I feel extremely privileged to have developed some excellent relationships with a number of respected individuals and sound businesses. Each demonstrates an enthusiasm to push beyond the margins of any frontier and relentlessly innovate. Their support is enormous and greatly treasured. Their commitment to the expedition will ensure a chance for success.
Below you will find my present sponsors who believe in my objective and wish to be a part of this significant expedition by supporting me throughout this journey in Mongolia and hopefully – beyond.
Please take a moment to scroll down the list and browse through the expedition sponsors. Thank you...
PREMIER SPONSOR
Pilotur.dk sell superior Pilot watches that combine a classic and stylish appearance with modern technology and dynamics.
With the ”North of Denmark” series, we are targeting the absolute upper segment within pilot watches. The only thing still being grounded is the price.
The series has been developed and designed by pilotur.dk through sparring with some of the Worlds best watch designers. Each model will be produced in a limited series of only 200 pcs. Each watch is numbered.
The watch has been constructed to be worn 24/7 under the most severe conditions. The watch comes with scratch-free sapphire glass, top-of-the-line Swiss movement and special gaskets on all buttons to improve water resistance (min. 100 m)
Visit the PILOTUR website in Danish
Visit the PILOTUR website in English
MAIN SPONSORS
eznis airways is the leading Mongolian domestic airline with the largest network of domestic destinations within Mongolia and highest flight frequency on these routes. The airline was established on January 6, 2006 by Newcom Group, one of the largest holding companies of Mongolia.
The first scheduled service flight of eznis airways was from Ulaanbaatar to Choibalsan on December, 2006. Now the airline operates domestic scheduled and charter flights to 11 destinations in 10 aimags of Mongolia including Dornod, Bayankhongor, Khuvsgul, Umnugobi, Khovd, Uvs, Zavkhan, Bayan-Ulgii, Gobi-Altai and Uvurkhangai, and operates international scheduled service to Hailar in China's Inner Mongolia region, and charter services to points in China, Russia and Kazakhstan.
The airline’s name “eznis” means ‘easiness in flight’. The name consists of two parts which when put together say 'easy flight': the first two letters “ez” stand for “easy” in English and “nis” is a Mongolian word meaning “fly”.
Visit the eznis Airways official website
Visit Mongolia is a one-stop, Mongolia-based tour company specializing in selling the whole spectrum of Mongolia tourism products. The company is fully licensed by the Tourism Authority of Mongolia, License No 117.
"Born & bred", and based in Mongolia and intensely focused on promoting the country as a new tourist destination. The company has developed with an intimate knowledge of the Mongolia tourist industry and a very strong local identity.
The company has its own transport fleet, and a very highly qualified and dedicated staff.
Their programs are designed to offer a range of travel experiences as fascinating and varied as Mongolia’s culture and landscapes. Whether your objective is general sightseeing or adventure travel, they will ensure that your experience is the memory of a lifetime and that all our arrangements fulfill or better yet, exceed your travel expectations.
Visit Mongolia official website
The Endurance Trust, Inc., was founded in 2005 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization to help endurance athletes make a difference in the world they race.
Endurance Trust focus, primarily, on the disciplines of Ultra Running, Expedition Adventure Racing, Marathon Ocean Swimming, Iron Distance (and beyond) Triathlons and 24 Hour/ Stage Mountain and Road Biking, any athlete, racing any distance, can become a sponsored member of The Trust.
Endurance Trust sponsored athletes receive exclusive benefits and, in turn, help raise money for various children’s causes. Their chief benefactor, the PLGA Foundation, is dedicated to finding a cure for pediatric brain tumors – and we are dedicated to make that a reality!
Visit Endurance Trust official website
CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS
Blizzard products represent a step change in the way both civilian and military trauma cases should be treated and Blizzard’s unique Reflexcell™ material is incorporated into all Blizzard Survival products in military, medical, emergency preparedness and outdoor applications globally.
The company is based in Bethesda , North Wales, on the edge of the Snowdonia National Park ; a mountainous region that offers truly challenging weather conditions and proving-ground.
Research and Development and all manufacturing is centered at this location.
Visit the PerSys Medical Website
Visit the Blizzard Survival Website
Outdoor Living have a passion for adventure, an outdoor gear company based in Denmark. This passion remains as strong as ever. Their goals have expanded to embrace a greater mission: our customers’ experiences of human powered adventure.
As outdoor enthusiasts, they know people are designed by their adventures, changing as they pursue their sports. With this inspiration and their passion for adventure, they continue to develop a service that helps its customers reach the top, find a new edge, discover new adventures and environments and uncover new parts of themselves along the way.
Truly useful gear is the result of a process that begins by paying careful attention to the needs of outdoor adventurers.
Visit the Outdoor Living website here. In Danish
Jetboil, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of fast and light outdoor cooking products. Founded in 2001, the company’s mission is to simplify and personalize hot food preparation for people on the go. Jetboil products are designed and tested in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, home of the world’s most extreme weather.
Since its inception in 2004, Jetboil’s revolutionary cooking systems have won numerous awards both inside and outside the outdoor industry. The patent-pending FluxRing® technology, at the heart of Jetboil cooking systems, defines efficiency, safety and ease of use and its introduction has redefined the outdoor cooking category.
The Jetboil team is committed to simplifying and personalizing outdoor cooking and empowering a world of exploration.
Alternating between lab and mountains, a series of designs were subjected to intense experimental and field testing. The result is a series of products as reliable as they are remarkable; as usable as they are unique.
Visit the Jetboil website here.
Alumeco strives to be the preferred aluminium partner for customers in Scandinavia and the Baltic region. This can only be achieved by constantly providing good quality and flexible service for their customers.
They constantly set new and higher targets for quality in their work. To put these objectives into practice, it is necessary the organisation and the company continuously improve working processes and the use of technology. At the same time, the skills of their employees are constantly improved and challenged through education, efficient knowledge sharing and a friendly working environment.
Visit the Alumeco website here.
Imagine creating pure drink from almost any water source, including highly turbid and toxic supply waters. Imagine doing this without pumping, external power, mechanical parts or purifying chemicals. Our suite of forward osmosis products are so easy to use that even a child can take muddy, life-threatening supply water and turn it into life-sustaining drink.
Hydration Technology Innovations (“HTI”) is the developer of the most
advanced form of water filtration technology in the world. HTI has more
than twenty years experience in research and development of advanced
membrane technology, and has developed the world’s first commercially
viable line of forward osmosis membrane products.
This technology has been used by NASA, the US Department of Defense, branches of the US military and in aid of relief organizations around the world.
Visit the HTI Water website here.
More on Forward Osmosis Technology.
Khunu is a newly established premium adventure-wear company driven by a social purpose. The company develops high quality, stylish products from responsibly sourced natural fibers.
The initial clothing range – premium knitwear tops for men – was created from Khunu’s pioneering use of Himalayan yak wool sourced from nomadic communities living on the Tibetan Plateau and in Mongolia.
The first products will be commercially available in February 2010 through the Khunu website and from select retailers in North America.
Khunu is delighted to be sponsoring Ripley's adventure across Mongolia and through some of the regions from which yak fibre is sourced.
Rab are committed to making outstanding gear for climbers, mountaineers and adventurers who take it to the extreme in the world's harshest environments.
The Rab brand is renowned for producing outstanding quality clothing and sleeping bags, suitable for extreme cold environments and high altitude mountaineering and remain dedicated to making products for the most extreme conditions in the world. Their passion for the outdoors, their long standing partnerships with performance material suppliers and Rab’s pioneering ethos have allow Rab to continue to push these limits.
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.
RailRiders was born in the early '90s, to provide accomplished explorers and adventurers with apparel, which offers superior performance over that of natural fibres such as cotton or wool.
RailRiders are clothes that go places - they are worn at sea, on Everest and in the deserts and they're ready for every challenge.
RailRiders have been designed to give you maxium comfort with lightweight and quick-drying features. Packable and stylish, RailRiders are equally at home in the wild and in town. They are made to last - and are backed by their 100% guarantee.
They are tried and tested and you can’t help but believe that they are “The Toughest Clothes on the Planet”.
Greentyre are the world’s leading brand of puncture proof flat free tyres for wheelchairs, bicycles and industrial applications. A world class company Exporting World Wide – over 80% of all manufacture is exported. With customers in 32 countries and technology collaborations in USA, China, Russia and Italy.
Greentyres are at the forefront of technology for puncture proof
tyres development with in-house design and production capability.
Greentyre’s process is clean, non carcinogenic, is CFC free and releases no harmful toxins to the atmosphere. The products produced are long lasting, never fail can be recycled making them truly earth friendly.
The company's commitment to the environment extends to the use of photo voltaic cells at the Middlesbrough production unit to convert the suns rays to electricity.
Adventure takes many forms: big and small, near and far, well planned and on a whim. What all adventures have in common is their ability to invigorate us, to make us feel alive, to change our perspective. Adventures build our bonds with each other and with our planet. They challenge us to solve problems while reducing life to the few simple things that matter. Reliable, beautiful, well-designed equipment can add to the experience of adventure by making it even more enjoyable and safer. Nemo make the finest equipment imaginable.
NEMO have been named the overall winner of the 2005 ISPO BrandNew Award, an award which recognizes the most innovative products in the outdoor industry from around the world. This important honor brought worldwide recognition to NEMO and marked the beginning of a very long series of awards, honors and media attention which continues to build momentum.
Even to this day, Nemo continue to innovate and win awards for its tried and tested, respected and trusted products.
The SPOT Satellite Messenger, the world's first satellite messenger, uses both the GPS satellite network to determine a customer's location and the SPOT network to transmit that information to friends, family or an emergency service center. SPOT Inc., a subsidiary of Globalstar, Inc.,
(NASDAQ:GSAT) provides lifesaving communications technology that allows users to communicate from remote locations around the globe.
SIGG is a brand of optimism and hope, of forward thinking and positive action. They make bottles to the highest standards of Swiss quality and craftsmanship.
They make bottles that are ecologically sound, reusable and ultimately, recyclable. They make bottles that are as fashionable as they are functional.
Oakley, Inc. is a sport and lifestyle brand, driven to ignite the imagination through the fusion of art and science. Building on its legacy of innovative, market-leading optical technology, the company manufactures and distributes high performance sunglasses, prescription lenses and frames, goggles, apparel, footwear, and accessories.
The essence of the brand is communicated through hundreds of professional and amateur athletes who depend on Oakley products to provide them with the very best while they redefine what is physically possible.
Ed Bouffard (Ed's Wilderness Systems, LLC), has been designing ski pulks, ski poles, products and spare parts since 1994.
EWS systems are found in Canada, Alaska and on scientific expeditions to the polar regions as well as Patagonia and Argentina. They are also in use in Iceland and Denmark.
Patron:
Dixie Dansercoer
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