- Source: The Diamond (Longs Peak)
The Diamond is the sheer and prominent east face of Longs Peak and named for the shape of the cliff. The face has a vertical gain of more than 900 feet (270 m) all above an elevation of 13,000 feet (4,000 m). It is a world-famous Alpine climb.
Climbing
In 1954, the first proposal made to the National Park Service to climb the Diamond was met with an official closure, a stance not changed until 1960. The Diamond was first ascended by Dave Rearick and Bob Kamps, August 1–3, 1960, by a route that would come to be known simply as D1. This route would later be listed in Allen Steck and Steve Roper's influential book Fifty Classic Climbs of North America. The easiest route on the face, the Casual Route (5.10-), was first climbed in 1977 and became the most popular route up the wall.
See also
List of Colorado mountain ranges
List of Colorado mountain summits
List of Colorado fourteeners
List of Colorado 4000 meter prominent summits
List of the most prominent summits of Colorado
List of Colorado county high points
References
External links
rockclimbing.com
mountainproject.com
summitpost.org
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- Diamond (disambiguation)
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- D1 (Longs Peak)
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- Diamond
- Diamond Peak (Oregon)
