Mammut: Title Sponsor for 10th Annual Smuggs Ice Bash

The Smuggs Ice Bash is stoked to have Mammut be this year’s Title Sponsor.

For over a 150 years, Mammut has been producing the highest quality ropes; setting standards and pushing the boundaries of what is possible when it comes to strength, weight, durability and handling. Not only are they well known for their quality ropes the world over but their lineup of high quality climbing gear to a full range of apparel and even sleeping bags, backpacks and Avalanche equipment has made this company a front runner for anyone seeking products for activities in the elevated outdoors.

Here at the Smuggs Ice Bash, and at Petra Cliffs Climbing Center, we’ve been trusting out lives to their equipment for over a decade and we couldn’t be more pleased with their support for the festival this year. Many of the staff and guides at Petra Cliffs have multiple harness’, rope’s, packs, puffies, climbing boots, helmets, etc. etc. and we think you should too.

They’ll have demo harnesses and helmets at this years Ice Bash and make sure you enter one of the raffles for a chance to win more schwag from this fine company.

How much do you know about Mammut?

Here are some interesting fact about the company that’s been in the rope game the longest.

• Did you know that the Mammut brand name was first introduced in 1934 to sell Mammut branded ropes. The true beginning of rope production for what would become Mammut Started way back in 1864 by a guy named Kasper Tanner.
• The symbol of the Mammut was chosen in 1934 to symbolize power and strength.
• in 1958 the “Mammut Everest” rope is produced as the first ever braided Mammut mountaineering rope with a Kermantle construction.
• Fast forward a decade, in 1968, the “Mammut Dynamic” was the first ever rope to be certified by the international federation representing mountaineering and climbing, the UIAA.
• In 1978, Mammut launches their “Altitude” Gore-Tex jacket and pants to the masses.
• For the next several decades and into the present, they have pushed the boundaries in engineering and manufacturing of products and equipment for mountain pursuits launching the biggest peak project in history in 2012; 150 Mammut teams climbing 150 peaks across the globe. Find out more about this project here: Video: 150 Peak Project
• In 2014 Mammut embarked on Project 360, bring technical climbing of some of the worlds most iconic routes or mountains to the public.