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• Hazel Findlay Does Australia

  Black Diamond Ambassador Cedar Wright follows Global Athlete Hazel Findlay's exploration in Australia as she quests to take down Final Departure. Read more >

• Finally, I Climbed a Mountain

  Black Diamond Global Athlete Hazel Findlay's recent shoulder surgery forces her to reevaluate where she can find happiness. Read more >

• Hazel Findlay: Life in a Tin Can

  As a full-time climber on the road 365 days a year, BD Global Athlete Hazel Findlay has sorted out all of the best methods for living in a car or van. Here, she bestows upon us her hard-earned nuggets of wisdom for better life on the road. Read more >

• One Year Later: Hazel Findlay's Recovery

  A year ago, Black Diamond Global Athlete Hazel Findlay had shoulder surgery, after climbing through serious shoulder pain for half a decade. Now, a year post-op, she explores how her life, and climbing, have changed. Read more >

• A Question of Risk: Hazel Findlay

  For episode 5 of our series of conversations on risk with some of the world's best climbers and skiers, we sat down with British climber and BD athlete Hazel Findlay. Read more >

• Happiness is a Tasmanian Sea Stack

  After a lifetime of listening to stories about Tasmania's Totem Pole, Black Diamond Global Athlete Hazel Findlay finally stepped onto the sea stack, belayed by one of its first free ascensionists. Read more >

• Jordan White: Skiing Alaska’s Thunder Mountain

  Black Diamond Athlete Jordan White loves Alaska. It’s his chance to unplug and get away from work, ski lifts and a busy life. In Alaska, White’s only work is putting one foot in front of the other while his skins serve as the area’s ski lifts. This spring, he and a crew headed back to “the last frontier” with an eye on a prime line. And as usual, Alaska did not disappoint. Read more >

• Johnny Collinson: The Sickle

  Johnny Collinson is a sucker for adventure. So when Sherpas Cinema pitched him the idea of skiing a gnarly, 2000-foot line in the Canadian Rockies, Collinson was all in. Read more >

• Daniel Jung: The Optimist

  Black Diamond Global Athlete Daniel Jung is good at taking naps. But he's even better at climbing. Read more >

• Dave MacLeod: The Unknown

  Black Diamond Ambassador Dave MacLeod did not set out to be a route developer. But at a young age, inspired by an unfinished project, the course of his climbing career changed forever. Read more >

• To Train or Not to Train: A Guide

  Black Diamond Ambassador Dawn Glanc on 20 years of weight training. Read more >

• Dodo Traverses Tatras Mountains in 72-Hour Push

  Black Diamond athlete Dodo Kopolod traverses 72 km Tatras ridgeline and summits 130 peaks in a non-stop 72-hour solo effort. Read more >

• Dylan Freed skiing in Azerbaijan

  Black Diamond athlete Dylan Freed took advantage of a break from his guiding duties to check out the skiing potential and local culture in the Caucasus Mountains of Azerbaijan. Read more >

• tripreports-colinhaley-alaskacrevasse

  Colin Haley took a crevasse fall while skiing near camp in the St. Elias Range of Alaska with John Frieh and Daniel Harro. Here is his recap of the trip along with an analysis of his accident. Read more >

• BD athlete David Göttler reports from successful expedition on Makalu's West Ridge

  Black Diamond athlete David Göttler recently returned from a successful expedition to Makalu where he and his teammates made a rare ascent via the peak's West Ridge. Read more >

• The Action Fund: Taking Responsibility

  Black Diamond Brand Advocate Tyler Wilcutt realized early in his climbing career that the hardware on many routes was not monitored by anyone but the members of the community who used it. And many of those users did not realize their own responsibility. So Tyler took it upon himself to replace old gear, starting the Action Fund. Read more >