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Tag: recall

Petzl GRIGRI 2 Recall

By Michael Coyle Posted on 20/06/2011 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with climbing, news, recall, safety

Petzl has issued a recall for some GRIGRI 2 belay devices. The Grigri is a very popular belay device for sport climbers and others, and the Grigri 2 was a re-design of the classic device, making it lighter and allowing …

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BCA Tracker 2 Update

By Michael Coyle Posted on 30/01/2011 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with avalanche, news, recall, safety, snow, transceiver

An update to my previous post on this issue: Backcountry Access has published instructions on how to do the RA (return authorization) on the Tracker 2, get the software update, and a minor hardware upgrade. Really awesome: they’re paying for …

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BCA Tracker 2 firmware problem

By Michael Coyle Posted on 10/01/2011 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with gear, news, recall

Some versions of the Backcountry Access Tracker 2 have a firmware bug that causes them to go into a programming mode in certain circumstances. http://backcountryaccess.com/blog/?p=2718 Being a software engineer, I understand all to well problems with writing software and getting it …

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