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Rab® Professionals

Here at Rab® we have a team of accomplished outdoor professionals who regularly push the limits in their chosen sports, activities and careers - in doing so they push our gear to the limit. The feedback provided by these guys is essential for us to continually improve our clothing and equipment. Find out more about them below.

Aaron Mulkey

Aaron Mulkey is one of our US Sponsored Athletes and is based out of Cody, Wyoming. Few are as dedicated to ice climbing exploration as Aaron Mulkey . . .

Calum Muskett

Calum is a North Wales climber and currently the youngest of our Sponsored Team, he is quickly making a name for himself climbing classic North Wales trad routes. . .

Chris McLennan

Chris is an international travel photographer, his work takes him to all corners of the globe visiting a host of extreme locations...

Gary Rolfe

Gary has a totally committed approach to his life of solo Arctic journeys with dogs. He lives full-time in Greenland's high Arctic where 280 days of the year temperatures are never above freezing . . .

Guy Robertson

Guy has done a prolific amount of significant first ascents including the 110m Gorilla E6, Creag an Dubh Loch, Cairngorms...

Jean-Pierre Ouillet (aka peewee)

Jean-Pierre (Peewe) is a US based rock climber. He's currently cruising around North America searching for 'The Perfect Crack' . . .

Jeff Mercier

Lives in Chamonix and works as a mountain guide and rescue instructor for the PGHM. Jeff is a highly talented climber across many disciplines...

Judith Spancken

Jude started climbing when coming to the UK on an exchange year from Germany as a student.  These days she is based in Chamonix and North Wales...

Leanne Callaghan

Leanne is a North Wales based climber and mountaineer, a true all rounder with endless enthusiasm for cragging, ice climbing, Alpine ascents, fell running and expeditions to remote new routes...

Leopoldo Faria

Leopoldo is a Lisbon, Portugal based climber who enjoys exploring new routes around Europe and in more remote areas . . .

Mark Hines

Mark Hines is an Exercise and Human Physiologist - he specialises in completing some of the worlds toughest adventure races ...

Mark Kalch

Mark Kalch is a professional adventurer and explorer as well as a writer and motivational speaker.  He specialises in undertaking small team and solo, unsupported expeditions into the wilderness...

Maya Sherpa

Maya started climbing because she wanted to make a difference and change the way people think about woman in Nepal...

Melanie Bernier

Originally from Quebec City, Melanie grew up skiing and competing moguls on hard pack snow. When she finally realized the there was more to skiing then icy moguls, she moved the BC...

Michele Barbiero

Michele lives in the centre of the Dolomites and works as a mountain Guide and as a member of the Helicopter Mountain Rescue Team...

Nils Nielsen

Nils Nielsen has been climbing since 2002. He loves all kinds of outdoor activities, but his passion is for climbing...

Sylvain Thiabaud

Sylvain is our most recent French Rab® professional. He is a prolific climber but also finds time to win the odd adventure race, go mountain biking and ski . . . . but only when there's no skin left on his fingers to climb. . . .

Richard Parks

Up until recently Richard was a Professional Rugby player, a career ending shoulder injury forced him to change direction. The result is an epic 7 month expedition to climb the 7 summits and visit both Poles, at the same time raising money for charity. 

Tom Randall

Tom is a hard working, extremely committed climber as well as being a really cool and likeable guy with a great sense of humour, boundless enthusiasm and tons of creative ideas.  

The Avalanche Center

A national charitable non-profit organization dedicated to improving avalanche safety...