Category Archives: Expeditions

FREE digital first aid manual for Páramo people

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Provided by First Aid Training Co-operative

Cory Jones has worked in the outdoors for nearly 30 years and has become something of an expert on dealing with emergencies in remote environments. He has worked as an ecologist studying Fruit Bats in rainforest habitats, run a field centre at Malham Tarn in the Yorkshire Dales, led treks and expeditions all over the world – including a 25 day sledging adventure to cross the Patagonian ice cap – and runs an award winning kayaking centre in the north-west Highlands of Scotland.

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PÁRAMO BECOMES OFFICIAL KEEN® FOOTWEAR STOCKIST

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We are excited to announce that KEEN, the values-led outdoor footwear brand, is now stocked in our Páramo Brand Stores in Keswick, London and Wadhurst!

“We’re delighted to be working with KEEN in offering our customers footwear from a well-respected and reputable brand. KEEN’s ethical and environmental credentials, along with their emphasis on comfort and high performance, perfectly align with ours at Páramo and are what we expect from any company that we work with.”  Tom Snee, Head of Páramo Sales

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British Antarctic Survey and Páramo: perfect partners

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British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has a long and distinguished history of carrying out research and surveys in the Antarctic and its surrounding regions, undertaking the majority of British research on the frozen continent, which it shares with scientists from over thirty countries.

Páramo’s partnership with BAS stretches back to 2008, when we began supplying their scientists with our Aspira Smocks, Aspira Salopettes and Pajaro Jackets. More recently we have supplied BAS with our Grid Baselayers and Torres Activo Jackets, selected by BAS for their unique Parameta® G and Nikwax® Analogy® Insulator fabrics.

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Interview with Conservation Biologist Dr.Fernando Gonzalez

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© Ben Sullivan.

Doctor Fernando Mateos-González is a Spanish biologist with a PhD in Animal Behaviour who has volunteered as a Leader for British Exploring Society (BES) on their expeditions to the Peruvian Amazon in 2017, the Canadian Yukon in 2018 and Iceland, by sail boat, in 2019.

Páramo, as official kit provider to BES, were lucky enough to secure an interview with Fernando, to hear more about his trips and work…

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The Urban Birder in the Falklands

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© David Lindo | On the Falkland Islands wearing a Páramo Halcon Jacket

I regularly traverse the four corners of the globe ostensibly on the search for urban birds which often leads me to the least likely of urban spots. When I got an invitation from the Falkland Islands Tourism Board to visit the islands I just could not resist. Every now and again you have to leave the ‘urban’ behind!

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From Big Cats to Silver Voles in Mongolia

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I’ve been wearing Páramo gear for several years now and it has seen me through lots of different situations. Working as a wildlife camera operator, you’re exposed to all the elements, so the flexibility and choice in the Páramo range has been really helpful. I’m often working at either end of the day, starting out before sunrise and finishing after sunset. Even in warmer countries these times of day can be pretty brutal, so I’m a big fan of layering! The Páramo gear easily allows this.

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Ski to the Edge sets off: a 600 Mile Yukon Wilderness Expedition

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Yukon Government Archives photo shows Alex Van Bibber, Curly Desrosiers and Harry Cooper in the Firth River area in 1948. (Alex Van Bibber collection, 92/28 #15, Yukon Archives)

The late Alex Van Bibber was a child of the Gold Rush era in the Yukon Territories, born in 1916. In 1943, he led the Canoil expedition to find a new oil pipeline route as a result of concerns over the Japanese landing on the nearby Aleutian Islands. We were hugely privileged to hear Alex’s stories first hand as he gave us his last interview in 2014, at the age of 98. He shared tales of rafting to school from their home in Fort Selkirk to Dawson City with him, as the oldest child aged 13, in charge. He later starred in films about the Yukon, ‘Challenge to be free’ and ‘The Last Trapper’, he took the Chicago mob hunting and even took the Kennedy family up Mount Kennedy. His life was full of rich adventures as a guide, instructor and rescuer – the modern day title of ‘legend’ was well deserved.

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Snowshoes, hot tents and contentment in Sweden

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Like quite a lot of people, I suspect, I once considered the onset of winter, with the mountains locked in snow, as the end of play. Not being a particularly good skier, deep snow meant a full stop to three seasons of boreal travel. My discovery of snowshoes has radically changed things. Snowshoes work by distributing your weight over a larger area so your foot doesn’t sink completely into the snow, a quality called “flotation”. As a form of hiking, it’s reassuringly simple and very easy to learn. Little extra equipment is required beyond the shoes themselves, walking poles, decent boots and, of course, a clothing system that’s waterproof but, above all, breathable.

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