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Rock Climbing 2012 digital catalog — check it out now
It's with much pride and stoke that we released today our Rock Climbing 2012 digital catalog . Loaded with stunning images, captivating videos, and narrated slideshows, Rock Climbing 2012 is all about travel—the places, the people, the culture, the transportation, the gear, the lifestyle, and, of course, the climbing. Get ready for a global roadtrip because Rock Climbing 2012 is going to carry you from Kyrgyzstan to Spain to Malta to Venezuela with a host of Black Diamond climbing athletes, including Adam Ondra, Alex Honnold, Nico Favresse, Sonnie Trotter, Barbara Zangerl, Nalle Hukkataival and Tommy Caldwell (to name but a few).
Like our Alpinism 2012 digital catalog, Rock Climbing 2012 is an online-only catalog, stacked with great stories, videos, photos, as well as a...
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Chasin' the Rubbish 2.0 in Fontainebleau, France
Fontainebleau, Easter 2013. Forget about searching for Easter eggs in the Fontainebleau forest: the Black Diamond team, Black Diamond athletes and numerous boulderers came together over the four days of the Easter holiday to rid the boulder areas of rubbish and to raise people's awareness about adopting a respectful attitude toward nature and... [READ MORE]
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VIDEO: BD athlete Adam Ondra making the first ascent of Change, the world's first 9b+
Last summer, Black Diamond athlete Adam Ondra made a highly productive trip to Hanshelleren, a massive granite cave outside the small town of Flatanger, Norway. Adam not only made short work of the cave's established hard routes (including onsighting two routes graded 5.14c/8c+), he made the first ascent of Thor's Hammer (5.15a/9a+) and... [READ MORE]
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BEHIND THE SHOT: Fall 2006 catalog
Bold, authentic and inspirational images have been a cornerstone of Black Diamond culture since day one. The pictures that fill our catalogs, website, ads and posters aren't just a portal for visual storytelling, they are the essence of what Black Diamond is all about. In this ongoing series, we'll take a look at some of Black Diamond's most... [READ MORE]
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VIDEO: HIgh Contrast, a short film by BD athlete Cedar Wright featuring fellow BD athlete Alex Honnold
Last spring, Black Diamond athletes Alex Honnold and Cedar Wright headed down to the massive granite walls of Cochamó, Chile, a place known to many as the "Yosemite of South America." From that trip, Cedar created the short film below, entitled Hgh Contrast , which combines gorgeous shots of Cochamó's walls and surroundings with some... [READ MORE]
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BD Crash Pads, Episode 2: Zack Giffin's Tiny House
Here at Black Diamond, our athletes' all-consuming drive to spend as much time in the mountains, at the crags and on the trails as possible tends to make for some interesting living situations. Modded-out cargo vans, backwoods shacks, parents' basements and musty expedition tents-the idiosyncratic places they reside when they're not doing what... [READ MORE]
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