Climbing around the world
Black Diamond knows no boundaries. Our gear has enabled adventure across the globe, from South American rime walls to Southeast Asian limestone. Click on the map markers to the left read corresponding climbing trip reports.
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Canmore's Knuckle Basher 2010
The Knuckle Basher returned to Canmore, Alberta for its second year in February 2010. The Knuckle Basher is a grass roots style winter climbing festival originally organized as a last minute fill in event for the Canmore ice climbing festival...
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BD athlete Mike Libecki recaps his Year Of The Ox expeditions
Black Diamond athlete Mike Libecki lives for adventure climbing in distant, untrammeled lands. This past year he managed two such climbing expeditions and sent us the following recap and photos of his travels and climbs. Year of the Ox...
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BD athlete Jumbo Yokoyama reports on ascent of Mount Hunter's Wall of Shadows
Black Diamond athlete Katsutaka “Jumbo” Yokoyama is part of the renowned Japanese alpinist crew dubbed the Giri-Giri Boys. Currently on a long-term roadtrip through North America, Jumbo sent us this report about his ascent of Mount Hunter’s...
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BD athlete Neil Gresham reports on the sport climbing paradise of Kalymnos, Greece
The climbing world seems bigger than ever to me these days and I find myself increasingly overwhelmed by a never-ending tick-list of tempting new destinations. So why in view of this, do I always seem to end up on the paradise Greek island...
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BD employee Kolin Powick reports on a visit to the new Teton Ice Park
My wife, Ellen, and I headed to Grand Targhee ski resort in Wyoming last weekend for a buddy’s wedding and some skiing. And seeing as I’d been reading so much about the newly opened Teton Ice Park and would be in the neighborhood, we threw...
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