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• North Face® Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc® in Chamonix

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• Will Gadd Unleashed

  BD Athlet Will Gadd blickt auf mehr als 25 Jahre Entwicklung und Test von Black Diamond Ausrüstung zurück. Mehr erfahren >

• Rusty Willis And The Four Finger Fuel

  Nach dem Verlust seines kleinen Fingers hatte Rusty Willis Schwierigkeiten, das richtige Eisgerät zu finden... bis das Team von Black Diamond die Lösung fand. Mehr erfahren >

• Kurt Astner establishes new ice climbs in Norway

  Black Diamond athlete Kurt Astner took an ice climbing trip to Norway in March 2011, and recently sent us the following report of the stellar WI6 climbs he developed with his partner, Helmut Rauegger. Mehr erfahren >

• BD athlete Kyle Dempster reports on new route on the south face of the Ogre with fellow BD athletes Hayden Kennedy and Josh Wharton

  Black Diamond athletes Kyle Dempster and Hayden Kennedy ticked the unclimbed east face of K7 then went to the Choktoi Glacier and teamed up with Josh Wharton to climb the Ogre. Mehr erfahren >

• BD athlete Mike Libecki reports on his solo expedition to Russia's Frans Josef Land

  This past summer Libecki, with the support of the Mugs Stump Award (of which BD is a founding member) and Polartec Challenge Grant, headed to the untouched region of Russia's Franz Josef Land. Mehr erfahren >

• Black Diamond Athlete Mason Earle on 24HHH

  Arkansas's 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell is notorious for its wacky team names, bomber sandstone and wild after parties. Despite having an aversion for competitions, Black Diamond athlete Mason Earle, along with teammate Nik Berry, took the 24HHH by storm this year, shit talking Alex Honnold, grunting through 5.8 cruxes and winning the team division while setting a new high score. Mehr erfahren >

• The Nosewipe: A Camp VI Cleanse

  Camp VI on El Cap's Nose is notorious for being a trash repository. This fall, during the annual Yosemite Facelift, Black Diamond Athlete Sam Elias and employee Dave Campbell joined National Park Service members in an effort to clean up the trash pile that had, over many years, wedged itself into the camp's crack. They pulled out more than 150 pounds of trash, including a sardine can from the 70s, a perfectly usable belay seat and a pair of soiled underwear. Mehr erfahren >

• BD athlete Brittany Griffith loves the Mountain Project App

  Black Diamond athlete and perpetual road-tripper Brittany Griffith gives her two cents on the Mountain Project smartphone app, now available for free download with the support of Black Diamond. Mehr erfahren >

• Sonnie Trotter: The Prow Wall

  Black Diamond Ambassador Sonnie Trotter’s climbing career is full of impressive first free ascents throughout his homeland of Canada. Earlier this year, he freed one of his proudest: The Prow Wall, a 200-meter shield of smooth granite on Squamish’s Stawamus Chief. The story behind the eventual free ascent was 20 years in the making and here, Sonnie shares the moments and people that were part of the experience. Mehr erfahren >

• Sending the World's Hardest Ice Climb

  BD Ambassadors Tim Emmett and Klemen Premrl take you on a wild ride to the top of the world’s first WI 12 ice climb. Mehr erfahren >

• Team BD Sends It In Wales

  Die Black Diamond-Athleten Babsi Zangerl, Jacopo Larcher und Roland Hemetzberger sind zur sagenumwobenen Steilküste von Wales gereist, um ihren Mut an den anspruchsvollen Trad-Routen der dortigen Klettergebiete auf die Probe zu stellen. Mehr erfahren >

• Tim Kemple: A Towering Obsession

  Black Diamond Ambassador Tim Kemples mythische Lieblingsgipfel rund um den Globus Mehr erfahren >

• Watch Carlo Traversi Take On The Triple 14 Challenge

  Im Spätsommer 2016 machte sich BD-Athlet Carlo Traversi auf, um einen V14, einen 5.14 und einen 14er (Viertausender) zu besteigen ... und zwar an einem einzigen Tag. Zum Glück wurde das Erlebnis in diesem exklusiven BD-Film festgehalten. Mehr erfahren >

• Hang Right—Part 3: Healing Nagging Finger Injuries

  Das Hangboard wird häufig als Trainingsgerät betrachtet, das die Sehnen in den Fingern stark beanspruchen kann. In dieser Ausgabe unserer Hang Right-Serie erläutert die Physiotherapeutin Ester Smith jedoch, wie das Hangboard die Ausheilung von langwierigen Fingerverletzungen unterstützen kann. Mehr erfahren >

• Q&A: BD Athletes Babsi Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher Claim Second Ascent of El Cap’s Magic Mushroom

  Babsi and Jacopo give the low-down on their recent free-ascent of El Cap’s fierce Magic Mushroom (VI 5.14a). Mehr erfahren >