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6:00pm at the Black Diamond store in Boulder, CO.

Chris will be giving a presentation about the magic of perspective and how it shapes our climbing and lives as a whole. Show out for this guy!

RSVP at the Attached Link.

@chris_deuto
@blackdiamond taken in Boulder, Colorado by @dantbaum

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2 months ago

The Center of the Universe Provides. One hell of a season for this guy.

@stroh.light from El Niño. taken in Yosemite National Park by @dantbaum

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3 months ago

Some routes take more than skin.

Years of dedication. Seasons. Relationships. Blood, sweat, tears. Pieces of yourself.

By the time I met Cam in 2024, Big Bone already felt larger than the route itself. It lived in conversation. In training sessions, in plans for the future. Every season, someone would ask the same question:

“Has it gone yet?”

For years, the answer was always no.

As a photographer, I was drawn in by the route. The “king line” of the Fynn Cave. Joe Kinder’s creation. The kind of climb that almost doesn’t feel real until you’re standing beneath it for yourself.

But when I first spent time in the cave with both Cam and Joe, the route wasn’t what stayed with me.

What stayed with me was watching two people who spent years showing up to the same cave, carrying the same dream. Trading beta, stories, frustrations, victories, and whatever else life happened to throw their way. The route gave them a reason to keep coming back, but somewhere along the way it became about much more than just the climbing.

Last week, Cam clipped the chains.

The route is complete, and while a page has been turned, the story is far from over. I’m beyond excited for Cam and grateful to have been present for parts of the journey along the way. Grateful for Joe for allowing me to come out and capture this route in all its beauty.

The photos shot over the course of a few sessions. Quotes pulled from Cam and Joe talking about the route and their friendship. taken in Utah, USA by @dantbaum

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4 months ago

Some people move through the mountains with a kind of calm confidence that makes difficult things look very natural. Tyler is one of those people.

Watching Ty climb during our overlap in Chalten, and again in the Black Canyon, was such a treat and a reminder of why he’s one of the best guides around. A wealth of knowledge unlike anyone else, yet always a willingness to share it with those around him.

Beyond being an absurdly strong climber, he’s a genuinely good human and friend. Grateful our paths crossed down south and psyching for what’s ahead!

First and third photos from a mission on the H Wall with @chris_deuto last month and second from the Torre Egger traverse with @sebapelletti by @dantbaum

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5 months ago

A self-proclaimed Rastafarian, seeker of suffering, and one of the most genuine souls I’ve ever crossed paths with. I’m endlessly grateful for the experiences I’ve shared with Ben so far — from big walls in Brazil to nights on glaciers beneath the granite spires of Patagonia — and even more psyched knowing there are plenty more ahead of us.

We first met in the Wind River Range a few years back and bonded over big walls, dirtbagging, and a mutual longing for adventure. If there’s one thing for sure: if you’re headed into the mountains with Ben, it’s going to be an adventure.

Beyond psyched to be back in Ben’s new home of Yosemite Valley for a few weeks as he steps into his new role with Yosemite Search and Rescue. The valley gained a good one.

Photos from our days under and on Fortaleza. by @dantbaum

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5 months ago

A man of many talents. The best gringo asador Chalten has ever seen, one hell of a tin whistle player, and a true new friend, among many others, I’m so grateful to have met in Chalten. Also the only man I’ve ever met to never be caught without sporting a fanny pack no matter the situation.

The first photo, Will indulging our ears during an afternoon sesh at the boulders. The second nearing the summit of Mermoz as @chris_deuto and I began our descent. We stumbled upon Will and @ev.bot charging up behind us from an adjacent route. No better feeling than running into friends atop some of the most beautiful peaks around! taken in El Chaltén, Patagonia by @dantbaum

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6 months ago

One of the most impressive skylines around. No matter which angle you gaze from, the scale of the Torre massif can never be comprehended. I miss this place dearly, but as @chris_deuto kindly pointed out to me in our final days in Chalten, “you’ve gotta leave if you ever wanna come back.”

See you at the end of the year El Chalten.

The sun setting to the west of the range.

#patagonia #cerrotorre #mountain taken in Argentina by @dantbaum

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7 months ago

Chris doing only what he does best; standing on a badass summit with a smile on his face.

@chris_deuto @blackdiamond taken in El Chaltén, Patagonia by @dantbaum

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8 months ago

El Chaltén

Four months here feels hard to process, let alone sum up.

I came down with no expectations — just a sense that I needed to spend time in a place that demanded something of me. No checklist or timeline, just an open mind.

There were days that required everything I had, and days that gave more than they took. A few peaks I’d only seen in a guidebook are now part of my own story — but what sticks with me aren’t the summits. More than anything, it was the people.

Shared boulder sessions, asados, weather windows spent talking about life and what we’re all chasing. The kind of friendships that form when everyone chooses to be here and embraces it all the way.

I didn’t expect it to feel like home. I thought it would be temporary.

Instead, it grounded me and helped me care a little less about proving something and a little more about just being present.

Grateful for my first full season here and the people that made it what it was. Already looking forward to the next. taken in El Chaltén, Patagonia by @dantbaum

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8 months ago

2025

I’ve been trying to wrap my head around this year, and the truth is, I don’t think I fully can — not yet. It doesn’t feel like something I get to summarize. It just is what it was.

This year was defined by movement. Across borders, up walls, and through my last year of classroom buildings; somehow.

Many long days shaped by weather and a heavy pack; by doubt and the moments that cut through it. Storms shared on ledges. Quiet mornings with no agenda but patience. Conversations spoken in different languages, yet understood anyway. I learned that progress isn’t always a breakthrough. Sometimes it’s just choosing to stay long enough for meaning to show up.

Finishing my master’s at 23 still feels surreal when I stop long enough to feel it. For years, school and the road existed apart — one grounding me, the other pulling me away. This year they met somewhere in the middle. And now, looking out at what’s next, I’m realizing how little certainty I actually have. No mapped plan. No guarantees. Just a direction that feels honest and uniquely mine to follow.

I’m grateful for the discomfort, the shared effort, and the reminders to stop and take it all in every once in awhile. The places mattered, but the people mattered more. They always will.

Thanks everyone for a beautiful 2025. taken in El Chaltén, Patagonia by @dantbaum

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9 months ago

I’ve come to learn that being optimistic with low expectations isn’t the worst mentality to have when it comes to climbing in the mountains.

In the third week of November, antsy to get back into the massif, Chris and I saw a small weather window on the horizon. As the window approached, team by team bailed on the window, even consulting @rolo_garibotti to which he replied, “It’s hard to call it a window.”

Needless to say, our stoke got the best of us and Chris and I went and had a go at the Whillans ramp on Poincenot. We hiked to Paso Superior in poor conditions with the mountains hardly visible and decided to wake up early to give it a shot.

We left camp at 2:30 am and reached the summit by 11:45 am, simul-climbing the route in about 5 pitches. After rapping Whisky Time(with a taped over core shot rope), we were back at camp just before 5:00 pm, in what we thought was truly the best way to make the most of a 24hr brecha. Psyched! taken in El Chaltén, Patagonia by @dantbaum

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10 months ago

Frames from Guillaumet! Hard to believe this was nearly two months ago, but here I am catching up on posting photos. What an intro to the massif! It was a stunning couple days in the mountains with great climbing and psyched partners! Blue bird days in the mountains here are hard to come by, and I couldn’t be more grateful to have gotten such a window on my first trip out!

More photos from the mountains coming soon! taken in El Chaltén, Patagonia by @dantbaum

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10 months ago