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#UTMB13 – The Year History is Made
This year’s The North Face Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc® (UTMB®) will stand out from the many that have been, and maybe even those to come. Not only because it’s been the first one since 3 years that...
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My UTMB® – The best thing I’ve done in the mountains – Des Rhule (Ellis...
After last weekend’s race, we sat down with Ellis Brigham’s Outdoor Department Manager, Des Rhule, to understand what it is like to participate in a gargantuan run like the 168km UTMB for a non-elite...
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Nanga in Winter: The Beginning of the Journey
It’s been all so fast. We left Milan Malpensa airport on the afternoon of December 27, and after only three and a half days we were at the Nanga Parbat base camp—but you know this already. Here is the...
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Nanga In Winter: Dealing with Weather & Technology in A Winter Expedition
We’ve been stuck at the base camp for a couple of days. After an acclimatization climb up to C1 at 5,100 m (about 16,700 ft), we descended back to the base camp on Tuesday. Then the weather changed....
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Nanga In Winter: Teaming up To Reach Camp 2 at 6000m
After the first days spent among acclimatization climbs, laughter at base camp and silent glacier hikes, after all the preparation and organization to get here, after stepping in each other’s tracks...
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Nanga in Winter: Looking Back on the Journey to camp 2 at 6,000m (19,000ft)
The third week of our expedition is over. Here’s what happened in the last few days Simone and David ventured up nearly to C2 at 6,000 m (19,700 ft). On the way there, they slept a couple of nights at...
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Persistent Snow – Plans to Depart For the Summit Push Today Goes On Hold
Nanga Parbat Base Camp 4230m, -14C, persistent snow. Yesterday morning and especially yesterday evening the two calls to Karl Gabl left little doubts that the weather would get worse. We were hoping to...
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Moro & Urubko kick off the Summit Push Today But Stop Due to Avalanche Risks
This epic journey started over one month ago. For the last 11 days the boys have waited at base camp for a favourable weather window to kick off the summit push. The last few days have seen a lot of...
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Anxiety Increases at Basecamp Over Prolonged Bad Weather Conditions
Nanga Parbat Base Camp, -16°C, still snowing The weather is still very bad, the boys are still at basecamp and the prolonged bad weather condition is creating a lot of anxiety to make a move or not...
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Moro & Urubko Retrace Tracks as Acclimatization Tracks Are Now Covered by...
Nanga Parbat Base Camp, 4230mt above sea level, -17°C The persistent snow conditions have left the boys faced with a potential complete restart of the whole process as all the tracks they have made in...
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Day 37 at Basecamp – Weather Evaluations Continue
Nanga Parbat Base Camp, 4230mt above sea level, sun and sky, -1°C in the sun. Today is perfect for spontaneous avalanches, this morning a big one came down already from Nanga Parbat. We spoke via radio...
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Nanga Parbat Winter Expedition – Video Dispatch 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHL71YRE17w In this video dispatch, The North Face Alpinists; Simone Moro and Denis Urubko face bad weather conditions that stalls the planned summit push. The conditions...
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Message to Our Fans and Followers
Nanga parrbat Base Camp, -2C, cloudy, ready to snow. Simone and Denis have been at base camp for over one month in harsh weather conditions, with the bid of getting the right weather window to attempt...
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The Expedition is Stopped – The Team is Coming Back Home
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvItwxNWS-8 Having received news of further heavy snow in the coming week from Innsbruck-based meteorologist Karl Gabl, alpinists Simone Moro (ITA) and Denis Urubko (KAZ)...
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Iker Pou make the first Ascent of Nit de Bruixes” in Margalef, Spain
Iker Pou recently did the first ascent of the route “Nit de Bruixes” in Margalef, Spain. Nit de Bruixes is a 25 meter line bolted by Jordi Pou back in 2006 and due to its extreme difficulty was not...
View ArticleThe North Face Goose Down Update
2/20/12 As you may have seen, a news story was recently published in the UK regarding The North Face and the goose down used in some of our products. The story raised questions about The North Face...
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The North Face Transgrancanaria 2012 – Attracts 1800 Mountain Lovers
The North Face Transgrancanaria 2012 has become a must for all trail running lovers. This Friday 2nd March at midnight one of the most famous ultra trail races in Spain will begin. Each year, more and...
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Starting Line Images – Transgrancanaria 2012 has kicked off at 00:00GMT
The North Face Transgrancanaria 2012 has just kicked off from the Playa del Inglés Beach, with over 350 ultra runners starting the 123km race distance. The North Face athletes, Sebastien Chaigneau,...
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The North Face Transgrancanaria 2012: Results after 31 KM into the night
After the first stop station and after running 31km into the night, The North Face Athletes are all in the leading pack. Ultra runners Sebastien Chaigneau and Zigor Iturrieta who finished 2nd and 1st...
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Cruz Grande -New Race Statistics After 46KM
As the runners pass by Cruz Grande, at 46Km, The North Face Athletes are still mainintaining their leadership in the leader group, with Sebastien Chignaeau now in front as 1st position and Zigor...
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After 54km Lizzy and Zigor Stop The 2012 Transgrancanaria Ultra Race
The North Face athletes, Zigor Iturrieta and Lizzy Hawker; both winners of the last edition of the Transgrancanaria in the Men’s and Women’s categories respectively have unfortunately discontinued...
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Sebastien Chaigneau Wins The Transgrancanaria 2012. Sets a New Record
The North Face Athlete, Sebastien Chaigneau (FR) has won the 2012 edition of the 123km Transgrancanaria and setting a new record of 12:54:18. Cheered by the audience, Sebastien crossed the finish line...
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Fernanda Maciel Finishes in 2nd Position with a time of 15:02:29
In the women’s category for the 123km race, The North Face athlete, Fernanda Maciel (BR), has finished in 2nd position with a very good time of 15:02:29 behind Emma Rocca Rodriguez (ESP) who finished...
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Final Results: Chaigneau & Maciel Claim 1st Prize in The 123km Category
Join us in Congratulating The North Face ultra runners Sebastien Chaigneau (FR) and Fernanda Maciel (BR) as they take on the podium to receive their prizes for claiming 1st position for the Men’s and...
View ArticleAdditional Goose Down Update
In our last blog post on February 20, we stated, “we will seek to find a long-term solution that avoids sourcing down that is a byproduct of force-feeding. While we are not an economic driver of the...
View ArticleMission Antarctic – My motivation to ride the world ‘s end
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yb0-Jr2gg0 ” I went there out of curiosity, but i still remember that surprise on the first morning when i opened my eyes over the peninsula. Antarctica is the most...
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Mission Antarctic Dispatch 1 :: Open Seas to the Antarctic
Xavier De le Rue and Lucas Debari are currently on expedition in Antarctica. Follow along with the ‘Mission Antarctic’ expedition while the two share real-time dispatches as they ride some of the...
View ArticleMission Antarctic: Dispatch 1.2 – Crossing the Drake Passage
In this Video, Lucas Debari reports on the initial ups and downs of the Mission Antarctic expedition, specifically the team’s journey through the harrowing Drake Passage.
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Mission Antarctic: Dispatch 3 – Lucas is Stoked
LISTEN TO THE AUDIO MESSAGE BY XAVIER Xavier De le Rue and Lucas Debari are currently on expedition in Antarctica. Follow the ‘Mission Antarctic’ expedition while the two share real-time dispatches as...
View ArticleMission Antarctic: Video Dispatch 2 – Riding Sick Slopes
In this video dispatch, Xavier De le Rue shows us just a sneak peek into the awesome terrain they have been riding. We are stoked by the view and can’t wait to see more updates.
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Day 1: Cape Reigna to Ahipara (Ninety Mile Beach)
Start: Cape Reigna (0km) Finish: Ahipara (101km) Distance for the day (101km) Cumulative distance (101km) Today was the start of the expedition and my first steps on the Te Aroara trail. The starting...
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Te Araroa Expedition- After 53 Days and 3,054km of Running, Jez Bragg Crosses...
Start: Riverton (2,988km) Finish: Bluff (3,054km) Distance for the day: 68km Cumulative distance: 3,054km Distance to Bluff: 0km At 1601hrs on Saturday February 2nd 2013 after, 53 days 9 hours and 1...
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FWT Fieberbrunn Stop – Pre-Competition Interview with Drew Tabke
How has the Fieberbrunn day change affected you – will it change your performance or approach? No no, the change of schedule isn’t going to affect me personally, this is what freeride is all about, its...
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Swatch Freeride World Tour by The North Face – The Epic Finals At Xtreme Verbier
The Freeride World Tour 2013 has reached an end and feelings about it can only be described as mixed. Mixed because on the one hand, it is over and we have to wait another year for the next one. On...
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Return to India (Dispatch 1)
Himachal Pradesh. India. Helicopters. Himalayan powder. Soaring Peaks. It all sounds very romantic. That’s what India is, or at least, my notion of India; a combination of adventure, mayhem, mountains,...
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Descending India : More Simple On Paper (Dispatch 2)
The North Face Global Team athletes Hilaree O’Neill, Emilio Previtali, Guilia Monego and Johnny Collinson set out on March 8 to climb and ski the 6000m White Sail peak in Northern India’s Manikaran...
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LUT 2013 Podium Result – An Epic race with a Stunning Scenery
Due to wintry conditions the 7th edition of The North Face Lavaredo Ultra trail saw a change in the race course, shortening the race down from 118km to 85Km. These unexpected last changes did not in...
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The North Face Lavaredo Ultra-Trail 2013 – A Sneak Peak (Video)
Photo Credits: The North Face / Alessandro Belluscio
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The First Ascent of Kunyang Chhish East (7400m), Southwest Face By Hansjörg Auer
On the morning of July 18 the winds calmed down and the weather cleared up. It seemed our last chance. At 6am, as the sun rose we set off. The following mixed part was hard, our toes and fingers were...
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Lines. The ones that we cross and the ones that we don’t – Lizzy Hawker
When in the beginning of June, Lizzy Hawker injured herself, her plans to run the UTMB changed drastically. With broken ribs and a stress fracture of the foot, Lizzy had to shift the focus in her...
View ArticleThe North Face Global Responsible Down Standard is Complete
After nearly two years in development, we are excited to announce our global Responsible Down Standard (RDS) is complete. As we discussed in our last down update in November, we have been finalizing...
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Nanga in Winter: The Expedition so far, in the words of David Goettler
We are above all and still so fare away from the summit. That is what i know and realize on that day. High above our lovely basecamp, which is on a frozen and with snow covered meadow almost 3000m...
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Nanga in Winter: The Expedition so far in the words of Simone Moro
“The route conditions are peculiar: there’s only ice in the higher stretch, and not much snow on the mixed route. The Polish guys also said that it’s way different from last year; it’s much more...
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Nanga In Winter: 3 Reasons why we have to wait patiently at basecamp
On January 31 we spent a quiet day at base camp. The weather was snowy and foggy, and the Nanga peak was wrapped in cloud. Simone and David took a rest after the hard work of the previous days: they...
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FWT: Sam Smoothy smashes the pack in Fieberbrunn
After facing delays and a change of venue due to challenging snowpack in Fieberbrunn Kitzbuheler Alpen, the third race finally took place on Monday in Kappl, Austria. The North face athlete, Sam...
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Nanga in Winter: The First Summit Attempt, Why We Turned Back
The first summit attempt has failed, so we’re back at base camp again, and we have to start over from scratch. There definitely will be more attempts in the next days. On such huge mountains, a vain...
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Nanga in Winter: Why We Had To End The Expedition at 7,200 m (23,622 ft)
Our expedition is over. The Nanga summit remains only a desire for now. David realized it would be too dangerous on Saturday morning, March 1, at 7,200 m (23,622 ft). He had reached the top of the...
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Race Report for the Lavaredo Ultra Trail 2014
The North Face Lavaredo Ultra Trail race came and went this weekend, but it’s one that will be remembered. With the sombre forecast of stormy weather ahead of the race, the runners were pleasantly...
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Defining Inspiration from surgery to world record – Meet Diane Van Deren
We are proud to introduce Diane Van Deren, one of the TNF athletes that last weekend ran the taxing The North Face Lavaredo Ultra Trail – the 119km run that takes you with a positive elevation of 5850m...
View ArticleHow we are changing the down industry
Since the release of the Responsible Down Standard (RDS) in January we have been working diligently to get the RDS rolled out to the industry and implemented across our own supply chain. Doing this has...
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