Climbers on D7 (V 5.6 A2, Dalke-Goss-Hurley, 1966; FFA: V 5.11c, Bachar-Harrison, 1977), the Diamond, east face, Longs Peak (14,255'), Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP), Colorado. [Photo] Jonathan Degenhardt

The Diamond

Roger Briggs

Posted on: March 1, 2007

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Once forbidden, the Diamond has offered two generations of climbers a vertical rock wilderness only a short distance from urban America. Roger Briggs details the history of his 900-foot, high-altitude home crag, while David Rearick, Royal Robbins, John Bachar, Charlie Fowler and Tommy Caldwell recount their days on the greatest little big wall in the lower forty-eight.

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