Santa on rope - Petzl safety warning

[NZcaver]

In response to this incident:



Petzl has just released a new safety notice:



There is an alternative solution to this problem. Instead of allowing Santa to rappel, we have a second person simply lower him with a fixed belay device. This avoids beard complications and allows Santa to concentrate on important things like waving and throwing candy at children.



Stay safe on rope this holiday season!

[Anonymous_Coward]

Santa's holiday lesson for all you's kids:

NEVER rappel without your ascenders!

[KeyserSoze]

Is there a larger version of this image? The text is too small to read in some places.

[Stridergdm]

Is there a larger version of this image? The text is too small to read in some places.

Read? Read a Petzl safety warning? I bet you buy Playboy for the articles too.

Come on, everyone knows the Petzl graphics transcend language!

[chh]

Wow. Just....wow.

[Patrick Wilson]

Yeah I remember hearing about this on The Bob and Tom Show a few mornings ago.

Now that we know he got out okay, I'd like to take a moment to laugh at the beard coming off. The kids didn't sound too thrilled to start with, but I was waiting for the sudden gasping at the revealing of a fraudulent Santa and the subsequent crying of children.

[NZcaver]

Is there a larger version of this image? The text is too small to read in some places.

I tried, but couldn't find a higher res version. If anybody knows of one please post the link.

[chac]

The image below (still a jpg) is a little larger. The link was posted on the Petzl Twitter page:

http://ow.ly/i/nkjO/original

[verticalAndy]

From Petzl's website:

http://www.petzl.com/files/fckfiles/fil ... Notice.pdf

take the time to read the small print, it's important...

[dutchcontractor]

I feel for the guy, I've had my hair caught in a rack in a practice session where helmets didn't seem necessary... I was wrong. Even though it hurt like hell, I kept my wits and remained calm while I put my ascenders with foot strap on the rope and got myself loose.
Glad I learned this lessons in a controlled environment.

Lucky for Santa it wasn't his real hair.

[chh]

I got a bit of my beard stuck in a device once. If it's not too much, just keep going. It won't bleed....much.

[ek]

The image below (still a jpg) is a little larger. The link was posted on the Petzl Twitter page:

http://ow.ly/i/nkjO/original

For those who want to download this slightly higher resolution image: http://static.ow.ly/photos/original/nkjO.jpg

Thanks Jim!

[hammmike]

And all these years I was told that santa could "magic" himself down the chimney!!! Lying bunch of *%$%#$....
All the time he was using a Petzel Stop.

[ek]

The real magic is that, after rappelling down every home chimney in the world squeezing the Stop's brake handle, Santa's hand never cramps up too much to set out presents.

[Tito the Turtle]

this mall looks familiar, anyone know where it was?