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Mammut - Celebrating 150 years

© Paul Phillips
Paul Phillips, UKC Assistant Editor, on the summit of the Mönch (4,107m)  © Truls Korsaeth
Paul Phillips, UKC Assistant Editor, on the summit of the Mönch (4,107m)

2012 will mark the Swiss company Mammut's 150th birthday and for this it's running what it calls "The Biggest Peak Project in History". This entails a year-long project organising mountain ascents around the world. By August 2012, 150 summits will have been climbed. The sheer scale of the project is staggering.

Mammut's Eiger Extreme Range

At the same time Mammut have launched their new Eiger Extreme Range. This new range is available in the UK now and over the next few weeks UKC will be showcasing some of the key products from the range. See below for a gallery of images of the Eiger Extreme range.

But first, UKC and Rockfax Assistant Editor Paul Phillips reports from the Jungfraujoch.


I was fortunate enough to witness the grand start-up event with over 200 athletes, journalists, mountain guides and Mammut staff from across the globe.

Mammut presentation at the Kleine Scheidegg railway station  © Paul Phillips
Mammut presentation at the Kleine Scheidegg railway station

After a few presentations, one particularly memorable one featuring the Eiger as a backdrop, we boarded the Jungfraubahn to head for the Jungfraujoch at 3,450m and Mammut's Anniversary Basecamp. The sea of bright red Hilleberg tents pitched with Swiss precision on the Aletsch Glacier were a sight to behold.

Entrance to the Mammut Basecamp  © Paul Phillips
Entrance to the Mammut Basecamp
Smoozing with the other journalists and guides  © Paul Phillips
Smoozing with the other journalists and guides

Although the party was great, a couple of beers at 3,500m and a 2:30am start led to an early night.

Enjoying the last of the light before the 2:30am start  © Paul Phillips
Enjoying the last of the light before the 2:30am start

In the, early hours of the next day a team of guides and leaders in Swiss industry headed for an ascent of the Jungfrau (4,158m). This also marked the 200th anniversary of the first ascent of the mountain by the Meyer brothers of Aarau and two chamois hunters from Valais. I joined the rest of the journalists for an ascent of the neighbouring Mönch (4,107m).

The weather report wasn't great but we were lucky enough to have the sun peak through the clouds just as arrived at the final ridge before the summit.


Alex Messenger and co on the final ridge before the summit of the Mönch (4,107m)  © Paul Phillips
Alex Messenger and co on the final ridge before the summit of the Mönch (4,107m)
© Paul Phillips, Aug 2011

The weather held out just long enough for me to get a nice shot of the basecamp on the way down before it was encapsulated in cloud and eventually hail.

The Mammut basecamp on the Aletsch Glacier  © Paul Phillips
The Mammut basecamp on the Aletsch Glacier
© Paul Phillips

Mammut's Eiger Extreme Range

See Gear News at UKClimbing.com over the next two weeks for detailed information, images and video about the jackets, pants, mountain boots, rucksacks and accessories from the Eiger Extreme Range .

Mammut Eiger Extreme Gipfelgrat Softshell Jacket (Polartec NeoShell)  © Mammut
Mammut Eiger Extreme Gipfelgrat Softshell Jacket (Polartec NeoShell)
© Mammut
Mammut Eiger Extreme Felsturm GORE-TEX® Active Shell 1/2 Zip Jacket   © Mammut
Mammut Eiger Extreme Felsturm GORE-TEX® Active Shell 1/2 Zip Jacket
© Mammut
Mammut Eiger Extreme Trion Nordwand black-cyan  © Mammut
Mammut Eiger Extreme Trion Nordwand black-cyan
© Mammut
Mammut Eiger Extreme Nordwand TL Mountaineering Boots   © Mammut
Mammut Eiger Extreme Nordwand TL Mountaineering Boots
© Mammut
Mammut Eiger Extreme Nordwand GORE-TEX® Jacket   © Mammut
Mammut Eiger Extreme Nordwand GORE-TEX® Jacket
© Mammut
Mammut Eiger Extreme Nordwand Gloves   © Mammut
Mammut Eiger Extreme Nordwand Gloves
© Mammut

MAMMUT EIGER EXTREME STOCKISTS


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12 Oct, 2011
Nice photos 'Phillips', Mike
12 Oct, 2011
journalist goes on free(?) trip gives free advertising then no real review in article of items mentioned. Good well done then
12 Oct, 2011
The reviews are coming.
12 Oct, 2011
I have to agree with Liquid. UKC really need to make a clearer distinction between journalistic content (articles) and commercial content (advertisements). You guys are gambling with your credibility by disguising advertisements such as this as an articles. I do generally think your reviews are about the gear and not the advertising money, but stuff like this isn't exactly confidence inspiring in that regard. And the potential conflict of interest between journalistic content and advertisement isn't restricted to gear reviews. Just think of the debacle about David Lama on Cerro Torre or Christian Stangl on K2 (both of whom happen to be highly profiled Mammut athletes). I would hate to think that UKC's position on important issues such as these could be affected by a reluctance to put advertisers in a bad light.
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