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• 5 Things You Didn't Know: Hazel Findlay

  In our ongoing series about the stories behind out athlete’s accomplishments we talked to one of the newest members of our global climbing team Hazel Findlay. Read more >

• 5 Things You Didn't Know: Nico Favresse

  In our ongoing series about the stories behind out athlete’s accomplishments, this month we talked with vagabond climber, musician, and adventurer Nico Favresse. Read more >

• 5 Things You Didn't Know: Will Gadd

  This month we talked with BD athlete and Canadian climber Will Gadd, who is one of the pioneers of modern ice and mixed climbing and has put up cutting-edge first ascents around the world. Read more >

• Daniel Jung sends La Rambla

  After coming agonizingly close to sending La Rambla (9a+ / 5.15a) last year, Black Diamond Athlete Daniel Jung returns for another attempt. Read more >

• Leichtfried’s FA of Zweite Geige (WI7), Langental

  Albert Leichtfried and Benedikt Purner went to the Southern Alps where they found the ice to be in excellent shape. After some searching, they established a new line next to the stunning Zauberflöte. Read more >

• X4: The Missing Link In the Camalot Family

  More than two decades after the original Camalot, the X4 gives climbers like Mason Earle a new tool to protect new projects. This is the story of the engineers and climbers who brought the new cam to life. Read more >

• The ROCK Project: Sign The Pact

  Building toward a series of events launching in Spring 2015, the Access Fund's ROCK Project kicks off with The Pact: a pledge to uphold good climbing ethics, protect the mountain environments where we climb and ensure continued access to the cliffs and crags we love. We invite you to join us, and sign The Pact. Read more >

• Nalle Hukkataival: The Finnish Line (V16)—Rocklands’ Hardest Boulder

  This summer, BD Athlete Nalle Hukkataival journeyed to South Africa’s famed Rocklands in search of first ascents. What he found was a problem every boulderer dreams of … Read more >

• Adam Ondra onsights Il Domani (9a)

  Patxi Usobiaga described Adam Ondra's onsight of Il Domani as "The most impressive thing I've ever seen." See for yourself what it looks like to spend eleven minutes unlocking brick-hard moves on the first go. Read more >

• BD athlete Adam Ondra reports on the first ascent of Move (9b/9b+) in Flatanger, Norway

  Adam recently clipped the chains on his latest project, a 50-meter endurance rig with a brutal boulder problem right at the finish. Read more >

• Adam Ondra: Progression

  This past November, Adam Ondra made the first ascent of C.R.S. (9b), the hardest sport climb in France. For Adam, this route meant progression, as it was the quickest he had ever redpointed 9b. Read more >

• Adam Ondra—Climbing Rock and Plastic

  What does it take to dominate every discipline the sport of climbing has come up with? In this film, we take a look at Adam Ondra's year, from sending some of the world's hardest routes to winning the championships of lead climbing and bouldering. Read more >

• Hazel Findlay: The First Ascent of Tainted Love (5.13d)—A Squamish Trad Testpiece

  Watch BD Athlete Hazel Findlay battle with one of Squamish’s hardest unclimbed trad lines. Read more >

• QC Lab: Ulimate Strength Testing of the Gear You've Always Wondered About

  KP and the QC Lab crew field the most common questions they get about gear and do what they do best—break it! Check out the fascinating results in the latest QC Lab. Read more >

• Babsi and Jacopo’s Epic Send of Zodiac (5.13d) on El Cap

  Check out this film documenting Babsi Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher’s historic third free ascent of El Cap’s formidable Zodiac (5.13d). Read more >

• Luka Krajnc: Memories of The Memory—Climbing Croatia’s New 5.14 Multi-Pitch

  BD Ambassador and Slovenian badass Luka Krajnc remembers the first free ascent of Croatia’s nails-hard multi-pitch. Read more >