The Stories of 
Ventile® fabrics have collected many stories and tributes over the
years. Some are reproduced here for your interest...
"The Ventile® was robust, relatively lightweight and of high quality.
The strong Antarctic light caused slight bleaching but no apparent
weakening of the material. Its great toughness was extremely well
suited to our sort of expedition (particularly when working with the
dogs! ) and is to be highly recommended." An extract from the test
report from the 90° South Polar Expedition of the Antarctic Foundation,
Oslo.
Following its recognition as an eminently suitable cold weather fabric,
the British Antarctic Survey Team have outer garments and tents made
from Ventile.
A dog sledger in Antarctica in the 60's made Ventile® boots to protect
his huskies paws that were being wounded by travelling over rough
terrain.
"I was an RAF pilot in World War II and was twice ditched into the
Channel and owe my survival to Ventile®. It helped protect me until I
was rescued." Said by a visitor to the Country Innovations garments
exhibition stand.
Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Dr Mike Stroud wore Ventile® garments from
Snowsled during their unsupported crossing of the Antarctic in 1993.
Have you seen 'Event Horizon', the science fiction film from Paramount?
Did you notice that the actors were wearing Ventile® suits made by
Cirrus in the UK from military grade fabric?
"The Ventile fabric which you so kindly supplied to the expedition
gave absolutely invaluable service." Chris Bonnington after his historic
Annapurna South Face Expedition.
In 1953, Mt. Everest was conquered by Edmund Hillary and Sherpa
Tenzing. The climbers wore garments made from a version of Ventile® as
part of their expedition clothing.
"And the double Ventile® layers apparently made the jacket impervious
to the worst weather." A reference to a Bob Church jacket on test in
Seattle.
The photograph is of Helen Tempest and Tanya Gaze in action with the
Crunchie Flying Circus, wearing Ventile® Flying suits.
Esprit of Dussledorf chose Ventile® as the outer fabric for suits worn
by security personnel at the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.
The staff had to work in temperatures close to -30°C without a great
deal of activity to keep them warm, so the clothing had to have a
guaranteed performance.
Olly and Suzi, wildlife artists, wear Ventile® jackets when they are
out in the cold and the wilds. They like to paint wild animals such as
lions, wolves and polar bears at very close quarters - sometimes just
feet away !
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