New Zealand. Annoyingly good at rubgy. Landscapes that are so spectacular they were chosen for Tolkein’s Middle Earth. In Edmund Hillary, they even had one of the first two men to stand on Everest, along with the Tenzing Norgay. No matter how many times us Brits proclaim ‘yeah we climbed it first, it was a British expedition,’ the truth is that a sherpa from Nepal and a Kiwi were the ones to first scale the peak.
The South Island, in particular, is mountain country. So, you’d expect the nation’s leading outdoor brand to know a thing or two about crafting outdoor kit. The brand in question is Kathmandu. Named after the Nepalese capital at the foot of the Himalayas, it makes a range of hiking apparel, backpacks and accessories. The brand is also a certified B Corp, which means it adheres to high standards of social and environmental performance.
