When Pete Boardman and Joe Tasker made their ground breaking ascent of Changabang’s West Face in 1974 they used Mountain Equipment gear, just as Brendan Murphy and Andy Cave did when they set out to climb it’s North Face in 1997. Still regarded as one of the great Himalayan climbs, their route took 18 days and required gear that could cope with Super Alpine style climbing at altitude and often in bad weather. Andy took a prototype of what was to become the Changabang Jacket and his feedback helped to shape what is now a classic high mountain shell.
The latest Changabang retains much of Andy’s original input along with a host of New features that make this a superb all-round shell for the hardest routes and biggest descents year round.
Offering unflinching protection in the face of savage conditions, the Changabang makes full use of our Mountain fit and unrivalled Storm Construction techniques. The hardest climbing and the most serious skiing are all in a day’s work for this, the definitive fully featured hardshell.
- 3-layer GORE-TEX® Pro 40D fabric
- 3-layer GORE-TEX® Pro 80D fabric reinforcements
- Mountain HC Hood is fully adjustable
- Mountain fit with articulated and pre-shaped sleeves
- Storm Construction techniques used throughout
- 2-way YKK® moulded Aquaguard® centre front zip
- Stratum Storage; 4 large pockets with YKK® moulded Aquaguard® zips and inner bonded edge guard
- 2-way YKK® WR underarm pit zips with laminated and bonded entry
- Zip-out internal snow skirtAdjustable laminated cuffs and dual tether hem drawcords
For further information head over to the Changabang product page here
Available now exclusively from:
Cotswold Outdoor stores nationwide and online.
More information at http://www.cotswoldoutdoor.com/Goretex-pro
