Petzl

Based near Grenoble, France in the shadow of the Dent de Crolles, Fernand Petzl began caving in the region, leading to the development of the technologies and equipment required for safer exploration. The city of Crolles remains the Petzl company’s HQ, and this is where they developed their first mountaineering headtorch in 1973, along with a host of innovations before and since to keep people safer in the outdoors.