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Mountain professionals choose Odin baselayers

At the heart of Helly Hansen’s 3-Layer System is its Lifa base layer. Its stripes are seen worldwide, and are instantly recognisable for their quality and function. Following the success of the Odin base layer with mountain professionals last season, this winter sees the return of Helly Hansen’s Odin High Neck and Pants for professionals working in extreme temperatures on high alpine and arctic expeditions.

Key features of the Odin base layers include: An extreme hybrid, made from 50% LIFA stay dry technology and 50% superfine merino wool.

LIFA quickly moves moisture away from the skin to the fabric, to protect the body and keep the wearer dry and comfortable. Plus it’s soft, lightweight, durable and naturally anti-bacterial.

Helly Hansen use five different LIFA fabrics and 10 fibre structures incorporated into the design, work in sync with different parts of the body, to deal with varying heat and moisture management needs.

The Odin base layers feature flat lock stitching for extra comfort and durability. High neck has extra long cut with drop tail to protect the midriff during ascents.

Odin base layer high neck available in black, sizes S-XXL SRP £70 matching pants in black, sizes S-XXL, SRP £55.

For more information check out the Helly Hansen web site.

Victorinox unveil new Soldier’s Knife

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Highlander have undergone a rebranding of their product with their miltary line now being marketed separately under the ProForce logo. This has included the creation of a new user friendly web site (see screengrab above). They have added considerable new product to their portfolio, now offering outdoors enthusiasts a wide range of gear at reasonable prices.

Check out the new site here.

On its 125th anniversary, Victorinox has completely re-designed its military ‘Soldier’s Knife’ (issued to the Swiss Army since 1891), to meet the increasing safety, quality and price-performance related demands of the 21st century armed forces.

The new Victorinox Soldier’s Knife is the only pocket tool officially issued to the Swiss Army. Launched at the Colchester Military festival this year, the knife features only those essential tools that a modern day soldier might need from a dependable pocket-tool: a one-handed opening serrated lock blade (made from the highest quality stainless steel), wood

Beyond Hope the

UK agents for Prana, Metolius, Evolv, Westcomb and Western

Mountaineering have been appointed UK agents for the US brand Nemo.

The range includes the revolutionary Morpho AR which uses inflatable rib technology and the single skin mountain tent Tenshi, pictured above.

For more information see the web site at

www.beyondhope.co.uk

Highlander launch new look web site

Tenshi mountain tent

saw, can opener (with 3mm screwdriver), cap lifter (with 7mm screwdriver), wire stripper, Philips screwdriver, reamer and punch tool. Meanwhile, the military green and black (two-component) grip gives the Soldier’s Knife a much more robust, tactile feel than its predecessors. SRP £34.99. See Victorinox web site for full details.

Those clever guys at Joby have adapted and down sized their famous Goriilapod camera support to hold your iPhone (Gorilamobile 45.3 gms)

Using the same bendy tripod they have also come up with the inventive (Gorillatorch197 gms) which Joby say you can attach to almost anything! It features a white CREE™ LED powered by 3 x AA batteries This provides a variable light output of up to 65 lumens adjustable down to a gentle soft light. See the Joby web site for more info here.

A new educational partnership between Dame Kelly Holmes and Ainsley Harriott has been launched this month, aiming to redress the balance of university students not cooking for themselves – by educating them about how easy it can be to cook nutritious meals, and to understand more about nutrition and how detrimental it can be to their health if it’s neglected! Click video to watch report.

Dame Kelly & Ainsley launch Nutrition Initiative

Joby launch the Gorillamobile and Gorillatorch

Mountain Lectures

Beyond Hope become UK agents for Nemo

Karina Hollekim will be at The North Face®, Free Flight Night at the Kendal Mountain Festival, to talk about her experiences, following a devastating extreme sports accident that left her with a shattered right leg and the warning that she might never walk again. Her return to the mountains after 20 operations to help her walk normally has been an outstanding journey of courage and focus. She will speak about what motivates her and how her life has unfolded. Introduced by paragliding expert, Jocky Sanderson, and featuring her award winning film “20 Seconds of Joy”, it will give you an insight into the amazing world of B.A.S.E jumping. To book to hear Karina at the Kendal Mountain Fest click on www.mountainfest.co.uk

James Pearson began climbing at age 15 and burst onto the scene with a string of insanely hard ascents of Gristone Trad routes at an incredibly young age. In 2005 aged only 19, James made a lightning fast repeat of "Equilibrium" E107a (The hardest traditional route in the world at the time).

Hear James speak at the Dundee Festival for full details see the web site here.