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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Magnetron Technology™: The reinvention of the auto-locking carabiner, coming July 2012

Throughout the decades, we’ve been at the forefront of revolutionary carabiner design here at Black Diamond Equipment—from Yvon Chouinard’s original ovals; to the climbing world’s first-ever wiregate, the HotWire; to the crossload-eliminating belay carabiner, the GridLock. Never satisfied with the status quo, we’re always striving to develop the next great carabiner design innovation, which has led us to our latest game-changing advancement: Magnetron Technology™. What’s so special about Magnetron Technology? One word: magnets. Yes, that’s right—locking carabiners that utilize magnets and not twistlocks or screwlocks on the gates. Available on select locking carabiners in July 2012, our patent-pending Magnetron Technology is so revolutionary we decided to share a...
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  • Monday, August 13, 2012

    UTAH'S WASATCH RANGE: A Gala Book Signing Event

    -->   You are invited to our gala book signing party for Utah's Wasatch Range: Four Season Refuge on August 20 at 7:30 p.m . There will be a reception sponsored by Black Diamond Equipment, Peter Metcalf and Howie Garber. Most of the authors—including Mayor Ralph Becker, Congressman Jim Matheson, Stephen... [READ MORE]

  • Wednesday, August 8, 2012

    Black Diamond CEO Peter Metcalf profiled in High Country News and The Adventure Journal

    Black Diamond CEO Peter Metcalf has long been a proponent of using the outdoor industry's economic power in the fight for conservation. Peter resigned from the Utah Ski and Snowboard Working Group several weeks ago in response to Utah Governor Gary Herbert's recent proposed legislation, which attempts to bring 30 million acres of federally... [READ MORE]

  • Wednesday, August 1, 2012

    Summer 2012 Black Diamond Instagram Photo Contest

    We always love to see our fans getting after it in the great outdoors and after a successful run last spring we're excited to bring back our Instagram contest. Just like before, the Summer 2012 Black Diamond Instagram Photo Contest is ridiculously easy to enter and is open to any interpretation of the concept of summer : from... [READ MORE]

  • Thursday, July 26, 2012

    Introducing Camalot X4 — Coming Spring 2013

    Introducing the Camalot X4—the latest addition to the gold-standard Camalot family. The Camalot X4 combines the single-stem flexibility and narrow head-width of our Camalot C3 with the four-lobe expansion range and holding power of our Camalot , making it ideal for pinned out cracks. micro-pods and horizontal slots. The Camalot X4s... [READ MORE]

  • Thursday, July 19, 2012

    BD athlete Chris Schulte reports from the 2012 Squamish Mountain Festival

    The 2012 Squamish Mountain Fest went down last week and Black Diamond athlete Chris Schulte was there to man the BD booth, crank on the world-class coastal granite boulders and cliffs, and take in all that this amazing local event has to offer. Squamish Mountain Festival is a five-day celebration of the climbing culture around Squamish,... [READ MORE]