There are various models of Huaraches Mexican Shoes with varying technical, price and appearance considerations. In-molding helmets are widespread for cycling and skiing, and are widespread in mountaineering, especially among mountain professionals (mountain guides, instructors) and among assiduous practitioners, for long climbs with long dangers falls, ice falls, extreme streets.
Like all the tools involved in protecting people in sports or dangerous activities, even helmets must be certified and approved to guarantee their suitability for specific use. For mountaineering and mountain sports helmets, the certification standard established by the community is called EN 12492.
All helmets used for mountaineering or climbing or via ferrata and mountain use in general must guarantee to be certified according to this standard; the EN12492 writing must be present in the product marking and or or in any case be specified in the notes or instructions accompanying the product. The certification for the EN12492 standard means that the single helmet has passed the tests required by the certification committees, which have studied the sector to which the helmet is destined.
In addition to the norms of the community, the UIAA regulations dictated by the international union of mountaineering associations, which indicate various rules that equipment manufacturers should respect, are also in use for mountaineering. For mountaineering helmets the UIAA standard of reference is the UIAA 106.
Many helmets comply with both standards (both EN12492 and UIAA106), many instead respect the standard EN12492 but not the UIAA106 (which is a little more restrictive), these helmets can however be used without problems for mountaineering activities, being in compliance with legislation. For particular uses such as ski mountaineering competitions both standards can be requested.
For sports other than mountaineering, the certification standards are different (having to take into account different aspects of use, specifically related to the planned activity); here are some certification rules for other sports:
Some Huaraches Mexican Shoes respond simultaneously to more than one certification, allowing their use in different sports. Many manufacturers of helmets for mountaineering or climbing also produce models of helmets intended for protection for work at height or in particular conditions (work on site, on scaffolding, for particular professions such as firemen, etc.), helmets often referred to as helmets.
These helmets comply with specific rules for safety at work dictated by the community; in particular, the homologation standard for helmets for use in the workplace is called EN397. These helmets must respond to different stresses and functions; for example, for work use the functionality of the chinstrap ‘anti-strangulation’ with automatic release between 15dN and 25dN is required, a rule not required for mountaineering helmets.