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TerraNova Equipment Ltd

Forimmediate release

May 18^th 2011

TERRA NOVA’S SILVER TENTSMASHES

GUINNESS WORLD RECORD

Terra Nova hassmashed the Guinness World Record for the lightest tent commercially  available, with the Laser Ultra 1. The companyrecently received confirmation that the tent, which weighs just under 600g, isnow the record holder. It snatches the title from the Terra Nova Laser Photon,trimming over 200g or 26% off the record in the process.

Terra Nova wasawarded the Guinness World Record for the Lightest Tent Commercially available forthe first time in 2004. The Terra Nova Laserlite was a one person tent weighingjust over 1kg, the same weight as a bag of sugar. Seven years and four GuinnessWorld Records later, the Lightest Tent Commercially Available weighs nearlyhalf of that at a mere 581g.

The Laser Ultra 1has been designed for short duration ultra events. Although its style follows thatof the popular Laser tent range developed by Terra Nova, the most strikingdifference is the colour; the silver translucent Ultra fabric used for theflysheet is incredibly lightweight but strong. 

The Laser Ultra 1tent won a Gold European IF Design Award when it was launched at to the tradein July 2010 at the Outdoor show in Friedrichshafen, Germany.

Managing Director, Andy Utting said, ‘It is greatto see our investment in new technologies paying off. When we launched theLaser Lite, people were sceptical of the robustness of such lightweight tents,seven years later, a single person tent has to be less than 1kg to beconsidered light, and our designs have become the blue print for thecompetition.’

ENDS

For more information please contact:

Carolyn Budding at Terra Nova Equipment Ltd on +44(0)1773 837382 or at carolynb@terra-nova.co.uk

About Terra Nova Equipment

Terra Nova Equipmenthas been designing award winning tents and outdoor equipment for over 25 years.Its tents have been used all over the world from the summit of Everest to theNorth and South Poles. More recently Terra Nova has successfully developedsuperlight backpacking tents and rucksacks and holds the Guinness world recordfor the lightest tent in the world.  Thecompany owns three brands: Terra Nova - best in class expedition andbackpacking equipment, Wild Country tents - high specification backpacking andfamily tents, and sleeping bags and Extremities - a GORE-TEXlicensed technical clothing accessory brand