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• Forged on Mt. Hunter

  The origins of Black Diamond. Read more >

• A Question of Risk: Peter Metcalf

  In our eighth installment on risk, Black Diamond's founder, Peter Metcalf, dissects risk and its place in climbing. Read more >

• Skipping Bolts on Little Cottonwood Canyon's Hardest Lines

  Every climber has their own opinion about bolts: where they should be, where they shouldn’t be and whether or not they should be removed. But Peter Vintoniv just climbs around them and goes on with his day. Read more >

• Hazel Findlay’s Mental Training Series: Part 1—Let the Body Climb

  Black Diamond Global Athlete Hazel Findlay shares her mental training strategies in this part one of a three part series. 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 >

• 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 >

• Sonnie Trotter: Spain 14 Years Later

  After 14 years away, Black Diamond Ambassador Sonnie Trotter reflects on how Spain, and he himself, has changed. Read more >

• Sonnie Trotter: A Climbing Life After Kids

  In his second blog from Spain, Sonnie Trotter sends Estado Critico (9a), proving that hard climbs can still be achieved after kids. Read more >

• Sonnie Trotter: The Last Day

  In his third blog from Spain, Sonnie Trotter gives his 14-year 5.14 project one final go. Read more >

• Bootcamp: Babsi Zangerl

  Global Athlete Babsi Zangerl has unwavering climbing focus. She is calm, collected and crushes. Training with women was a new experience for her. Through BD Bootcamp she found value in the motivation of others and learned to listen to her body more than anything else. This is her story. Read more >

• Bootcamp: Colette McInerney

  In the past, Ambassador Colette McInerney could dedicate a lot of her time to climbing on real rock and that was how she continued to improve. Now, with her life revolving around other things, training is her avenue to reaching her goals. She finds a lot of motivation in climbing with women and committed to BD Bootcamp because she wants to be better. This is her story. Read more >

• Bootcamp: Daila Ojeda

  Global Athlete Daila Ojeda has never really trained before. For her, climbing is less about planning and regiment and more about being in the outdoors, inspired by an aesthetic line. Through BD Bootcamp she learned she really can commit to a training plan and realized how much she truly loves to climb outside. This is her story. Read more >

• Remembering Kyle Dempster

  It is with much sadness that we say goodbye to Kyle Dempster, one of our climbing ambassadors and a dear friend to many of us in the BD family. Kyle, along with his climbing partner Scott Adamson, disappeared in late August while attempting Ogre II in northern Pakistan. After an exhaustive, close-proximity helicopter search of the mountain yielded no signs of Kyle or Scott, the extremely difficult decision was made to call off the search. Kyle and Scott are not coming home, but their spirit, stoke and smiles will live on in the hearts of many. We, the employees of Black Diamond Equipment, send our deepest condolences to the friends and families of Kyle and Scott—we grieve with you. We asked one of Kyle’s close friends and former BD employee, Andy Anderson, to write the following tribute in celebration of Kyle’s vibrant and passionate life. 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 >

• QC Lab: Weakness of Nose-hooked Carabiners

  I've seen and/or heard of only a handful of carabiners that have broken in the field, and most have broken in the same way: nose hooked. The nose of the carabiner gets hung up on something. Read more >