Our mission stems from 1965. Our two founders, Brian Gaskin and Roy Holmes, set out to produce the ultimate clothing for the harshest of outdoor adventures. And to test it, they took it from the Peak District all the way to Mount Everest... Founders Gaskin and Holmes were cherry-picked to manufacture the expedition clothing needed for Chris Bonington's Everest expedition in 1975 - the first successful climb by ascending the face of the mountain. Since then we've been committed to designing protective outdoor clothing to cope with any extreme.