Black Diamond Lanuches
Spring Edition of BDTV

Published by Mountainblog on 04/11/2016.

Following the success of the first season of BDTV, Black Diamond Equipment®, a global innovator in climbing, skiing, mountain sports equipment and apparel, announces its spring edition of its online film series dedicated to sharing stories from the soul of climbing and backcountry skiing. To view the premier of the spring edition online:

BDTV’s second season continues with three new episodes including Sharing the Line, The Width of Life and The Master of Moves. The three stories will focus on unsung heroes who live and breathe climbing. For each of them, their sport is about more than just getting to the top with stories from a Black Diamond Global Athlete faced with the hardest alpine multi-pitches in the world, to an ambassador revisiting a community to pay homage to a climber and author who lived a life of width within the climbing community.
From the steep cliffs in Rifle, Colorado, to the forests of Fontainebleau, BDTV travels around the world to visit these people and to document the joys, fears, choices and sacrifices which all enthusiastic climbers have to deal with. BDTV’s season two episodes will launch 12th April, 3rd May and 24th May respectively.

For Black Diamond Global Athlete Babsi Zangerl, climbing the intimidating Bellavista, one of the hardest alpine multi-pitches in the world at 8c, wasn’t about conquering the route’s huge roof. As Babsi quested upwards, trusting rusty pitons and terrible rock, she and her partner, Ambassador Jacopo Larcher, depended totally upon each other. “The most important thing is not standing on the summit…probably the most important thing for me is to share these experiences with somebody.”

Climber and author Dave Pegg was a fixture in his climbing community of Rifle, Colorado, a man remembered for what he gave to others. With his passing, many of his projects were left unfinished, some of them still partially bolted dreams. Now, Black Diamond Ambassador Dan Mirsky returns to the Western Slope, learning how to bolt and clean, hoping to finish and climb a striking line, paying homage to the man who lived a life of width.

In the forests of Fontainebleau, the boulders hold some of the most astounding shapes in the world, inspiration to artists and climbers alike. World Cup route setter Jacky Godoffe has been climbing there for decades, and his routes are drawn from the motion of Font. For Jacky, this expression, and sharing it with others, is his happiness. Following the premier of the first episode of season two, the BDTV spring 2016 film tour will kick off at retail store Balmelli in Basel, with a screening of all three episodes accompanied by a slideshow by a Black Diamond athlete. Following this, the tour will visit the following retail locations in Europe: Balmelli (Zurich, CH), Bächli (Zurich, CH), Bächli (Basel, CH), O’Block (Bern, CH), Addnature (Stockholm, SE), Terre de Montagne (Ville-la-Grand, FR), Sportsnett (Oslo, NO), Expé (Lyon, FR), Vertic Outdoor (Barcelona, ES), On Sight (Stams, AT) and finishing at Naturzeit (Ludwigsburg, DE).

Black Diamond Equipment is a manufacturer of equipment and clothing for climbing, skiing and mountain sports. By consistently building innovative, standard-setting products and actively preserving the mountain/canyon environment, Black Diamond Equipment has assumed a leadership role in the international outdoor community.

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Here at Black Diamond it’s all about climbing and skiing. We share the same experiences that you do on rock, ice and snow and these experiences push us to make the best gear possible for our worldwide family of climbers and skiers. What began with a backyard anvil and a hammer has grown into a global company with offices on three continents that’s not just for rock climbers, but one that stands for the spirit of the sports we live, their values and goals, past, present and future. Since 1957, our innovative gear designs have set the standards in numerous areas. This is partly the result of dedication, desire and diligence on the part of an incredible team of people. It’s also the result of each of us being climbers and skiers ourselves.