ABOUT RONNY VAN BAAL
About Ronny van Baal: Ronny is a driven man with an eye for techniques that work, that improve safety and that often save money as well. His choice of industry is no coincidence either, as he has loved great heights since childhood.
“I come from a family of mountaineers – from a young age we went on family expeditions in the mountains. One of the most important things is that you have to assess risks properly. If you don’t, even a small mistake can cost you your life.” The wildness of nature and the challenge of conquering a mountain are addictive. And yet it also gave him a business idea. Ronny quickly realised that professionals who have to work at great heights in the most impossible places, whether on drilling platforms, bridges or scaffolding, face the same principles as mountaineers.
“My main goal has always been to offer a new perspective: finding solutions from a technical point of view.” People never really questioned the method that had been used for years – it was simply complex, costly and time-consuming. That was just the way it was.
Perhaps not, Ronny thought. There had to be a better way. So he started offering a solution: Sky Access. Industrial rope access technology that is faster, safer and more cost-effective. He turned the principle on its head: make it easier to work safely at great heights, and put the right people with the right skills where you need them. “It makes more sense to teach a welder to climb than to teach a mountaineer to weld.”
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