Read Part I here and Part II here.

16/08/2010 - News Read more

Emily Harrington and the Artist's Proposal, Part 1

This is a story about opportunities. Specifically, an opportunity presented to me this past April while I visited Antalya, Turkey. I was there for a month-long climbing trip sponsored by The North Face. I was excited, motivated to climb, and ready for an adventure. After Turkey, Sam Elias, Boone Speed and I planned to visit central Europe for another month: Slovenia, Austria, Italy, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, and wherever else we decided to go. Then, one afternoon in Turkey, I received a strange email.

11/08/2010 - News Read more