Norbert APICELLA (Conseiller Technique National - FFME)

Technique, reliability tests, downhill safety
ANALYSIS OF USE AND INSTALLATION OF EXTENDABLE SYSTEMS – SELF-LOCKING

High Mountain Guide, professional in climbing, canyoning, skiing, mountaineering, mountain biking. Sports Teacher. National Technical Adviser of the "Fédération Française de la Montagne et de l'Escalade (FFME)".

Co-author of numerous publications on climbing and canyoneering, including:

Descender inventor “Neuf Spirit”: 9spirit.

Norbert will make us reflect on the use that we are giving to extension systems in canyoning and will show us a video where, from the safety point of view, he details the most common extension systems and the interest of self-locking in the event that accidentally let go of the rope when we are managing it in the meeting.