The zippered clamshell version of our tried-and-true on-route Speed pack, proven everywhere from the Canadian Rockies to the Fitz Roy massif, the Black Diamond Speed Zip is designed for lightweight performance on rock, snow and ice objectives the world over. Featuring an updated BD X-rip 210d fabric with UTS™ coating, the new Speed Zip is built to withstand season after season of mountain abuse.
Our premium alpine 3-layer shell, the HighLine Stretch Shell combines our BD.dry laminated waterproof/breathable solution and Green Theme Technology’s revolutionary Breathable Water Protection—an all-new environmentally friendly PFC-free DWR that is superior in performance and durability to any other DWR solution—with lightweight, packable stretch to create the ultimate high-output inclement weather shell.
Featuring two new HotForge carabiners-one straight gate on the top and a colored bent gate on the bottom for an added visual target-as well as a durable Polyester Dogbone, the Black Diamond HotForge Quickdraw is our top value in full keylock functionality. The light, smooth-clipping design of the HotForge carabiners, combined with a hot-forged, lighter-weight construction, eliminates snags whether you're cranking on sport routes or extending gear placements. The integrated Straitjacket insert keeps the bottom biner in the optimal clipping position.
All the best mountain walks and scrambles in and around the Snowdonia area. The coverage is done in full Rockfax style with big overview photos, precise route descriptions and detailed maps. It also has an extensive introduction covering some of the basic skills required for scrambling, route planning and navigation.
A single-stem cam that stays rigid in-hand but flexes once placed.
On fast-and-light missions and smash-and-grab ascents when weight really matters, the Black Diamond Camalot Ultralight presents a 25% weight savings over the Camalot. With sculpted lobes that account for a portion of the weight savings, the Camalot Ultralight features a dyneema cord in place of a cable with all of the same strength you rely on. A double-axle design allows for the widest placement range possible for each cam device, and color coding makes for easy identification when quick pro is paramount. When light is right, the Camalot Ultralight is essential.
Premium edition of Insulated Traverse Core New SOFT TOUCH stretchable fabric for the top make this mat
The Dorset Rockfax covers the superb sport and trad climbing in Portland, Swanage and Lulworth on the Dorset coast. This amazing area is one of the most popular sport climbing areas in the country with a huge number of routes across the grades and great appeal to climbers of all abilities. Thousands of brilliant routes and a relatively friendly climate mean that the area is always busy with climbers.
The Ariège region of Southern France is the compact area where the Ariège River cuts through the Pyrenées on its way from Andorra to the coast. There is a lot of high quality climbing in the area with a superb variety of rock types to go at; from the soaring granite slabs of the Dent d’Orlu, to the steep limestone bulges of Génat. Limestone, granite and gneiss are on offer and routes vary in size from boulder problems to long epics of over 20 pitches.
The cliffs along the sunny Côte d’Azur, and area just inland, offer some of the best sport climbing found anywhere. The most famous venue is the magnificent Verdon Gorge with it walls of perfect limestone but this is only one of many great crags in the area. To the west is the beautiful Calanques with its amazing landscape, plus the spectacular Sainte Victoire. There are some great venues around Toulon, the sunniest city in France, plus there is the popular winter venue of Chateauvert and the less well known Esterel and Chateaudouble areas. Add in Saint Jeannet, Gorges du Loup and a selection of cliffs in the Nice area and you begin to see what an amazing amount of climbing the area has to offer.