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Black Diamond | October 3, 2016

Late August: ambassador Kyle Dempster disappeared with climbing partner Scott Adamson while attempting Ogre II in N. Pakistan (left basecamp 21 August, major storm set in 23 August). Grant given to Access PanAm for Patagonia Waste Management Initiative pilot, to protect Argentina’s Parque Nacional Los Glaciares (home to Cerro Torre and Fitz Roy). Ambassador Joe Kinder and photographer Tim Kemple travel to Ratikon to attempt the 240m, six-pitch Silbergeier (diaries published).