THE SNOW LEOPARD TRUST. SHARING THE MOUNTAINS WITH THE COOLEST ANIMALS ON EARTH

SOME EXPEDITIONS SHARE THEIR ENVIRONMENT WITH OTHER TOURISTS, WE SHARE OURS WITH SNOW LEOPARDS, AND AS WE GEAR UP TO LEAVE FOR TIBET THE TEAM GEAR IS ROLLING IN WHICH INCLUDES THE SNOW LEOPARD SHIRTS.

IN A SERIES OF EFFORTS TO DO GOOD WITH OUR CLIMBING WE CONTRIBUTE TO THE SNOW LEOPARD TRUST, SO EVERY ONE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS BOOKINGS INCLUDES A CONTRIBUTION THAT IS EVERY BIT AS STANDARD AS THE PERMITS, FOOD, GEAR AND LOGISTICS. THIS GOES TOWARDS BOTH THE ACTUAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT THAT KEEPS SNOW LEOPARDS FROM EXTINCTION, AND THE LOW FI, ANALOG OLD FAVORITE OF A T-SHIRT THAT HELPS BROADCAST THE MATTER.

SAVING SNOW LEOPARDS IS ABOUT MUCH MORE THAN KEEPING THEM FROM GOING THE WAY OF SO MANY OTHER SPECIES, AS IT COVERS OTHER SPECIES THEY INTERACT WITH TO EAT AND COEXIST AROUND, EDUCATING LOCALS ESPECIALLY THE WOMEN WHO THEN EDUCATE THE KIDS, AND DEVELOPING ECONOMIES SO THEY ARE LESS RELIANT ON SUBSISTENCE METHODS THAT COMPETE WITH THE SNOW LEOPARDS FOOD SOURCES. THERE’S THE WHOLE BRANCH RELATED TO THE SCIENCE AS WE KNOW SURPRISINGLY LITTLE ABOUT THEM, AS WELL FUNDS TO PAY OUT LOCALS WHO LOSE LIVESTOCK TO STOP THEM KILLING THEM, AND ANTI-POACHING MEASURES TO STOP THE SALE OF BODY PARTS FOR SOCIAL STATUS AND BOGUS ‘MEDICINE’.

WE KNOW HALF A DOZEN CLIMBERS WEARING T-SHIRTS MIGHT NOT REVERSE THE IMPACT PEOPLE HAVE ON THE WORLD, BUT RATHER THAN GIVE THAT SPACE TO THE NORTH FACE AND RAB WE THINK WE CAN GIVE IT TO SNOW LEOPARDS. WE KNOW THE WAY T-SHIRTS CONTRIBUTE TO BANDS, BRANDS, POLITICS AND TEAMS, SO IF THIS GETS THE MESSAGE AMONGST CLIMBERS THEN PART OF THE MISSION IS ACHEIVED.

THE SNOW LEOPARD TRUST ITSELF IS A LONGTERM, MATURED AND WELL REGARDED ORGANIZATION, THAT GOES DEEP INTO THE PLACES SNOW LEOPARDS INHABIT. THIS IS NO URBAN ORGANIZATION FUNDING A FEEL GOOD FANTASY, THESE GUYS ARE OUT IN THE FIELD, YEAR ROUND, STAFFED BY LOCALS, AS THIS DOCUMENTARY SHOWS.