Mount Pumori Gear Test story

Written by Stephen Regenold Oct 22, 2009 1:00 p.m. ET

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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

Stephen Regenold

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Stephen Regenold is the founder of GearJunkie, which he launched as a nationally syndicated newspaper column in 2002. As a journalist, writer, and gear nerd, Regenold has covered the outdoors industry for over two decades, including as a correspondent for the New York Times. A father of five, Regenold and his wife, Tara, live in Minneapolis.