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• 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 >

• 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 >

• 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 >

• 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 >

• 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 >

• The 10th Annual Red Rock Rendezvous—Good Times For All

  Black Diamond athletes joined hundreds of climbers in Red Rocks, Nevada to teach, learn, climb, party, take place in a live recording of The Enormocast and party some more. Read more >

• Speed Climbing 101 for Old Tradsters

  Speed climbing might be the most talked about discipline in the world of competition climbing at the moment … and we have to admit, not all of it is positive. But amid negativity often lies curiosity, so with that in mind, we decided to take a deep dive into the world of SPEED. Read more >

• BD employee Dennis Connors and BD athlete Conrad Anker siege Hyalite Canyon with the Sierra Club’s Military Outings Program.

  BD employee Dennis Connors and BD athlete Conrad Anker siege Hyalite Canyon with the Sierra Club’s Military Outings Program. Read more >

• 2013 LiMing Trad Climbing Festival a Huge Success

  The 2nd annual LiMing Climbing Festival was held November 1-3 in China’s stunning Laojunshan National Park. BD athletes hosted clinics for climbers from all over the world. 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 >

• The Mountain Project App

  The founder of Mountain Project opens up on finding unsung gems, the end of sandbagging and his guidebook-killing app. Read more >

• Ice Climber's Guide: Ouray Ice Park Colorado

  Rock & Ice and Black Diamond present a navigational guide to the Ouray Ice Park. Read more >

• Colette McInerney: Finding Like-Minded Souls at the Women’s Climbing Fest

  BD Athlete Colette McInerney shares her photos and experience from the second annual Women’s Climbing Festival. Read more >