World class polar equipment for expedition that will go around the world... the hard way.
PRLog - Aug 02, 2013 - SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Following the sponsorship agreement reached with Ozone Kites (www.flyozone.com/), the 360 Extremes Expedition is delighted to announce its sponsorship agreement with Peter Hutchinson Designs (www.phdesigns.co.uk/). PHDesigns hand makes customized polar clothing and equipment of the highest quality, which is used on expeditions to the most extreme places on this earth.
The 360 Extremes Expedition (www.360extremes.com) team members, Benjamin Weber and Natalia Almeida will be using equipment made by PHD in these most challenging environments. PHD are making the 360 Extremes Expedition team's down jackets and trousers, wind suits, fleece layers, mittens, booties and head gear - clothing essential for keeping the team warm in the freezing and windy environments, to protect from the striong winds, and strong enough to withstand the vigors of kite-skiing in the extremes of the world, while at the same time letting their skin breathe.
In the polar environments, using the right clothes and the right layers is essential and can mean the difference between success and failure of an expedition. Indeed, it can mean the difference between life and death. Though the warmth of the clothes themselves is also extremely important, the clothes must be able to breathe adequately, and in the case of the 360 Extremes Expedition, be versatile enough to use in both the Antarctic and the Arctic - two environments which, though freezing, are extremely different and present different dangers. In the Arctic, for one, they will have the danger of increased water moisture levels and going over sea ice, while on Antarctica, the katabatic winds can easily reach over 100 miles per hour with very little warning. With this, the 360 Extremes Expedition has researched long and hard into identifying the best clothes and equipment to use in their epic journey and found that PHDesigns is a perfect match.
Clothing and equipment made by PHDesigns has been used by many expeditions including that of Adele Pennington as she became the first British woman to summit five 8000m mountains; Lord Forsyth as he summitted Mount Vinson in the Antarctic, and recently, with Sir Ranulph Fiennes and his The Coldest Journey expedition, crossing Antarctica in winter. The coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth was at Vostok station on the Antarctic continent in winter, when it reached an incredible -89°C (-128°F), and the Coldest Journey team have had to be prepared for such extremes. With this, Sir Ranulph has described how "the best custom-made down equipment in the UK comes from PHD".
As with Sir Ranulph Fiennes and the hugh number of other extremely satisfied PHD clients who have embarked on expeditions in the polar regions, the Himalayas and various other freezing environments, the 360 Extremes Expedition (www.360extremes.com) team is delighted to be using PHD equipment. The team knows that they will be wearing the best possible clothing that will help contribute to the success of their world-first expedition.
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Sponsorship from PHDesigns for the 360 Extremes Expedition
August 02, 2013 at 15:18 PM EDT
