Fernand Petzl - Wikipedia

Fernand Petzl (April 7, 1913 – May 31, 2003) was a caver and manufacturer of outdoor equipment under the brand name Petzl. Petzl lived most of his life in ... FernandPetzl FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch World-renownedcaverandmanufacturerofoutdoorequipmentunderthebrandnamePetzl ThisarticlemaybeexpandedwithtexttranslatedfromthecorrespondingarticleinFrench.(January2011)Click[show]forimportanttranslationinstructions. Viewamachine-translatedversionoftheFrencharticle. MachinetranslationlikeDeepLorGoogleTranslateisausefulstartingpointfortranslations,buttranslatorsmustreviseerrorsasnecessaryandconfirmthatthetranslationisaccurate,ratherthansimplycopy-pastingmachine-translatedtextintotheEnglishWikipedia. Consideraddingatopictothistemplate:therearealready4,394articlesinthemaincategory,andspecifying|topic=willaidincategorization. Donottranslatetextthatappearsunreliableorlow-quality.Ifpossible,verifythetextwithreferencesprovidedintheforeign-languagearticle. Youmustprovidecopyrightattributionintheeditsummaryaccompanyingyourtranslationbyprovidinganinterlanguagelinktothesourceofyourtranslation.AmodelattributioneditsummaryisContentinthiseditistranslatedfromtheexistingFrenchWikipediaarticleat[[:fr:FernandPetzl]];seeitshistoryforattribution. Youshouldalsoaddthetemplate{{Translated|fr|FernandPetzl}}tothetalkpage. Formoreguidance,seeWikipedia:Translation. Thisarticleincludesalistofreferences,relatedreadingorexternallinks,butitssourcesremainunclearbecauseitlacksinlinecitations.Pleasehelptoimprovethisarticlebyintroducingmoreprecisecitations.(May2020)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage)FernandPetzlFernandPetzlin1979Born(1913-04-07)7April1913Died31May2003(2003-05-31)(aged 90)GrenobleNationality FranceKnown forSpeleology FernandPetzl(April7,1913–May31,2003)wasacaverandmanufacturerofoutdoorequipmentunderthebrandnamePetzl. PetzllivedmostofhislifeinthevillageofSaint-Ismier(nearGrenoble),FranceatthefootofthemountainDentDeCrolles.HefirstwentcavinginTrouduGlazin1933,andwasimmediatelycaptivatedbytheideaofexploringbeyondthecave'sknownlimits.SubsequentexplorationstherewithPierreChevalier,CharlesPetit-Didierandothersculminatedinconnectionstoothercavesinthemassif,formingtheRéseaudelaDentdeCrolleswhich,in1947,becamethedeepestcaveintheworld.PetzlalsoparticipatedinexplorationsintheGouffreBerger,whichsetanewworlddepthrecordin1956asthefirstcavedeeperthan1000metres(-1122m).Petzlwasaproponentofcaveexplorationsbysmallteams,aninnovationatthetime. Duringthisperiod,whentherewerenomanufacturersofspecializedcavingequipment,caversadaptedequipmentfromothersources,ormadetheirown.After1933Petzlbeganmakingropeladdersforhisownuse,developedascaling-polein1940,andbegantestingthefirstnylonropesin1942.In1968BrunoDressleraskedPetzl,whoworkedasametalsmachinist,tobuildarope-ascendingtoolhehaddeveloped,andinthe1970sPetzlstartedasmallcavingequipmentmanufacturingcompanythatborehisname.InsubsequentyearsthePetzlbrandwasexpandedtoincludeclimbingandski-mountaineeringgear,andcontinuestodayasoneoftheworld’sbest–knownmanufacturersofmountaineeringequipment. References[edit] Meredith,MikeInterviewwithFernandPetzl,CavingInternationalno.7,1980. Chevalier,PierreSubterraneanClimbers,Faber&Faber,1951andZephyrusPress,1975. Seealso:Petzl(disambiguation)andPetzl(surname) ThisFrenchbusiness–relatedbiographicalarticleisastub.YoucanhelpWikipediabyexpandingit.vte Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fernand_Petzl&oldid=1027863226" Categories:1913births2003deathsFrenchcavers20th-centuryFrenchbusinesspeopleFrenchpeopleofRomaniandescentFrenchpeopleofGermandescentFrenchbusinessbiographystubsHiddencategories:ArticleswithshortdescriptionShortdescriptionmatchesWikidataArticlestobeexpandedfromJanuary2011AllarticlestobeexpandedArticlesneedingtranslationfromFrenchWikipediaArticleslackingin-textcitationsfromMay2020Allarticleslackingin-textcitationsArticleswithhCardsACwith0elementsAllstubarticles Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk Variants expanded collapsed Views ReadEditViewhistory More expanded collapsed Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Inotherprojects WikimediaCommons Languages CatalàFrançaisРусский Editlinks