Philip Maddox

I embarked on an adventure in August 2007 to ski mountaineer up to
the summit of Mount Shishapangma (8047m) in Tibet. This was an Army
expedition and would have been the first British Team to summit had we have
been successful.

However, high up in the Himalayas and high on the Tibetan Plateau we reached altitudes of up to 7050m before being forced to retreat due to heavy snow fall and the amount of snow and the subsequent high avalanche dangers.

High up in the Himalayas the sun is extremely strong and full of harmful UV rays that burn the exposed skin up to 10 times quicker than at sea level. This is where Island Tribe sun block cam into it’s own. This sun protection product protected every one of the team that used it. Not one single member of the expedition was treated to sunburn and this was purely 100% attributed to the use of Island Tribe Sun Protection Factor 40+

The expedition was working at high altitudes for almost 8 weeks, during this time there was a need to use Island Tribe sun protection almost every day, even during the heavy snow fall the sun was beating through and attacking any exposed skin with a risk of being sunburned and having to be sent back to base camp and eventually of the mountain due to injury was definatley not on any ones agenda.

Every one of the team highly recommends this product and would/is still using this product today.

Since returning from the Himalayas I have recently competed in the World Cup Telemark skiing event, in Europe and Scandinavia. The Great Britain Team used Island Tribe Sun Protection Factor 40+ during this event and yet again not one member of the Great Britain Ski Telemark Ski Team was ever caught out by sunburn and this is once again totally attributable to the use of Island Tribe.

I now work at a very busy Mountain Training Centre, we train and assess future expedition leaders and continue to lead expeditions ourselves. I would happily continue to use Island Tribe and continue to recommend all members of the Mountain Training Centre and the students that pass through our gates weekly to use this product.

If Island Tribe was to offer the Armed Forces this product as the sole provider of reliable sun block (especially in the countries where they are fighting a hot war in Afghanistan and Iraq) then I am positive that the numbers of sunburn casualties not only in UK but in these hot war zones would be greatly reduced.

I know I will continue to use this product.

Many thanks for such an excellent and reliable sun block.

Philip Maddox
Warrant Officer “Army Physical Training Corps” British Army

"If Island Tribe was to offer the Armed Forces this product as the sole provider of reliable sun block (especially in the countries where they are fighting a hot war in Afghanistan and Iraq) then I am positive that the numbers of sunburn casualties not only in UK but in these hot war zones would be greatly reduced."

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