Rab

In 1968 in the Dolomites when everybody else was climbing in mountaineering boots, Rab Carrington used rock boots on routes such as the Phillip-Flamm and the Tre Cime.

It is this approach to climbing that enabled Rab to design performance sleeping bags and down clothing. By first deciding what functions the gear needed to achieve and then designing for that purpose.

He combined his knowledge of the mountains with the skills he had learnt in South America and set up shop at home in Sheffield, UK. Rab made kit for climbers, by climbers and in the mid 1980's he became the first manufacturer in the world to use Pertex in the production of sleeping bags and down jackets.

The original ethos of Rab remains core to current product development; a strong focus on using functional designs and high quality fabrics to produce premium gear for mountaineering and polar travel.