easyphloem
Branched out member
- Location
- Louisville, KY
Let's start a letter writing campaign and tell them to get lost!
Leave us arbs alone!
SZ
Leave us arbs alone!
SZ
Petzl Sequoia.....
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easyphloem
Branched out member
- Location
- Louisville, KY
No wait, I still want one of these saddles....
I'll sign my name "anonymous" on the complaint letter!
SZ
I'll sign my name "anonymous" on the complaint letter!
SZ
- Location
- Suburb of Motown, U.S.A.
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Let's start a letter writing campaign and tell them to get lost!
Leave us arbs alone!
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Just because they don't have experience specifically in this field doesn't mean they can't help the community. In fact, they're one of the most innovative companies out there for any type of rope access, arb or otherwise. Plus, they're upstanding with testing and quality control.
Let's start a letter writing campaign and tell them to get lost!
Leave us arbs alone!
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Just because they don't have experience specifically in this field doesn't mean they can't help the community. In fact, they're one of the most innovative companies out there for any type of rope access, arb or otherwise. Plus, they're upstanding with testing and quality control.
easyphloem
Branched out member
- Location
- Louisville, KY
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Let's start a letter writing campaign and tell them to get lost!
Leave us arbs alone!
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Just because they don't have experience specifically in this field doesn't mean they can't help the community. In fact, they're one of the most innovative companies out there for any type of rope access, arb or otherwise. Plus, they're upstanding with testing and quality control.
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Good point. I change my mind again. Let's not start a letter writing campaign.
SZ
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Let's start a letter writing campaign and tell them to get lost!
Leave us arbs alone!
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Just because they don't have experience specifically in this field doesn't mean they can't help the community. In fact, they're one of the most innovative companies out there for any type of rope access, arb or otherwise. Plus, they're upstanding with testing and quality control.
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Good point. I change my mind again. Let's not start a letter writing campaign.
SZ
easyphloem
Branched out member
- Location
- Louisville, KY
No wait,
I want to go back to my original sarcastic response......
I'll start writing a draft letter to verbalize Grover and mine's disappointment with Petzl's decision to trod all over the arb world with their products and co-opting names of national parks and stuff.
Fhfr436, lemme guess, you're voting for Rudy, right?
SZ
I want to go back to my original sarcastic response......
I'll start writing a draft letter to verbalize Grover and mine's disappointment with Petzl's decision to trod all over the arb world with their products and co-opting names of national parks and stuff.
Fhfr436, lemme guess, you're voting for Rudy, right?
SZ
- Location
- Suburb of Motown, U.S.A.
I'm voting for freedom and liberty. I haven't decided yet who best represents that yet.
easyphloem
Branched out member
- Location
- Louisville, KY
Fair enough.
I appreciate your response to my jab. I was out of line, as who you vote for is none of my business, and has nothing to do with my quasi-serious letter writing career.
SZ
I appreciate your response to my jab. I was out of line, as who you vote for is none of my business, and has nothing to do with my quasi-serious letter writing career.
SZ
TC
Participating member
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No wait,
Petzl's decision to trod all over the arb world with their products and co-opting names of national parks and stuff.
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The 'Sequoia' name = cynical attempt by French company to exploit American's love of their natural treasures.
We've seen it before when someone attempted to assimilate the term 'Yosemite' into the humble Bowline.
I can see them all now in their little Petzl skyscraper in Paris, they're having one of those brain storming sessions coming up with evermore sneaky ways of infiltrating our beloved industry with their inherently negative ulterior motives. There next harness will be called 'Sassafras' to cater for the East Coasters. Sickening....just sickening.
No wait,
Petzl's decision to trod all over the arb world with their products and co-opting names of national parks and stuff.
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The 'Sequoia' name = cynical attempt by French company to exploit American's love of their natural treasures.
We've seen it before when someone attempted to assimilate the term 'Yosemite' into the humble Bowline.
I can see them all now in their little Petzl skyscraper in Paris, they're having one of those brain storming sessions coming up with evermore sneaky ways of infiltrating our beloved industry with their inherently negative ulterior motives. There next harness will be called 'Sassafras' to cater for the East Coasters. Sickening....just sickening.
- Location
- Suburb of Motown, U.S.A.
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I can see them all now in their little Petzl skyscraper in Paris
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They're actually located in Crolles - suburb of Grenoble:
http://maps.google.com/maps
From the satellite, it's hard to tell if whether all of the buildings are made of ivory or not.
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next harness will be called 'Sassafras' to cater for the East Coasters.
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Regional product names - I love it! It'll be just like the Fords (and other brands) that have a Euro model and a US model that differ only in the name badge.
I can see them all now in their little Petzl skyscraper in Paris
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They're actually located in Crolles - suburb of Grenoble:
http://maps.google.com/maps
From the satellite, it's hard to tell if whether all of the buildings are made of ivory or not.
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next harness will be called 'Sassafras' to cater for the East Coasters.
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Regional product names - I love it! It'll be just like the Fords (and other brands) that have a Euro model and a US model that differ only in the name badge.
- Location
- Suburb of Motown, U.S.A.
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The 'Sequoia' name = cynical attempt by French company to exploit
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There's another French company called MAVIC - they make bike racing components. French bike components have a notorious reputation for being finicky and sometimes having their own standards, incompatible with the rest of the market. We interpreted this to be just the stereotypical snooty French attitude and combined these concepts to yield this saying: "MAVIC - Made by People Who Don't Like You."
Sorry for the tangent. I don't think Petzl's being cynical at all. It's an interesting marketing scheme though. Take a name familiar to Americans and apply it to a new product being marketed toward a specific market segment, much of which is American. Additionally, I think the name Sequoia is not intended to reference the park, but rather the namesake tree, which is symbolic of strength and stability.
Plus, it's better that some of their names: TREESBEE, GRILLON, STRING, OSCILLANTE - give me SEQUOIA please.
The 'Sequoia' name = cynical attempt by French company to exploit
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There's another French company called MAVIC - they make bike racing components. French bike components have a notorious reputation for being finicky and sometimes having their own standards, incompatible with the rest of the market. We interpreted this to be just the stereotypical snooty French attitude and combined these concepts to yield this saying: "MAVIC - Made by People Who Don't Like You."
Sorry for the tangent. I don't think Petzl's being cynical at all. It's an interesting marketing scheme though. Take a name familiar to Americans and apply it to a new product being marketed toward a specific market segment, much of which is American. Additionally, I think the name Sequoia is not intended to reference the park, but rather the namesake tree, which is symbolic of strength and stability.
Plus, it's better that some of their names: TREESBEE, GRILLON, STRING, OSCILLANTE - give me SEQUOIA please.
- Location
- Retired in Minneapolis
I like http://tinyurl.com/2lz6yl the best.
boreality
New member
- Location
- boreal forest
Imagine there's no borders, then think of the biggest trees on the planet. Good name I'd say.
- Location
- Suburb of Motown, U.S.A.
Just pray that they don't hire anybody from IKEA to conjure their product names!
Maybe Petzl could make a throw bag called the BUMERANG
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/70078934
or their version of a Big Shot, called the TROFAST
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S49819508
The possibilities are endless.
Maybe Petzl could make a throw bag called the BUMERANG
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/70078934
or their version of a Big Shot, called the TROFAST
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S49819508
The possibilities are endless.
TC
Participating member
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Use PM/email for this.
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That is BS Tom.
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Whats this all about? Looks intriguing. Pm me with the info. Thanks.
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Use PM/email for this.
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That is BS Tom.
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Whats this all about? Looks intriguing. Pm me with the info. Thanks.
- Location
- Canon City ,CO
grigri-Recreationally, it refers to any implements that aids in the act of making love.
I used one for traversing the face of a bluff yeaterday to throw prunings to the bottom for chipping. Not only do I not know how to utilize the Grigri according to definition I am certain that my wife DOES NOT want me to try to figure it out!
I used one for traversing the face of a bluff yeaterday to throw prunings to the bottom for chipping. Not only do I not know how to utilize the Grigri according to definition I am certain that my wife DOES NOT want me to try to figure it out!
- Location
- orlando florida.
lmao.
- Location
- Minneapolis
Those petzl ascensions aren't exactly poised for action...
- Location
- AZ
Those rings look huge to me.
- Location
- Suburb of Motown, U.S.A.
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I have serious reservations in hanging a 500 dollar saw off of a Caritool without a lanyard back up.
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Even if you're a quick-draw master like Ekka, you should use a lanyard.
http://www.palmtreeservices.com.au/video/draw.wmv
http://arboristsite.com/showthread.php?s=72b1f751fce28aab2926b8553bca303f&t=40591
I have serious reservations in hanging a 500 dollar saw off of a Caritool without a lanyard back up.
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Even if you're a quick-draw master like Ekka, you should use a lanyard.
http://www.palmtreeservices.com.au/video/draw.wmv
http://arboristsite.com/showthread.php?s=72b1f751fce28aab2926b8553bca303f&t=40591
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