THIS YEAR WE GOT INVOLVED WITH SAMAYA TENTS AND VERY SOON REALIZED THIS WAS A DEVELOPMENT WE’D BEEN WAITING FOR IN HIGH ALTITUDE, ALPINE-STYLE CLIMBING. FOR THE STEEP, NORTHERLY, UNSUPPORTED ROUTES WE DO CUTTING A FEW GRAMS ALWAYS HELPS – SAMAYA TENTS MEANT WE CAN DROP KILOGRAMS AND INCREASE FUNCTION.
PLAYING WITH SEVERAL OF SAMAYA’S DESIGNS WE SAW THE POTENTIAL FOR A K2-SPECIFIC TENT THAT SOLVES SOME OF THE COMMON PROBLEMS OF THE NORTH RIDGE ROUTE, NAMELY NARROW SITES, LOTS OF EQUIPMENT, EXTENDED TIME IN THEM AND NORTH-SIDE CONDITIONS. UNLIKE MOST COMPANIES, SAMAYA DIDN’T EVEN BLINK WHEN WE RAISED THE QUESTION OF DEVELOPING OUR OWN VERSION, AND AS YOU READ THIS THEY BEING SORETED FOR PRODUCTION.
CLIMBERS WANTING THE LIGHTEST, STRONGEST, MOST FUNCTIONAL TENTS FOR ALPINISM, THIS IS IT.
THE ASSAUT2 ULTRA+ K2 TENT IS BASED OFF THE CURRENT ASSAUT2 ULTRA & DYNEEMA VESTIBULE (PICTURED ABOVE – NO THAT ISN’T THE ULTRA+ K2) WITH SOME STUFF STRIPPED OUT, SOME STUFF INTEGRATED AND A FEW THINGS UPDATED AND REFINED. THE ACTUAL DETAILS WILL BE RELEASED SOON, BUT RIGHT NOW IT EQUATED TO MORE ROOM, MORE FUNCTION AND A LOWER PROFILE FOR THE SORT OF TEAM OF CLIMBERS YOU WILL FIND ON K2’S NORTH SIDE.
RETAINED IS THE BREATHABLE DYNEEMA MATERIAL WE HAVE FOUND TO BREATH BETTER THAN ANY OTHER SINGLE SKIN OUT THERE. WE’VE ALSO KEPT THE CARBON FIBRE POLES, WATERPROOF DYNEEMA IN THE FLOOR AND VESTIBULE, AND THE WHOLE THING IS EXECUTED IN SAMAYA’S MIND BLOWING ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND WORKMANSHIP. THIS IS INDEED A TENT WORTHY OF THE MOST AUDACIOUS ASCENTS IN THE WORLDS GREAT RANGES. ALL THE PARTS HAVE BEEN RIGOROUSLY TESTED, THE DESIGN WE KNOW WORKS, AND NOW THE TECHNOLOGY HAS CAUGHT UP TO MAKE IT REALITY.
IN REAL NUMBERS THIS TENT COMES IN AT 1000g. THAT’S 50% LIGHTER THAN THE EQUIVALENT FROM ANY OTHER COMPANY AND IN THE REALM THAT COMPETES WITH TARPS. THINK ABOUT THAT. EVERY HIGH ALTITUDE CLIMBER KNOWS THE BASELINE LIMITATION OF UNSUPPORTED ALPINISM IS HOW LONG THEY CAN SUSTAIN ON THE MOUNTAIN – TO SAY THIS TENT OPENS UP NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR ONCE ISN’T HYPERBOLE.
THESE TENTS ARE RIGHT NOW ONLY AVAILABLE FROM FEEDING THE RAT EXPEDITIONS IN EXTREMELY LIMITED NUMBERS CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION