Spanning more than four decades, Mountain Equipment's experience in equipping the world's elite for the harshest conditions on earth is legendary. They have been part of over 100 Everest expeditions, participated in every British first ascent of an 8000m peak and unsupported trips to both poles as well as in many other adventures the world over.

Tarka and Katie-Jane, as part of Primal Journey, have been working in partnership with Mountain Equipment for the past four years. Together they have rigorously tested products in the most inhospitable of conditions to include the forbidding Arctic Ocean, the torrid Gobi Desert, the humidity of Djibouti's barren lands and the heights of the worlds tallest mountains to name a few. On return from testing any product, they strive to develop it further, so that it performs it's role to complete pefection. But also so it contains those added extras that makes life in the great outdoors that little bit easier and more enjoyable. Across the Patagonian Ice Cap a large selection of Mountain Equipment products will support the team. To include; Kongur Jackets, Compressor Vest, Changabang Pant, Cascade Xtrafit Glove, Pro Shell Glove, Xero 350 Sleeping bags plus additional accessory items. For the project to be a success, it is critical that a sleeping bag is accurately temperature rated and that, in a part of the world that sees between 300 and 320 days of rain per year, the wet weather gear is truly 100% waterproof. It is for these reasons the team will continue to use Mountain Equipment products, for they are safe in the knowledge that the gear has been proven to perform time and time again.