Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd.

2 0 0 8 S P R I N G
	You Are Not Your Job Bill Ramsey "After 18 years at Notre Dame, I’ve quit my job teaching philosophy and..."
	The Brotherhood Chuck Fryberger "While in the Black Hills of South Dakota, I’d heard rumors of sandstone bouldering..."
	HERA vs. Ovarian Cancer Stephanie Forte "The bar was out of alcohol. Lean, ripped climber bodies saturated in sweat packed the..."
2 0 0 8 S U M M E R
	Heart Attack Tommy Caldwell "A bead of sweat ran down my forehead. I blinked rapidly and tears ran down my cheek."
	Learning to Crawl Jack Tackle "Sometime around 3 a.m. the borrowed 1969 Bell motorcycle helmet that had served..."
	The Last Great Place Jonathan Waterman "I devoted 20 years to mountaineering expeditions around the world until discovering..."
2 0 0 7 I C E
	The Power of Change The Employee Owners of Black Diamond "The only constant in this world is change. As ice climbers and designers of..."
	We've Always Been Toolmakers "The excitement of planning the next climb is intoxicating. Like a bad kung fu movie,..."
	Mush Rolando Garibotti "The roaring forties is the name given to the latitudes between 40°S and 50°S, where..."
	Eternal Winter Sean Isaac "I wish winter would last all year. There, I said it. I know; it sounds twisted but I'm..."
	A New Plan for Hyalite Canyon Emily Stifler "Montana ice climbers were gripped: Teh Gallatin National Forest's 2007 travel plan..."
2 0 0 7 S N O W
	50 Years of Freeride The Employee Owners of Black Diamond "We first began selling touring skis for approaching ice climbs and alpine routes. In the..."
	It's All About the Down BD's Ski Development Team "You Thank God Hayden is leading. We're on the 17th pitch of the day, the sun is about..."
	Whistling with Cheerios Jake Bogoch "Long, hard routes in the Dolomites are like giant jigsaw puzzles. The trick is staying..."
	Pyramid Scheming Neal Beidleman "Emerging from a native hardwood forest in the mountains of North Carolina is a special..."
	Save Our Snow Alison Gannett "Emerging from a native hardwood forest in the mountains of North Carolina is a special..."
2 0 0 7 R O C K
	When I'm Sixty-Four Michael Kennedy "You thank God Hayden is leading. We're on the 17th pitch of the day, the sun is about..."
	Putting it Back Together Ines Papert "Long, hard routes in the Dolomites are like giant jigsaw puzzles. The trick is staying..."
	Laurel Knob John Sterling "Emerging from a native hardwood forest in the mountains of North Carolina is a special..."
2 0 0 7 M O U N T A I N
	Getting Off Eli Helmuth "Perched partway up the North Buttress of Mt. Hunter, Majka and I contemplated..."
	The Shark's Mouth Jonny Kopp "I awoke to ice and snow squeezing down around us. The tent walls collapsed until..."
	What Do You Need? Phil Powers "In spite of the independent spirit of most climbers, creative and unique as we all are..."
2 0 0 6 I C E
	Fish Story Roger Strong "The whole ice platform collapsed, along with Rob's tools and our only shovel."
2 0 0 6 S N O W
	Outside the Box Chris Davenport "From the Alps to the Andes, the Himalaya to the Chugach, when I am in the mountains..."
	Press Play Lindsay Yaw "4:51 a.m.—Electronic: I'm alone in the Andes. The faint blue light of my headlamp..."
2 0 0 6 R O C K
	On Belay? Adam Abraham "You may hate saying it, or feel like you don't need to say it, but forcing yourself to..."
	Like Nothing Else Katie Brown "One second you're lounging in a bikini, and the next you've just done a move you can't..."
	A Call to Arms "If you don't vote in an election, you can't critisize its outcome."
2 0 0 6 M O U N T A I N
	Chalk and Cheese Penn Newhard "Getting out the door is the hardest part. After two years of table talk, Mike and I are finally..."
	The New Measure Douglas Heinrich "I'm tired, the good tired. It was a great day in the mountains with Conrad..."
	Macro to Micro "For responsible companies in the Outdoor Industry, it's not uncommon to support..."
2 0 0 5 S N O W
	Joyride Daniel Caruso "It's a cold, late-February morning outside of the ski area called Rinerhorn..."
	Time Is Life Doug Martin Gulsrud "At the top of the slope I decided that I would go first."
2 0 0 5 I C E
	Smears of Fear Eli Helmuth "Ephemeral. As the word rolls off the tongue it conveys more than its simple definition..."
	The Borders of Revolution Pete Athans "When anyone asks you why you climb, do you suffer a loss for words?"
2 0 0 5 R O C K
	Core Shots The Employee Owners of Black Diamond "Don't call us core. Because the second you do it means we just sold a fashion helmet that..."
	Homecoming Peter Burling "I've got a blood blister covering the enitre pad of my right foot that should be talking..."
	Time Andy Kirkpatrick "A friend of mine once returned from a wall in the Himalayas and pronounced that..."
2 0 0 4 S N O W
	Veggaterror: A Fear of Fresh Vegetables Andrew McLean "For decades the British hurled themselves into the eastern flanks of Baffin Island..."
	Animality Phil Gallagher "I wanted this route badly—3,000 feet from the top of my favorite backcountry peak..."
2 0 0 4 I C E
	Frozen Evolution Will Gadd "Ice climbing has evolved at glacial speed until mixed climbing and competition..."
	Driving, Riding and Being Driven Rich Gottlieb "Felix is on the edge of the driver's seat with his hands welded to the wheel..."
	The Fairy and the Troll James Loveridge "So I'm holding a 24-volt hammer drill against a solid chunk of rock but somehow..."
2 0 0 4 R O C K
	Epitaph of a Gritstone Climber Neil Gresham "How much is a route worth to you?"
	Making the Drive Katie Cavicchio "By Thursday you've had it."
	Skull Steve Roper "Yvon Chouinard and I were having a splendid time climbing in Yosemite Valley..."
	Clastic Redemption Jonny Copp "It's the emptiness that's making me sick. Culture shock, yeah."
	Taking a Stand at Boat Rock Jason Keith "Boat Rock, a small but regionally significant boulderfield surrounded by Atlanta's..."
2 0 0 3 S N O W
	Roger's Pass: 2/1/03 Rich Marshall "My head snaps skyward at the unmistakable roar of a massive avalance."
	First Time Out Susie Sutphin "Your first day in the backcountry leaves an impression, much like the day you got..."
	Bounty Hunter Andrew McLean "Lorne Glick made a passable Captain Ahab."
	Caught Leslie Ross "Driving to the trailhead, I listened with Colorado trepidation and impatience to the..."
2 0 0 3 I C E
	Mixing It Up: M11 and Motherhood Abby Watkins "Ines Papert picks up her son Manu and hangs him by his arms from..."
	Waterfall Ice Kim Csizmazia "Like a slide show that will not stop, images of my favorite climbs come into focus..."
	Light & Fast Scott Semple "The key to climbing light and fast is accepting failure before you begin."
	Leashless Jared Ogden "This past winter I helped put up several new routes in a fish-eye-like cave near Ouray."
	The A-Strain Raphael Slawinski "Some say M-climbing is nothing more than sport climbing with ice tools..."
	A Legacy Douglas Heinrich "If Mugs were still alive, he would be traveling the world exploring new, untracked terrain."
	What if? Kennan Harvey "When climbing standards rise almost as fast as rabbits propagate, it's hard for..."
2 0 0 3 R O C K
	Being Great John Sherman "There was a time when you were The Greatest Climber in the World."
	The Affliction Heidi Wirtz "When are you going to get your shit together?"
	The Price of Admission Ryan Frost "It has been remarked to me on occasion that I am world-class."
	A Delicate Balance Stuart Ruckman "Bold is the word that comes to mind when I think of Indian Creek."
2 0 0 2 S N O W
	Aspanglation Andrew McLean "Good skiing almost always exists—it's just a matter of deciding what's going to be good..."
	Sisters in the Steeps Marie-Laurence Bevington "I almost bailed on 'Sisters in the Steeps.'"
	Backcountry Avalanche Centers Doug Abromeit "Backcountry skiers and snowboarders need to know before they go."
	The Forbidden Tour Martin Volken "The North Cascades are perhaps best known for what they lack: powder."
2 0 0 2 I C E
	Unleashed Will Gadd "In the 200 Ice World Cup the organizers removed my leashes, and I was pissed."
	Blood from Stone Ueli Steck "It's our second night on the East Face of Mount Dickey and I can't stop thinking about..."
2 0 0 2 R O C K
	Close to the Edge Doug Robinson "If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space."
	Thirty Years Beyond Tom Frost "During the 30 years since the 1972 clean climbing catalog, climbing has come of age."
	The Pioneer Tradition Ryan Frost "Climbing with Tom Frost is an experience."
	Grossman Mouths Off Steve Grossman "Climbing was just starting to hook me in 1972."
	Lesson Learned Tim O'Neil "My relationship with climbing began when I summited the maple tree in my backyard at age six."
	The Vertical Dance Abby Watkins "Leaving the ground is a risk. This is the premise of climbing."
	Looking Up to Find Our Way Geoff Powter "More than a few times over my climbing years, I've had an experience that reminds..."