Top Gear! - Paramo

Build Your Own Adventure ...Páramo style
What’s your aspiration?
Biking faster, climbing harder, running further, remoter skiing, pushing
higher, improving performance, seeing what’s beyond...
What does it for you?
Revelling in the sheer physicality of your sport. Pitting your wits
against the elements. Psychological combat and competition
performance requiring tactics and strategy. Embracing
endurance in extreme wilderness
over days or weeks. Fast and furious
adrenaline zone escapades.
The Big Picture
Significant differences that make
Páramo a high performer...
Fitter fabrics
Unique fabrics are what Páramo is
renowned for. More than breathable,
Nikwax Analogy waterproofs are
Directional, ensuring sweat is removed
while the weather is kept out. Only
Analogy removes liquid water as well
as moisture vapour.
This incredible recovery keeps you
more comfortable when you work
hard – and when you stop and rest. In
a traditional system you’d become cold
and uncomfortable as your body heat
struggles to remove the cooling water,
but Páramo Directionality carries on
moving water even as the body cools.
And it works in all conditions –
whatever the humidity or temperature
– when conventional breathable
waterproofs fail.
Analogy fabric is now in a choice of
weights – Analogy Light for when
ounces count, original Analogy for
robust staying power. Both give 100%
Analogy protection and performance.
Keep your clothes on
The longer you wear your clothing the
better! Less changes mean less wasted
time when minutes are precious, less
vulnerability and exposure in extreme
conditions, less hassle in confined
spaces. It’s safer and more practical.
Using Páramo reduces garment
changes:
• With perspiration removal and
more effective insulation you stay
warmer with fewer layers and
less bulkiness;
• Intelligent ventilation allows you
to finetune your temperature
without adjusting layers;
• Soft, supple and quiet fabrics are
comfy enough to wear 24/7;
• Overlayering insulation warms
you quickly without shedding your
outer layers and exposing yourself
to cold and wet.
Been there, done that
All Páramo garments are extensively
tested in the conditions we
recommend them for – so they won’t
let you down at a crucial moment.
Whatever your passion ...preparation is crucial
Accruing knowledge, researching routes, understanding conditions, acquiring
skills, achieving fitness AND choosing your kit, trialling your kit, maintaining
your kit, honing your kit.
Selection of the right gear contributes to a confident mindset – it can help you
through if things get tough, but won’t impinge when things are going well.
Páramo is not afraid to innovate, to be controversial, to do things differently
– giving you a real edge and a chance to push the limits.
Páramo delivers reassurance as well as comfort & performance – both in the
bigger picture and in the finest detail...
The Fine Detail
Small details that add up to garments
that work with you and for you –
safer, easier and more effective...
Fine features
• Zips and drawcords are easily
adjusted with one hand or with
gloves on
• Wired peak hoods move with you,
ensuring your vision isn’t obscured
• Garments can be chosen to be
helmet, harness or rope friendly
• Safe storage and easy access to
maps, GPS, compass and vital
equipment
• Careful articulation allows you
a complete range of movement,
whatever your activity.
Altitude, cold and tiredness can cause
diminished mental and physical
capacity – Páramo garments deliver
practicality of use just when you
need it most.
Togetherness
Our mid and base layers are designed
to work systemically with our outer
garments – vents and access points
are positioned to optimum effect.
And Directionality applies at every
level – ensuring water is removed
from the system very efficiently
from next to skin outwards.
Going on and on and on...
Our fabrics are tough and durable
– they’ll survive what you throw
at them, but are still soft enough
to sleep in!
With Páramo waterproofs
puncture is not the end of the
adventure! You could fill one
with pins, take them out, wear
it in the rain and stay dry.
Field repairs are possible with a
needle and thread – and we offer
a professional repair
service at our UK
workshop if needed.
Simple home aftercare
with Nikwax ensures
a long life – you
can renew the
waterproofing
indefinitely, and
with no membranes,
coatings or taped seams
to deteriorate, and minimal
degradation in UV light,
your Páramo garments
will undoubtedly become
old friends!
Our garments are used routinely
day in, day out in Antarctic Research
stations, in the Alps, in the worst
Scottish winters, in Mountain
Rescue throughout the UK. They’ve
relished expeditions to both Poles,
the Himalayas and the Patagonian
wilderness on countless occasions.
They’ve helped the World Adventure
Racing champions get to the top and
stay there.
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