20/08/08 : Mountain Hardwear Official Apparel Partner
Mountain Hardwear today agreed to provide Team Helmut with essential equipment for the Yukon Arctic Ultra.
Team Helmut are very excited to announce that Mountain Hardwear UK has agreed to supply us with all the essential cold weather kit for our YAU challenge. MHW, founded in 1993, has rapidly become recognised as the World’s leading high performance apparel brand designed for hardcore mountaineers, skiers, climbers, explorers & adventurers who demand the very best kit for the toughest environments. MHW sponsor over 20 top athletes to provide real-world challenges to their product designers and to conduct product testing in extreme conditions. MHW also believes that it’s important to support people who are committed to pushing their personal limits while pursuing adventure in the outdoors. Team Helmut has endorsed the MHW brand for many years, regularly using a variety of MHW garments for training & Adventure Racing competition.
“Having the best functional apparel for our challenge is critical to our success. During our challenge we will have plenty to think about, mainly just keeping the pain demons at bay. The last thing we need is to worry about is if our kit is up for the job. MHW is our first choice kit partner… we need kit we can trust 100% and by using MHW that it is simply not an issue. We’re all buzzing to have them supporting us”. Jules Bartlett - Team Helmut member/YAU competitor