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This is where the Terra Nova story begins. In the early 1980s, under the Wintergear and Wild Country banners, we redefined mountain shelter. This decade saw the birth of the Quasar the world’s first ‘dunnel’ geodesic tent and the introduction of GORE-TEX bivi bags to the UK market
Explore the original expedition reports from the era that set the blueprint for modern mountaineering.

Published: February 2026 (Originally filed: December 1983) Before Terra Nova Equipment became the name behind the Laser and the Quasar, we traded as Wintergear — hand-built tents out of a small operation run by Ben and Marion Wintringham. In 1983,…