Awesome little inside look at Legends Only 2016 featuring Jimmy Webb, Jongwon Chon, Kokoro Fujii, Rustam Gelmanov, and Alex Megos.

Feature film of Leo Holding and his adventure up the Mirror Wall.

Mirror Wall documents the latest expedition from world class climber Leo Houlding and his team as they take on the imposing Mirror Wall, a 1200m vertical tower in the polar mountains of Greenland.

Check out our interview with Leo Holding below

Interview with Leo Holding

We are pleased to announce that Sean McColl completed Mystic Styles (v14) on his last day in Magic Woods. So great to see Sean taking some extended time to fous on outdoor climbing. More to come I am sure!

Better beta and better crag snacks? What’s not to love? BD Ambassador Colette McInerney is getting psyched on this year’s 2nd Annual Women’s Climbing Festival, and in this video she shows you why this gathering is so special.

Here is a note from Squamish Access Society President Chris Small on the 2016 Golden Scrub Brush Warp-up in Squamish, BC.

The Golden Scrub Brush Awards are an “awards” show celebrating the contribution of the new route developers who make Squamish such a world class destination. The Squamish Access Society and 2016 Golden Scrub Brush Awards would like to congratulate all the category winners and nominees and Lifetime inductees, the late Will Dorling and Perry Beckham, for their contributions to Squamish’s climbing community. Thanks to all those who came to celebrate with us at the Knotty Burl last night and to our Sponsors (Grandwall Equipment, Butora, Climb-on Squamish, Valhalla Pure Squamish, Escape Route, Groundup Climbing Centre, Osprey packs, Arcteryx, Blurr, Patagonia, Black Diamond, Evolv​​​​, 5.10, Leillani the Artist, Life Tested Art, Flashed, Petzl, Outdoor Research, and Mammut) who allowed us to give out so much great stuff last night. Together these sponsors and your support makes this event happen and raised $1500 toward SAS’s re-bolting and facilities fund.

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In 2015, Caroline Ciavaldini set herself the ambitious project of free climbing the Voie Petit, a 450m granite route graded 8b on the Grand Capucin on Mont Blanc du Tacul, Chamonix. Established by Arnaud Petit in 1997, and first free-climbed by Alex Huber in 2005, the route is protected by a mixture of trad gear, bolts and pegs.

The Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival starts their Fall Series tonight at The Rio Theatre, kicking down the doors with a special talk from Jon Walsh, a Calgary based alpinist, who has sought adventure in high and wild places for over two decades, followed by the film Citadel, directed by Alastair Lee.

The first mountain film shot in 4k, Citadel features hardcore UK alpinists Matt Helliker and Jon Bracey as they attempt the stunning NW ridge of the remote peak ‘The Citadel’ deep in the Neacola range, Alaska. The world’s first mountain film shot entirely in 4k, a stunning visual treat reveals alpine climbing like never before.

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Here is an update of Ondra today. He is going to top out soon!

End of pitch #28 . @adam.ondra @blackdiamond #dawnwall #elcapitan #yosemite #liveclimbrepeat #blackdiamond

A video posted by Pavel Blažek (@pavelblazek) on Nov 21, 2016 at 12:53pm PST

End of pitch #25 . @adam.ondra @blackdiamond #dawnwall #elcapitan #yosemite #liveclimbrepeat #blackdiamond

A video posted by Pavel Blažek (@pavelblazek) on Nov 21, 2016 at 12:45pm PST

This weekend, The Knotty Burl played host to the Squamish Access Society’s Golden Scrub Brush Awards. Special thanks goes out to SAS for making this event happen each year and supporting the developers in our community.

Full Result here

Defy Training is a great video series featuring a variety of techniques to improve training and cross training for climbing. These massage video will only make you stronger! The first of this series is less serious in nature. Four more videos below!

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