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• Tobin Seagel: Chasing Dreams in the Monashee Mountains

  BD Ambassador Tobin Seagel recently spent four days in the BC backcountry with a crew he thought he had nothing in common with … until they all skied some “unifying” powder. Read more >

• Dempster and Kennedy make FA of K7's east face

  Black Diamond athletes Kyle Dempster and Hayden Kennedy are on a three-month alpine mission to the mountains of Pakistan. They teamed up with Urban Novak to finish the unclimbed east face of K7. Read more >

• Trotter and Honnold climb 28-pitch 5.13a in a day

  Black Diamond athletes Sonnie Trotter and Alex Honnold can climb 5.13. That wasn't going to be the issue. Climb a 28-pitch 5.13 in Mexico in a day? Now that was going to be a challenge. Read more >

• Nalle Hukkataival’s U.S. bouldering tour

  BD athlete Nalle Hukkataival spent two months in the U.S. this past fall, chasing temps, repeating classics and tracking down first ascents. Read more >

• Nalle Hukkataival bouldering Grampians, Australia

  BD athlete Nalle Hukkataival has just wrapped up his bouldering trip to Australia's Grampians and sent us the follow report and photos. Sounds like he really scored on the trip. Read more >

• Carlo Traversi: A Video Guide to Fontainebleau’s Hard Classics—Part 1

  BD Athlete Carlo Traversi takes us on a virtual tour of his favorite problems in the magical forest of Fontainebleau. Read more >

• BD athlete Nik Berry reports on new 5.14 Big Wall on Wyoming's Mt. Hooker

  This past summer, BD athletes Nik Berry and Mason Earle teamed up with wall ace Dave Allfrey for a trip deep into Wyoming's Wind River Range where they established a new 5.14 on Mt. Hooker. Read more >

• Bouldering in Namibia: Nils Favre's Quest for Quality

  Namibia has its share of wildlife and sand dunes, but, until recently, it remained lacking in quality bouldering problems. This year a Belgian-Swiss team arrived in the South African country, seeking a trip off the beaten path. Read more >

• BD athlete Noah Howell reports on late-season descent of Mill B Ramps in Utah's Wasatch Mountains

  Last spring, after a long season of filming, Noah had one last itch to scratch before hanging up the skis for the year—a descent of the Mill B Ramps in Big Cottonwood Canyon. Read more >

• Working for It: Noah Howell Explores the Tushars

  As the snowflakes finally fly, Noah Howell thinks back to last May when he was cursing the brush and ripping across corn. At the end of it all, he nominates his approach to Utah's Mount Baldy as the Worst Bushwhack Ever. Read more >

• 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. Read more >

• Nico Favresse’s 850-meter free climb in Greenland

  Black Diamond athlete Nico Favresse teamed up with brother Olivier, Sean Vilanueva and Ben Ditto to establish a new 850-meter free climb on a massive granite sea cliff off the coast of Greenland. Read more >

• Zack Giffin’s on an epic ski trip to Japan

  Black Diamond athlete Zack Giffin recently traveled to Japan to sample some of the country's legendary powder. Below is his report and photos from the trip. Read more >

• Antte Lauhamaa: Discovering Norway’s Hidden Ski Paradise

  Black Diamond Ambassador Antte Lauhamaa went hunting for powder on Norway’s rugged coastline. What he found is an island he thinks will be a Norway’s new premier ski destination. Read more >

• Tobin Seagel: Protect Our Winters

  BD Athlete Tobin Seagel believes we can turn climate change around. Here’s how. Read more >

• Patagonian Dispatch: The Power of Empanadas

  Probars? Energy chews? Gels? Nah. In this dispatch from Patagonia, Black Diamond Content Editor Andy Anderson reports on the breakfast of champions for the austral summer climbing season.  Read more >