Mount Pumori Gear Test story
October 22, 2009, 1:00 pm / Categories: Climbing
My story, “Mount Pumori Gear Test,” is now live on the new Mount Everest Expedition Channel. This article covers the prototype outerwear and apparel Expedition Hanesbrands is testing this month in Nepal on 23,494-foot Mount Pumori.
Mount Pumori as seen from a flank on Mount Everest
Read the full story on the Expedition’s gear test and “warm up” climb before Everest here: www.gearjunkie.com/mount-pumori-gear-test
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