The following was pasted on to us by our friends at the AAC.
We have been made aware of another recall alert – this one is for replacement of some models of the Petzl GriGri 2.
Members (with addresses in the UK and Ireland) can get a pre-paid SAE from Lyon Equipment – email GriGri2@Lyon.co.uk and include in the email what item will be returned. This also applies to the Petzl Scorpio lanyard – we emailed AAC(UK) members with a recall notice about this on 24/06/2011. Continue reading
Leaving the Kruger national park via the Crocodile Bridge gate I headed for Komatipoort where I would spend the night before crossing the border at Lebombo into Mocambique, to see what this new emerging tourist destination has to offer.
Mozamibique Women
In the morning I needed to change some money into Mocambique Meticash and was pointed in the direction of a bureau de change at a SASOL Filling station just before the border crossing point. I parked in the garage forecourt and was immediately bombarded by men trying to sell me third party insurance, which is necessary in Mocambique and which I had already paid an extravagant amount for when negotiating the hire car rate for eight days whilst in Swaziland. With hire charges, insurance and cross border permits this worked out more expensive than my air fare to Johannesburg. I used the ATM then changed an amount into Meticash, all very simple; we are still in South Africa.
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We have just receive this import bit of news from our friends at the Austrian Alpine Club:
We have been made aware of a recall alert for inspection of all Petzl SCORPIO via ferrata lanyards. If you have an interest in Via Ferrata and have one of these items we would suggest you look at the following link for more information-