Black Diamond Presents: Focus—A Bishop Highball Project with Timmy Kang

Black Diamond Presents: Focus follows Timmy Kang into the granite giants of Bishop, California, where highball bouldering blurs the line between problem-solving and real consequence. Drawn to the area’s towering blocs, Timmy spends years building the confidence and precision needed to stand on top of some of Bishop’s most iconic lines. The payoff is a rare kind of goal: linking five legendary highballs—Footprints (V9), Too Big to Flail (V10), This Side of Paradise (V10), Ambrosia (V11), and Evilution Direct (V11)—all in a single day. It’s a film about pacing, pressure, and commitment when the top-outs get serious, turning an “obsession project” into one unforgettable day of sends.

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When Timmy Kang first saw a highball boulder in Bishop, California, he immediately wanted to boot up and try the line—a rare reaction to say the least. His coach kept him from the dangerous heights that day, but it wasn’t long before he began testing himself on the area’s giant blocks. Over the years, Timmy managed to climb five of Bishop’s most iconic highballs: Footprints (V9), Ambrosia (V11), Too Big to Flail (V10), This Side of Paradise (V10), and Evilution Direct (V11). But there was one objective that kept haunting him … could he climb them all in a single day? On December 5, Timmy realized a dream and closed the chapter on his Bishop obsession with one epic day of sending.