First Ascent

First Ascent is one of South Africa's oldest and leading specialist outdoor brands having started in 1989. Synonymous with world-class design and quality, First Ascent continues to lead the way in the outdoors over 30 years later. Worn, used and trusted by outdoor fanatics every day, as well as many of South Africa's most hardened and extreme explorers in some of the most inhospitable places on earth. From the summit of Everest and Kilimanjaro, to traversing the Drakensberg and hiking the Fish River Canyon, our gear has certainly been put to the test time and time again. With First Ascent, we enable you to perform at your best and control your unknown in any conditions, through gear that is technically designed and made for the outdoors, by people who love the outdoors.