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• Rusty Willis And The Four Finger Fuel

  After the loss of his pinkie, Rusty Willis was struggling to find the right ice tool ... until the crew at BD got involved. 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 >

• Dempster, Kennedy and Wharton on Ogre

  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. Read more >

• Mike Libecki’s solo expedition to 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. Read more >

• 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. Read more >

• Team BD Sends It In Wales

  BD athletes Babsi Zangerl, Jacopo Larcher and Roland Hemetzberger recently journeyed to the mythical sea cliffs of Wales to test their mettle (and metal) on the area’s stout trad lines. Read more >

• Tim Kemple: A Towering Obsession

  BD Ambassador Tim Kemple takes us on a photographic journey to his top 5 summits around the globe. Read more >

• Watch Carlo Traversi Take On The Triple 14 Challenge

  In the late summer of 2016, BD Athlete Carlo Traversi set out to climb a V14, 5.14, and 14er … all in a day. Luckily, the experience was documented in this exclusive BD film. Read more >

• Hang Right—Part 3: Healing Nagging Finger Injuries

  The hangboard is often thought of as an apparatus that can strain the tendons in your fingers. But in this installment of the Hang Right series, Physical Therapist Esther Smith explains how the hangboard is actually the perfect rehabilitation tool to heal nagging finger injuries. Read more >

• Renan Ozturk and Zack Smith in Alaska's Ruth Gorge

  Renan Ozturk and Zack Smith traveled to Alaska in late June 2009 to attempt a variety of climbing objectives, keeping their options open to the whims of weather, conditions and their stoke. Read more >

• Johnny Collinson youngest to climb Seven Summits

  Johnny Collinson became the youngest person to climb all Seven Summits in January 2010 at the age of 17, completing his global tour in a mind-blowing 367 days—barely over one year. Read more >

• 2014 Rjukan Ice Festival, Norway

  For three days in February, ice climbers from all over Norway gathered in Rjukan for the annual Ice Festival. Clinics, a speed comp, slide shows and long hours of partying made for a great event. Read more >

• Rjukan, Norway: The New Water Energy

  In southern Norway sits the town of Rjukan, a place whose history lies in the waterfalls that tumble from its cliffs. Each winter an abundance of ice routes form, and every spring the lines thaw, a cycle that powered hydroelectricity stations until the '90s. Now that the stations have closed their doors, the ice climbers of Norway have become the new water energy. Read more >

• What is an Alpinist?

  On an expedition to the Karakoram, Rob Duncan explores what it means to be an alpinist. Read more >

• Black Diamond Ambassador Roland Hemetzberger Sends Delirium

  After battling tricky weather and challenging rock, Black Diamond Ambassador Roland Hemetzberger finally sent Delirium, a multi-pitch 8c in Austria's Kaiser Mountains. Read more >

• Roland Hemetzberger Sends Fugu

  On the second ascent of Fugu, an old Alexander Huber test piece, Black Diamond Ambassador Roland Hemetzberger finds beautiful rock and a deep history. Read more >