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This content was published on August 21, 2001 - 08:49Feature Preview
The mountaineer's uniform of today, with its lightweight, high-tech materials to keep a climber warm and dry, has evolved dramatically from early climbing garb - a Norfolk jacket, waistcoat and knickerbockers.
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