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BEHIND THE SHOT: 2012 Ski Digital Catalog Cover
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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BD athlete Kyle Dempster reports on new route on the south face of the Ogre with fellow BD athletes Hayden Kennedy and Josh Wharton
Black Diamond athletes Kyle Dempster and Hayden Kennedy just returned from a prolific summer of alpine climbing in the Karakoram that they dubbed the Pakistani Double Header—two big, new independent routes on major peaks in a single summer season. After ticking a massive line on the unclimbed east face of K7 (check out Hayden's report on... [READ MORE]
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BD Sales Rep Matt Ginley reports from the second stop of the Triple Crown Bouldering Series at The Stone Fort
The second leg of the Triple Crown Bouldering Series went down a few weeks ago outside Chattanooga, TN, and BD southeast sales rep Matt Ginley was on the ground representing and climbing on the immaculate sandstone boulders of Little Rock City, a.k.a. The Stone Fort. Like Hound Ears, The Stone Fort has a history of sensitive access issues,... [READ MORE]
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BD employee Holly Merriman reports from the 11th Annual HERA Climb4Life Utah
Originally conceived in 2001 by HERA founder Sean Patrick, Climb4Life is a cornerstone event both for the HERA foundation and for Black Diamond. HERA Climb4Life, now in its 11th year here in Salt Lake City, has grown from a single event designed to raise awareness about ovarian cancer, to a nationwide series with hundreds of participants... [READ MORE]
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BD employee TJ Kolanko reports on the 37th annual Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival
Black Diamond was one of the sponsors of this year’s Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival, the iconic multi-day showcase of the outdoor world’s best films and books. BD employee TJ Kolanko attended the event and wrote up the following report on his flight home from Alberta. “Wow!” That’s the first thing I say to my co-worker,... [READ MORE]
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BD athlete Ines papert reports on Schwarze Madonna, her new six-pitch 8a+ in the German Alps
BD athlete Ines Papert has been on quite a run in 2012 with a host of new routes and big repeats. There’s still a few more weeks left in 2012, and Papert isn’t letting any of it go to waste—as is evident by her latest new route in the German Alps, a six-pitch line with difficulties up to 8a+. Below is her report and a handful of photos... [READ MORE]
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PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: Magnetron Technology
Innovation is what drives everything here at Black Diamond. If we're not making gear better, stronger, lighter, faster, more durable and easier to use, then we're not doing our job. In this ongoing series of monthly posts, we'll be giving you an inside look at some of our most innovative products through one-on-one interviews with our team of... [READ MORE]
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VIDEO: BD athlete Adam Ondra onsights The Golden Ticket (5.14c), Red River Gorge, Kentucky
Black Diamond athlete Adam Ondra traveled to Kentucky's Red River Gorge in late October and 10 days later he had blazed through the area's hardest routes, including onsighting two of the Red's hardest, Pure Imagination and The Golden Ticket , in the same day . Both routes were originally rated 5.14d, but Ondra, after onsighting them... [READ MORE]
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Product Video: AvaLung Series Packs
Black Diamond AvaLung Series packs are designed to go where you ski, be it hiking for sidecountry freshies, skinning at dawn for some pre-work turns or a weekend of touring deep in the backcountry. New for 2012, we've expanded our award-winning Active Form Design suspension systems into our AvaLung Series packs for an unrivaled freedom of... [READ MORE]
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BD athlete Callum Pettit reports on a ski mountaineering mission to Bolivia with Sherpas Cinema
BD athlete Callum Pettit headed down to Bolivia in October with a crew of skiers, including BD athlete Johnny Collinson , and a film team from Sherpas Cinema, to take on a ski descent of Huayna Potosi. Below is the email Callum sent us shortly before his return Stateside. From: callum pettit Subject: bolivia Date: October 18,... [READ MORE]
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5 Things You Didn't Know: Nico Favresse
From first ascents on massive alpine walls to the podium of the Freeskiing World Tour to the world's hardest onsights, Black Diamond athletes are no strangers to the spotlight. But oftentimes a newsworthy accomplishment, whether it be in the alpine, at a ski resort or at the sport crag, is only half the story behind our world-class team of... [READ MORE]
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PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: Ascension skins
Innovation is what drives everything here at Black Diamond. If we're not making gear better, stronger, lighter, faster, more durable and easier to use, then we're not doing our job. In this ongoing series of monthly posts, we'll be giving you an inside look at some of our most innovative products through one-on-one interviews with our team of... [READ MORE]
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BD athlete Mason Earle flashing Le Toit de Ben (5.13), a massive roof crack in Val David, Canada
BD athlete Mason Earle has, in a few short years, dispatched many of the hardest crack lines in the States. This past summer he headed north of the border to Val David in Quebec with Canadian crack maestro and fellow BD athlete JP Ouellet for a tour of the area's best and hardest cracks. Andrew Burr was along for the ride and captured Earle... [READ MORE]
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