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While hiking in his native eastern Himalayas, Kapil Dev Singh realised that his high end waterproof gear was not performing. Soaked but inspired, the MIT-trained supply chain expert discovered, accidentally, his next career – founding a line of highly breathable and water repellent gear that could withstand the rigours of the tropics and still outperform in temperate climates.

Almost all hiking boots and most shells in the market today feature a ‘wet system’ membrane. A wet system membrane involves an inherently slow three-step process of absorption, diffusion, and evaporation, triggered by condensation on the PU membrane. When the humidity outside is as high as inside, the ‘wet system’ does not work and breathability becomes zero.

From Mishmi Takin press release
Images © Mishmi Takin (16 December 2015: Mishmi Takin product shoot in Troutdale, OR.  Trevor Brown, Jr./Trevor Brown Photography)