Pertex Elemental Journeys Ep.3 – Shifting Sands

Climber Rob Durran teams up with Abdallah, local Bedouin and founder of Jordan’s first climbing club. Together they travel to the remote Jebel Suwebit, following in the footsteps of the old Bedouin hunters who created the first routes through the mountains.

A maths teacher from England, it seems unlikely that Rob Durran would become one of the most active and prolific climbers to frequent the wadi, but for the last fifteen years Rob has spent most of his free time in the desert. Hosted by the Bedouin on each of his trips without exception, he’s formed a bond and a relationship with these ‘cheeky, honourable nomads that is hard to rival’

The warmest glove insulation on Earth: Outdoor Research Aerogel insulated gloves

Outdoor Research is combining its decades of experience building highly dexterous, durable gloves with an innovative new material – super-insulating PrimaLoft® Gold Aerogel, a first in the outdoor glove category.

Aerogel is the warmest insulation available today, and originally developed by NASA to insulate space suits. Used in the palms and fingers of the new Bitterblaze Gloves and Women’s Ouray Ice Gloves, Aerogel is a malleable solid made of more than 98 percent air and has incredibly low density and thermal conductivity. As opposed to traditional insulation, which traps heat, encapsulated Aerogel blocks cold from moving into the palms and also blocks heat from escaping. Moreover, Aerogel won’t compress the way traditional insulation does, which greatly compromises warmth.

The Bitterblaze and women’s Ouray Ice Gloves will be available from September’18.