Compass: Charting the Evolution of Outdoor Gear

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Claimed credits:

first in the UK to…

• use lightweight synthetic fabrics for tents

• introduce the sloping ridge

• introduce transverse ridge and hoops

• use fixed headlines

• install fitted groundsheets

• produce flysheet first pitching and suspended inners

• make double skin tents

• remove the inverted seam from sloping ridges

• develop high tenacity ripstop nylon flysheets

• use soft polyurethane coatings

• launch silicone nylon flysheets

• develop hydrostatic head flysheet coatings

• introduce microfilament clothing

Some of the tent models were:

Fell Trek

Hill Trek

Hillpacker

Jetpacker

Jetpacker A

Jetpacker Plus

Jetpacker Plus A

Spacepacker MK1

Spacepacker Plus MK1

Spacepacker MK2

Spacepacker Plus MK2

Mountain Dome

Mountain Tent

Mountain Trek

Basecamp

Satellite Plus

Galaxy

Space Trek

Trak-Packer

Triton

Orbit G7