The Petzl company was started by Fernand Petzl who had a passion for caving.
The Petzl company quickly applied its underground tools and solutions to other vertical environments: to the mountains first - rock climbing and mountaineering - and then to the professional sector, with work and rescue at height. Petzl is now known as the leading innovator in the vertical world and has been associated with all major underground, alpine, and Himalayan adventures since the 1970s.
