Adventures at the Explorers Club

It certainly felt like boys night out at the Explorers Club on Wednesday evening. TUMI’’s Creative Director David Chu was joined by Dennis Paul, Euan Rellie and Richard Wiese, the youngest president in the Explorer’s Club 100-year history (who impressively cross-country skied to the North Pole), to celebrate the launch of TUMI’s T-Tech Collection and Abercrombie & Kent’s new program, “Extreme Adventures.”

The city’s most prominent explorers, world travelers, philanthropists, financiers, entrepreneurs and socials gathered in the grand mansion on East 70th street, which had been transformed into an “Indiana Jones setting.” The Library was a surreal winterscape with jagged mirrors designed to look like ice upon which images of snow expeditions were projected. Sleds were bundled with bags and bathed in twilight. In the Trophy Room, a striking installation was mounted on the wall consisting of TUMI’s latest collection of bags hanging from rows of antlers.

Abercrombie and Kent, the world’s premiere luxury travel company, introduced its “Extreme Adventures” program of once-in-a-lifetime trips designed to test one limits to an inspired crowd of guests including, Matthew Modine, Nick Raynes, Kelly Killoren Bensimon, Lisa Anastos and Katrina Pavlos, who entered to win an expedition up Mount Kilimanjaro.

Natually, passengers on select A&K expeditions would be outfitted with bags from TUMI’s T-Tech Collection which were designed to withstand the extreme conditions of any environment yet stylish enough to navigate the urban streets.

To enter to win a trip to Mount Kilimanjaro, courtesy of TUMI and Abercrombie and Kent, visit www.ttech.com for details.

PHOTO CREDIT: Nick Hunt for Patrick McMullan