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  2. Petzl Croll - Wikipedia

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    A Petzl Croll is an ascending device [1] used in caving and industrial rope access made by the French company Petzl. Its name comes from the town Crolles where Petzl's company headquarters are located but might also be a reference to the nearby cave system of the Dent de Crolles , the exploration of which triggered a lot of technical effort ...

  3. Petzl Stop - Wikipedia

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    Changes to the design including updates to the handle, the bobbins and the carabiner slot. This version also saw Petzl shift the intended use of the Stop to recreational only use. The 2019 version of the Stop is no longer certified for Industrial use and Petzl now sell products such as the Petzl Rig and Petzl I'D S [3] for Industrial use instead.

  4. Reverso (climbing) - Wikipedia

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    Reverso 1 Reverso 3 in use. A Reverso is a belay device developed and patented by Petzl, used for example in rock-climbing and other activities which involves rope-work. Another version of this device is the Reversino, intended for use with thinner ropes.

  5. Fernand Petzl - Wikipedia

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    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 the village of Saint-Ismier (near Grenoble ), France at the foot of the mountain Dent De Crolles .

  6. The Old Grey Whistle Test - Wikipedia

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    The Old Grey Whistle Test (sometimes abbreviated to Whistle Test or OGWT) is a British television music show.The show was devised by BBC producer Rowan Ayers, commissioned by David Attenborough [1] and aired on BBC2 from 1971 to 1988.

  7. Barrel shifter - Wikipedia

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    The very fastest shifters are implemented as full crossbars, in a manner similar to the 4-bit shifter depicted above, only larger. These incur the least delay, with the output always a single gate delay behind the input to be shifted (after allowing the small time needed for the shift count decoder to settle; this penalty, however, is only incurred when the shift count changes).