article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources pigeon mountain industries news newspapers books scholar jstor free images may 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message pigeon mountain industries type unknown industry caving climbing founded georgia 1976 1 headquarters lafayette georgia u.s. state usa key people steve hudson products rope climbing equipment search and rescue equipment website www.pmirope.com founded in lafayette georgia in 1976 pigeon mountain industries pmi manufactures life safety rope and related equipment at the headquarters in lafayette georgia . pmi ropes and equipment are used by firefighters first responders rescue teams rope technicians cavers and climbers worldwide . pmi was founded in 1976 by steve hudson 2 smokey caldwell and richard schreiber . steve began cave diving in 1965 3 and in 1969 as a college freshman began terrestrial caving with the west georgia grotto part of the national speleological society nss . the harsh conditions experienced in caves was quickly damaging and destroying the ropes steve and his friends were using and they came to believe that they could build a tougher rope more suited to caving . after purchasing a braider pmi was incorporated in 1976 and began producing rope for the caving community . pmi soon gained a reputation as manufacturers of a durable superior rope . as the company grew pmi rope and equipment began to be used outside of its original caving roots becoming a staple with fire departments rescue teams and workers at height . pmi gradually expanded their product line to include a wide variety of equipment for fire rescue work at height and recreational climbing . steve and many other pmi employees have been founding and contributing members to safety and standards committees and organizations including the national fire protection association nfpa national speleological society nss the national cave rescue commission ncrc 1 the society of professional rope access technicians sprat 2 the american national standards institute ansi the national association of tower erectors nate 3 and the mountain rescue association mra 4 today pmi has offices in lafayette georgia and denver colorado . in 2008 pmi added a training division vertical rescue solutions 5 to the colorado office . references edit pigeon mountain industries . about us . url accessed october 7 2006 . history of pmi . www.pmirope.com . retrieved 2016 06 09 . steve hudson a local s life legacy that combined motivation and innovation . northwest georgia news . retrieved 2016 06 09 . this climbing related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article related to a manufacturing company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pigeon mountain industries & oldid 735785962 categories caving equipmentclimbing stubsmanufacturing company stubshidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from may 2011all articles with topics of unclear notabilityall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 august 2016 at 02 51 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view