Yukon Arctic Ultra
With the next Yukon Arctic Ultra scheduled to start on February 15th 2009, we're busy equipping competitors with a range of cold weather gear. The 100 and 300 mile races are held on the trail of the Yukon Quest Sled Dog Race but differ in that nothing but human power can be used to get you round. We're supplying a new product our Yukon Jacket as well as more familiar products like our Minim 1000 down sleeping bag (now discontinued, try our Hispar 1000 instead), Xero down mitts and boots, Diamir 1200 down sleeping bag and Mustagh and Garwhal down jackets. Good luck to Stuart Gillett who tested our new Yukon Jacket in temperatures of -26C in Austria (see photo, top left), finding it to be 'toasty warm. In fact every one else there was so impressed that they were wanting similar kit.'
Update: Stuart finished 2nd overall in 2006 and became the second fastest person over the course and the fastest European. He said: 'many thanks for the jacket that you supplied me for the Yukon Arctic Ultra. [It] performed perfectly in tempertures down to -35c. The light weight and small size was also a huge help.'
Jacob Nielsen (bottom left) is another Yukon competitor who relies on PHD gear. He finished 2nd in the Yukon Arctic Ultra 100 mile race (2007) wearing PHD Yukon jacket! Jacob says that 'without PHD kit I would have been toast'. The conditions were -35C WITHOUT wind chill.
