Berghaus Goes Retro

At Berghaus's 2010 gear preview, we couldn't help noticing that the staff on the stand were wearing retro-styled Everest 85 tee-shirts, so we asked what was going on. Turns out that 2010 marks the 25th anniversary of Chris Bonington's ascent of Everest with a Norwegian expedition.


Not only that, Bonington - arguably Britain's best known mountaineer and the public face of mountaineering - is also 75 years old and going strong. Not only that, it's also 60 years since the first ascent of an 8,000-metre peak, when a French expedition led by Maurice Herzog first climbed Annapurna and some 50 years since Bonington himself climbed that mountain.

To commemorate the various anniveraries, Sir Chris will be leading a trek in the Annapurna region with his son's trekking company and, as we understand it, Berghaus will be producing various commemorative tees. A little slice of history in fact.

More about Berghaus at www.berghaus.com and more about Chris Bonington himself at www.bonington.com.