Gear & Test Reviews Archives - Páramo https://paramo-clothing.com/en-eu/blog/category/gear-and-test-reviews-de/ Wed, 28 Feb 2024 08:28:19 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://paramo-clothing.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Paramo-Clothing-Condor-Favicon-Directional-Clothing-for-outdoors-50x50.webp Gear & Test Reviews Archives - Páramo https://paramo-clothing.com/en-eu/blog/category/gear-and-test-reviews-de/ 32 32 The right tools https://paramo-clothing.com/en-eu/blog/the-right-tools/ https://paramo-clothing.com/en-eu/blog/the-right-tools/#respond Thu, 09 Nov 2017 15:27:32 +0000 http://www.paramo-clothing.com/blog/?p=6214 Arriving at any new venue, it is easy to expect that you will be able to capture the perfect “Google” photo – that classic ‘wow’ image that appears when you tap a location into a search engine. It is a natural reaction and one we are all prone to.  But the weather gods are fickle, […]

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]]> https://paramo-clothing.com/en-eu/blog/the-right-tools/feed/ 0 Spectacled Bears protected in the Páramo https://paramo-clothing.com/en-eu/blog/spectacled-bears-in-the-paramo/ https://paramo-clothing.com/en-eu/blog/spectacled-bears-in-the-paramo/#respond Fri, 13 Oct 2017 11:45:51 +0000 http://www.paramo-clothing.com/blog/?p=6436 Páramo’s long-term carbon-balancing and conservation partner, World Land Trust (WLT), has announced that the Ministry of Environment of Peru has recognised a private conservation area (ACP) that will protect a large Páramo vegetation zone of the South American Andes. The community of San Juan de Sallique has pledged to protect approximately 8,650 acres (3,500 hectares) […]

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]]> https://paramo-clothing.com/en-eu/blog/spectacled-bears-in-the-paramo/feed/ 0 Designing for Winter https://paramo-clothing.com/en-eu/blog/designing-for-winter/ https://paramo-clothing.com/en-eu/blog/designing-for-winter/#comments Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:41:55 +0000 http://www.paramo-clothing.com/blog/?p=6560 Greg Care has been designing and field-testing outdoor gear for Páramo for over 20 years. Country Walking magazine asked Greg what guides his thinking when it comes to cold weather… “Allowing the wearer to control their temperature is my main focus of my work, and that starts with supporting the body’s natural temperature regulation. The challenge […]

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]]> https://paramo-clothing.com/en-eu/blog/designing-for-winter/feed/ 1 Performance Lab – how Analogy Waterproofs keep you drier https://paramo-clothing.com/en-eu/blog/performance-lab-expt1/ https://paramo-clothing.com/en-eu/blog/performance-lab-expt1/#comments Fri, 22 Sep 2017 10:51:47 +0000 http://www.paramo-clothing.com/blog/?p=6423 Páramo Commercial Director, Dr Gareth Mottram, kicks off our Performance Lab series with a look at how Analogy Waterproof fabric works harder to keep you drier from inside as well as out by moving moisture (from perspiration and condensation) away from you. Watch Experiment Number 1 to see how Páramo can extend your comfort zone. […]

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]]> https://paramo-clothing.com/en-eu/blog/performance-lab-expt1/feed/ 2 Expedition kit fit for purpose https://paramo-clothing.com/en-eu/blog/expedition-kit-fit-for-purpose/ https://paramo-clothing.com/en-eu/blog/expedition-kit-fit-for-purpose/#respond Tue, 20 Jun 2017 10:24:46 +0000 http://www.paramo-clothing.com/blog/?p=6178 I believe that there are 4 pieces of kit which are absolute essentials and form the backbone of my kit on any expedition, whether instructing DofE students or out in Nepal climbing Everest. These are boots, sleeping bag, rucksack and waterproofs. Having comfy feet, being toasty in the coldest conditions, feeling my backpack is robust […]

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]]> https://paramo-clothing.com/en-eu/blog/expedition-kit-fit-for-purpose/feed/ 0 Outdoors Down Under https://paramo-clothing.com/en-eu/blog/outdoors-down-under/ https://paramo-clothing.com/en-eu/blog/outdoors-down-under/#comments Wed, 14 Jun 2017 16:33:58 +0000 http://www.paramo-clothing.com/blog/?p=6118 After winning best ‘Spirit of Adventure’ image in David Noton’s annual Chasing the Light photo competition, we asked winner Todd Stein to write about outdoor life Down Under. The winning image, Milky Way over the Outback, was taken in July 2016 during a camping trip to Kooroorinya Falls Nature Reserve, south of Hughenden in Outback Queensland. We were the […]

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]]> https://paramo-clothing.com/en-eu/blog/tpoty/feed/ 0 Searching for Snow Leopards https://paramo-clothing.com/en-eu/blog/searching-for-snow-leopards/ https://paramo-clothing.com/en-eu/blog/searching-for-snow-leopards/#respond Thu, 11 May 2017 11:24:19 +0000 http://www.paramo-clothing.com/blog/?p=5708 The snow leopard is the epitome of remote, rugged wilderness and has for so long been regarded as a mythical ghost of the mountains: a creature that lives unseen amongst the snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas and Central Asia. However, over the past decade a handful of locations in the Himalayas have begun to reveal […]

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]]> https://paramo-clothing.com/en-eu/blog/searching-for-snow-leopards/feed/ 0 Capturing a fleeting moment on Skye https://paramo-clothing.com/en-eu/blog/a-moment-on-skye/ https://paramo-clothing.com/en-eu/blog/a-moment-on-skye/#respond Thu, 13 Apr 2017 14:30:45 +0000 http://www.paramo-clothing.com/blog/?p=5207 I was delighted to find that Páramo had chosen my image of the fleeting light as their prizewinner from the images in this year’s Take a View Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards book. The Halcon Traveller that I received shortly after was very welcome. I’ve had it out and about to give it a […]

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]]> https://paramo-clothing.com/en-eu/blog/a-moment-on-skye/feed/ 0 The Mother of all Mountains https://paramo-clothing.com/en-eu/blog/the-mother-of-all-mountains/ https://paramo-clothing.com/en-eu/blog/the-mother-of-all-mountains/#comments Thu, 13 Apr 2017 09:42:47 +0000 http://www.paramo-clothing.com/blog/?p=5649 I made the decision to climb Everest back in 2014. I’d already reached the summit of Manaslu, the world’s 8th highest mountain, in September 2013. Before that I’d said no to Everest swayed by the negative journalism, the commercialism, the ‘buy your way onto the mountain’ attitude – but, probably, most of all because I […]

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