{"id":442816,"date":"2025-09-22T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T08:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/442816\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T08:00:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T08:00:17","slug":"arcteryx-outdoor-brand-apologises-for-fireworks-display-in-tibet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/442816\/","title":{"rendered":"Arc&#8217;teryx: Outdoor brand apologises for fireworks display in Tibet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The firm said that it will work with an external agency to assess the project&#8217;s impact, adding that it had used entirely biodegradable materials. Arc&#8217;teryx also said that the spectacle was aimed at raising awareness of mountain culture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Founded in 1989, Arc&#8217;teryx is hugely popular for its high-end sportswear and mountaineering gear and runs more than 150 shops globally. It is owned by Hong Kong-listed fitness equipment company Anta Sports. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It partnered with pyrotechnics artist Cai to stage the high-altitude day-time display called Rising Dragon, set at over 5,000 meters in Tibet&#8217;s Shigatse region, a gateway to Himalayan peaks like Everest. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The mountains are also sacred to people in Tibet, where many follow Buddhism. It  has been a tightly-controlled part of China since it was annexed in the 1950s, leading some online to ask how and why the project was approved in the first place. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Critics said the mountains were too fragile for fireworks, and the explosions, colour and smoke would have disrupted the ecosystem and local wildlife.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The firm said that it will work with an external agency to assess the project&#8217;s impact, adding that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[12,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-442816","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115246899098669464","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}