Force 10 Tents Tested during Alan Hinkes' Record Climb

Britain's leading mountaineer, Alan Hinkes, has become the first Briton to climb all 14 of the world's 8000m plus peaks after successfully reaching the summit of Kangchenjunga.

To help complete his historic mountaineering challenge, Hinkes chose to be kitted out with a range of tents, sleeping bags and other essential equipment from leading outdoor performance brand Force Ten. The kit consisted of Force Ten Vortex and Spindrift tents that gave extreme performance and protection throughout the severe conditions that Hinkes encountered, Electron Sleeping bags providing maximum warmth for winter mountaineering and a Mountain Refuge shelter, an essential piece of kit for emergency situations.

Alastair Moodie, Marketing Director of Force Ten said: "Everyone within Force Ten would like to congratulate Alan on his extraordinary achievement of becoming the first Briton to complete all fourteen 8,000m peaks. He fully deserves his place in the record books alongside all the other Mountaineering legends. We are also delighted that Alan chose to take Force Ten tents and sleeping bags on his arduous expedition and this is once again proof that Force Ten are the leaders in high performance tents and sleeping bags."

Towering at 8,586m and standing as the third highest mountain in the world, Kanchenjunga was defeated by Hinkes around 7pm on 30th May 2005 and represents the final peak of Hinkes' Challenge 8000. Hinkes stay in the Kanchenjunga base camp coincided with the 50th anniversary of the first successful accent of Kanchenjunga.

Force 10 Tents Tested during Alan Hinkes' Record Climb

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