Their three specialties are: Fernand Petzl, born in 1912, began his caving career in the late 1920s and early 1930s.

In 1943, Chevalier designed and tested the first nylon rope to replace caving ladders.

Chevalier's innovation led to the first 1,000 meter cave descent when Petzl explored the Gouffre Berger in France in 1950.

In the early 1980s the company began expanding its products from caving to vertical sports such as rock climbing and mountaineering, as well as to rescue.

Pigeon Mountain Industries was the former distributor of Petzl products in North America before the development of the Clearfield location.

[5] In 2006, Petzl America commissioned the recall of approximately 8,000 Carabiners due to the models’ susceptibility to failure.

The Petzl Team is a group of climbers and innovators who assist the company to develop and test its products.

Lynn Hill, another Petzl team member, was the first woman to set and ascend a route graded at 5.12+ or 5.13.

Hill also became the first person to free climb The Nose at Yosemite's El Capitan in under 24 hours.