Rudy Project has once again pushed itself past all obstacles and has accomplished quite a memorable feat: the conquest of the South Pole.
Rudy Project’s Zyon Hi-Altitude sunglasses and Kalybro goggle were chosen for an expedition to Antarctica which took over 14 months to prepare. Departing from Punta Arenas in Chile, the expedition tackled the adventurous 700-mile trip lasting 57 days in inhospitable Antarctica. The purpose? A pioneering research project on the effects of summer polar light on optic vision. This project could assist in the development of new treatments for numerous vision disorders.
The new Hi-Altitude* lens is designed to protect against strong brightness and to transmit only 6% of light. It is expressly intended for high mountain activities, for glaciers and all situations in which the glare of light is particularly irritating.
With this new great success, Rudy Project is confirmed as the new leader in sports eyewear, with a top product you can count on even under the hardest sports conditions.
"The eye wear you gave us has been first rate. - says Cameron Hudson, optometrist, researcher and member of the expedition - The sunglasses and goggles have been subject to tremendous physical stresses and have stood up to the rigors of expedition life incredibly well.
Throughout the expedition we have been subjected to some tough visual conditions often for many hours at a time, such as low contrast, poor visibility, glare, high light intensity, snow and high winds. One of our biggest concerns for our eye wear was how it would perform in the extreme cold. Where lenses become fogged and frozen they also become useless.
Travelling through crevasse fields with impaired vision is an obvious concern. The Rudy Project goggles and sunglasses provided excellent ventilation preventing moisture from perspiration and expired air from condensing on the lenses. The attention to detail with the removable side shields (Zyon sunglasses) and insulated nose guard (goggles) reassured us of the attention to detail the the design of the eye wear and prevented cold injury to areas of the face that are prone to cold injury.
Our expedition was also involved with a research project that required us to carefully quantify the intensity and wavelengths of light that each team member was exposed to. We were delighted to work with Rudy on this project.
The eye wear used has performed exactly as required even in the extremely hostile environment of Antarctica."
More info: www.visionsouthpole.org
*due to their very low transmission of light, Hi-Altitude lenses are not suitable for driving (CAT.4).
