Morning sun on the Diamond

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Diamond beta: Camel Gully Connector.

Holy Granite, Batman!

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Nov 24, 2012

“Morning sun on the Diamond”

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The Diamond before a (later) rainy day.

The late Chip Salaun in the early '80s doing botany research on the steep wall on the left side of The Diamond.<br>
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Photo by: Olaf Mitchell.

A marmot scopes out the Diamond.

Photo: Olaf Mitchell.<br>
Yellow Wall early '80s.<br>
A long, leader fall right at dark resulted in this climber spending a pathetic night 100' above his partner with only half the food and bivy gear. It was amazing to witness them raising and lowering stuff from their haul bag with head lamps. Their comment was: "We had considered this as a possibility, and dismissed it as impossible!"<br>

The guardian of The Diamond!!

As seen from the top of P3 on Directissima.

Morning view, morning dew.

The Diamond at sunset on 6/20/15.

The Diamond with its Chasm Lake reflection.

Original oil painting of Chasm Lake and The East Face of Long's. My prize possession!

The Diamond, illuminated by 4am alpenglow, seen from the bivy at Chasm View. July, 1996.

Climbers on Casual Route, Yellow Wall, Black Dagger, and Soma.

Up close and personal.<br>
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Photo taken 8-21-2010.

Early morning at Chasm Lake.

The Diamond from the south end of the Boulderfield. East along the ridge from the Chasm View raps. Taken July 23rd, 2015 at 8am.

Rapping the North Face Cables Route.

Diamond beta: Camel Gully Connector.

Morning sun on the Diamond

Holy Granite, Batman!

Nice, yellow, morning light on The Diamond, early September 2012.

Diamond beta: rap route.

Diamond beta: rap route.

The top rappel for the Chasm View raps. 3 raps with double ropes to Broadway Ledge.

Negotiating the early season steep snow/ice at junction between North Chimney and Broadway Ledge. Crampons and ice axe were nice to have.

Rapping in from Chasm View

Diamond beta: Chasm View approach & Cables descent.

Good high def view of The Diamond.

Spring conditions.

And another beta photo. Taken from the Camel descent.

Diamond in the Buff... brrr.

Upper Kiener's.

Photo:Olaf Mitchell.<br>
Buc Taylor at the boulder field bivy before dropping in on The Diamond in the late '70s.<br>
"We're mountaineers.<br>
We're mountaineers.<br>
We sleep in holes and ditches.<br>
We wipe our arse with broken glass.<br>
And laugh because it itches.<br>
We're mountaineers.<br>
We'er mountaineers.<br>
We're low down Sons Of Bitches!"

Headwaters of Chasm Lake on a beautiful morning.

As seen from Long's Peak viewpoint!

Diamond beta: approach via Chasm View raps.

A typical summer day on The Diamond.

A sunlight spotlight on the Long's Peak East Diamond Wall, piercing low morning clouds after a stormy night, September 9th, 2019.

Diamond beta: approach via North Chimney.

Diamond.

Diamond on a cold September day.

On Kiener's Route between Table Ledge and the summit.

Diamond beta: descent via Diamond Rap Route.

Diamond beta: descent via Diamond Rap Route.

Diamond beta: descent via Diamond Rap Route.

Diamond beta: approach via North Chimney.

Diamond beta: descent via Diamond Rap Route.

There it is from Chasm View.

Diamond beta: descent via Diamond Rap Route.

Early season snow on Broadway Ledge.

Diamond beta: descent via Diamond Rap Route.

Diamond beta: descent via Diamond Rap Route.

Diamond beta: approach via North Chimney.

Diamond beta: approach via North Chimney.

Diamond beta: approach via Chasm View raps.

Diamond beta: approach via North Chimney.

The Diamond on a foggy August day.

A view of the Diamond from the top of Chasm View Wall, July 10, 2017.

SteveZ finishing off the approach to the Diamond at sunrise.

Diamond rappel.