Gadgetory

I guess I like to do long pushes in the mountains fast and light and I wanted to have a pack that would accompany me and the mountains and that pack didn't exist and we were trying to kind of bridge that gap between trail running and alpine climbing a Black Diamond we're building full of core users so we really love when athletes come to us with ideas or promise to solve with Joe we are able to quickly identify some of the shortcomings with current packs when going from trail running to alpine climbing to scrambling and after talking with them we had the idea to take our current blitz pack and cut the shoulder straps off and sew on a more traditional running style shoulder strap after we did that we as a design team took it up the West slabs and we noticed how well it could carry and how quickly we could access stuff and that was a game changer and that really kind of jettisoned this to the next step a lot of the previous running package I was using were very running specific and only running specific even from a capacity standpoint was hard to fit all the the things that I needed into it and so I wanted something that would strike good balance between being able to run with it comfortably and then also handle a decent amount of gear to do one or two day kind of pushes in the hills after getting some initial prototypes back we were able to work with Joe over the last nine to twelve months and have him in the field testing it running with it and really beating it up and dialing it in to his needs as well as needs of you know the communities is that the same that's that's Derek Knopf singer here at Black Diamond headquarters introducing the distance 8 in the distance 15 liter packs one of the greatest things with this pack is we were able to benefit from the crossover technology from some of our climbing equipment and alpine skiing equipment what we did was take the dynex from current quick draws and put it into the body fabric the dynex fiber is ten times stronger than steel per weight and so what it did was give it a very good abrasion body as well as we were able to take a technology that we use in our vision harness what we were able to do was take this ultra technical edge taping here from our harnesses and apply it to our packs which makes the edge of the harness super strong but also low profile and very comfortable against the skin the front of the pack has dual side compressions with reflective ticking for visibility and it's easy to access and compress on the go we have a quick blitz style opening at the top for easy access dual pol a a nice tool carry up the side with a metal dog bone for secure carry ventilated back panel with the BT dry vapor barrier for moisture protection the main compartment of this pack is fully water resistant for high-altitude running and scrambling dual four-way stretch chest zippered pockets with expandable volume and locking zipper pullers dual saw flask pockets with BT branded hydro pack 500 milliliters soft flasks made of ultra durable abrasion resistant TPU and RF welded seams interior stretch mesh divider wall to hold alpine quarter let's and water bladders interior zippered security pocket for wallet and key storage dual zpool quiver sleeves to securely carry trekking poles while running and scrambling so a good illustration of using this pack there's a recent project that I did just call the Nolan's 14 which is a hundred miles linking 14:14 errs in a row it's a pretty remote setting where I was doing the trip fully self supported so I needed to carry food and water and spare clothes I used the the distance back specifically for that project and it really worked flawlessly you we're always trying to evolve our process so that we continue to push the boundaries of what's possible in product liyan said no ESL jacket does exactly that come visit fabric mapping enables you to have protection where you need it in the front and hide our permeability where you need it in the back we've built an additional lift so we have multiple Chevron's and stitches on the lower forearm that actually lift the jacket off the skin this creates additional airflow through the arm and through the rest of the jacket so you feel more comfortable as you're moving when you're out behind running and you're in the mountains all day and an ounce can feel like a pound so it's really important to make sure we made the jacket as light as possible and we feel like we did just that stand out from the crowd and establish your spot is the place to be with the men saloon relaxed with plenty of room in this single wall shelter offering peaked vents and large sidewall windows that allow for good air flow and ventilation taking the view as you gaze out the large back window or through the expansive front door vestibule that can be staked out for shade or zipped shut for full protection from the elements add the accessory mesh door to keep the pesky bugs at bay and include the accessory footprint for a 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