Lyon Equipment

Way back in 1965, Ben Lyon, aided by engineer brother Graham, started making caving ladders – the name ‘Lyon Ladders’ was registered in 1973. In the same year Ben, with Mike Meredith, took a party of cavers to France and called in on Fernand Petzl’s 3-man workshop. Mike started imports to the UK, handing on to Ben’s business in 1974 making Lyon the first overseas Petzl distributor.

Today, based in Tebay, Cumbria,  Lyon still make the ladders they started with. They also make strops, slings and a whole range of rope access equipment which is used by industry, cavers and climbers.