Our previous issue included an article about product liability in the outdoor industry that was largely based on a speech made at the European Outdoor Forum by Bernard Bressoux, the quality and technical director at Petzl. While hoping that the article would help to stimulate industry-wide thought and action on these issues, the French outdoor equipment company pointed to a misunderstanding about the reaction of quality inspectors at Petzl after the breakage of a via ferrata set that had passed quality control: Although the inspectors at Petzl did ask pointed questions about safety procedures, none of them left the company.

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