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• 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 >

• Hang Right—Part 2: Elbow Pain in Climbers

  In the second installment of their Hang Right series, Physical Therapists Esther Smith and Katey Blumenthal pinpoint the cause of nagging elbow pain in climbers and tell us what we can do about it. Read more >

• Tobin Seagel: Protect Our Winters

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

• Adam Ondra: School is Out and the Dawn Wall is Calling

  Black Diamond Ambassador Adam Ondra admits that there’s one major hole in his climbing resume. “I’m a little ashamed that I haven’t been to Yosemite yet,” he told BD. But that’s about to change. Ondra rolled through our global headquarters in Salt Lake City on his way to the Valley and gave us the low-down on his Yosemite plans… 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 >

• 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 >

• Adam Ondra Preps for Yosemite in SLC

  Black Diamond Ambassador Adam Ondra stopped through Salt Lake City on his way to Yosemite Valley to tour Black Diamond’s headquarters and crank on the local boulders. Read more >

• Adam Ondra: Dispatches from Yosemite

  Tune in here for exclusive Yosemite updates from BD Ambassador Adam Ondra. 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 >