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• 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. Read more >

• 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. Read more >

• A Question of Risk: Bruce Tremper

  In this installment of our video series on risk, Utah Avalanche Center Director, author of Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain and skier Bruce Tremper talks about risk from the perspective of someone who manages it everyday. Read more >

• The Diary of a First Ascent: Chapter II

  Florian Haenel, Chris Kalman and Austin Siadak explore the walls that ring Chile's Cochamó Valley, finding that nothing is as it first appears. Read more >

• Johnny Collinson Skis La Grave

  Black Diamond athlete Johnny Collinson heads to La Grave, France and samples the big, steep, complicated mountains with the crew from Teton Gravity Research. Read more >

• Committed #1: Peter Metcalf

  In the first of a new series of posts on conservation, creative environmental solutions and the commitment required to implement them, Black Diamond founder and CEO Peter Metcalf goes back to the beginning. Read more >

• A Question of Risk: Conrad Anker

  In part three of our ongoing discussion on the inherent risks of climbing and skiing, Black Diamond athlete and world-renowned alpinist Conrad Anker provides his unique and highly experienced perspective. Read more >

• BD employee Corey LaForge reports on climbing and teaching trip to Tajikistan - Part I

  BD employee Corey LaForge and three teammates took a three-week trip to Tajikistan to climb unclimbed peaks and help train local guides of the newly established Pamir Mountain Club. Read more >

• Yosemite Facelift: The Camp 4 Scrub

  This fall, Black Diamond athletes and employees joined a record-breaking 750 people to participate in the 13th annual Yosemite Facelift, where we rapped for trash and gave the Camp 4 boulders a well-deserved scrub. Read more >

• Colette McInerney: Get Psyched on the Women's Climbing Festival

  BD Ambassador Colette McInerney explains why you need to attend this year’s Women’s Climbing Festival. Read more >

• Jordan White: Skiing the 13ers of Colorado's Elk Mountains

  Black Diamond Ambassador Jordan White has climbed and skied every 14er in Colorado. Now he’s set his sights on the rugged 13ers in the Elk Mountains. Read more >

• ROCK Project: Our Athletes are Committed and Here's Why

  As this year’s ROCK Project tour comes to a successful close, our Athletes and Ambassadors explain why being involved in this movement is so important. Read more >

• A Question of Risk: Samuel Anthamatten

  Continuing our discussion with the world’s top climbers and skiers on the risks inherent to their passions, competitive freeride skier, climber and mountain guide Samuel Anthamatten weighs in. Read more >

• Utah climbers raise $18K for Salt Lake Climbers Alliance

  On June 12th, the 5th Annual Salt Lake Climbers Alliance fundraiser party, held at BD headquarters, raised $18,000 for climbing access and education initiatives. Read more >

• Chasin’ the Rubbish 3.0: Cleaning up the Forests of Font

  This past spring, BD employees, athletes and climbers from all over Europe congregated in the famous forests and sandstone blocs of Fontainebleau, France, where over four days, they removed 300 kg of trash. Read more >

• Hazel Findlay’s Mental Training Series: Part 2—Demystifying Flow

  BD Global Athlete Hazel Findlay talks to the flow guru in Part 2 of her Mental Training Series. Read more >