Tatonka 2011 Catalogue

10 QualityandTests AFTER BRAINSTORMING, REFINING, TINKERING AND TAILORING IT’S TIME FOR THE MOST ENJOYABLE PART OF OUR WORK: TESTING THE BEST. We also send our products on an “Expedition Life” // After all, it’s a long way from the initial idea to the development and production to its use in the great outdoors. And we take advantage of the opportunity to test the new products ourselves before sending them out into the world. We often return from our product tests and make improvements to one or two details here or there. This has not only resulted in some outstanding products, but we have also notched up a few test tours in the most beautiful and wildest spots on earth, like the Dolomites, Corsica and Lapland. Tours that inspire and have to be repeated. And we also chose a beautiful destination for this year’s tour: Greece. The land of immortal Gods and myths. According to Greek mythology, an act of God is behind every natural phenomenon: the strength of winged Hermes in the blustery wind, in the lightning sky Hephaistos who was thrown down to earth, and in the rain we can sense the loving reunion of Zeus with Demeter. We wanted to experience this legendary nature, which provided the inspiration of the Ancient Greeks for such myths, with our own eyes. So this is why we set off on a journey to the untouched, largely undiscovered parts of Greece. Read what we experienced there on the following pages. 2007 Climbing Elbe sandstone Germany 2006 Winter climbing Mont Blanc France 2004 Alpine hiking Dolomites Italy 2003 Trekking around the Triglav Slovenia