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Strong First Quarter For Black Diamond, Inc.

Posted May 11, 2011 at 1:54 pm · Comments { 5 } ·

Black Diamond, Inc., the parent company of both Black Diamond and Gregory Packs, reported first quarter results for 2011 on Monday, announcing an increase in sales of 18% to $39.1 million for the quarter ending March 31st.  Shares of the companies’ stock surged over 10% this week on the news.

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Registration Open For UBC Pro Tour Stop In Central Park

Registration Open For UBC Pro Tour Stop In Central Park

Posted May 11, 2011 at 10:05 am · Comments { 0 } ·

More details on the upcoming stop on the UBC Pro Tour that will culminate with finals staged in New York’s Central Park

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Grading Thoughts From Paul Robinson

Posted May 11, 2011 at 7:24 am · Comments { 1 } ·

Paul Robinson put together a list of all the hard boulder problems he’s done over the years, offering his revised opinion on the grade each problem based on some of the climbs he’s done recently.

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Review: Petzl GriGri 2

Review: Petzl GriGri 2

Posted May 10, 2011 at 8:49 am · Comments { 6 } ·

A look at the new GriGri 2 from Petzl

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2011 Bouldering World Cup Slovenia Results

2011 Bouldering World Cup Slovenia Results

Posted May 9, 2011 at 8:24 am · Comments { 17 } ·

Alex Puccio takes 3rd at the 2011 Bouldering World Cup in Log-Dragomer, Slovenia, plus I try my best to explain the World Cup scoring system…

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Video Friday – 5/6/2011

Video Friday – 5/6/2011

Posted May 6, 2011 at 12:00 pm · Comments { 2 } ·

The trailer for Chuck Fryberger’s “The Scene” as well as your Video Friday videos…

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Two 5.15s In A Day At Oliana For Chris Sharma

Two 5.15s In A Day At Oliana For Chris Sharma

Posted May 6, 2011 at 7:18 am · Comments { 8 } · Photo: Keith Ladzinski

Since turning 30 a few weeks back do you think Chris Sharma spends his free time watching the Climbing After 30 series to keep his motivation up?? Whatever he’s doing is working because yesterday Sharma managed to fire off two 5.15s at Oliana with one of them being a first ascent.

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