Bit of a rarity this as not many were made and very few have survived. As the name implies,they were the brainchild of Don Whillans who had created a rough, wooden version whilst on an expedition to Patagonia in the 60’s. A second version was created from angle iron and orange rucksack canvas with the resultant weight penalty. The finished article came from a collaboration between Whillans and Mike Parsons of Karrimor who used their pack frame technology to fabricate the frame and a version of rucksack canvas for the covering and even though an early prototype blew away whilst being tested in the Cairngorms, several of the box tents found their way to the slopes of Everest and Annapurna in the 1970’s. This particular tent was given to Mick Tighe by Hugh McNicol who ran a company called Mountain Technology in Glencoe in the 1980’s & 90’s. Hugh had acquired it on one of his Himalayan trips. See also Whillan’s rucksack, Whillan’s harness and the Whillan’s Whammer which is in the ice hammer category.