Partners show up season after season — with gear, with funding, with the women-led guide services that run the expeditions.
350 applicants from 43 countries for two spots, Ines Papert on the rope, and a five-outlet DACH media sweep across ALPIN, SchuhKurier, Bergsteiger, Lacrux, and the trade press.
One Instagram post from Ma'wa Collective produced the largest single-day application spike of the 2026 cycle — reach into communities a brand cannot buy its way into.
Fjällräven outfits recipients head to toe, and the co-branded posts outrun typical branded content. The gear becomes the narrative, and the narrative becomes reach.