Diamond beta: Camel Gully Connector.

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Diamond beta: Camel Gully Connector.

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Holy Granite, Batman!

Morning sun on the Diamond

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Steph Abegg

Mar 20, 2020

“Diamond beta: Camel Gully Connector.”

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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>

Every single route on the east face of Long's Peak. A full caption is in comments.

The guardian of The Diamond!!

Morning view, morning dew.

The Diamond with its Chasm Lake reflection.

As seen from the top of P3 on Directissima.

The Diamond at sunset on 6/20/15.

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.

Early morning at Chasm Lake.

Rapping the North Face Cables Route.

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

Diamond beta: Chasm View approach & Cables descent.

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

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

Holy Granite, Batman!

Diamond beta: Camel Gully Connector.

Morning sun on the Diamond

Diamond beta: rap route.

Diamond beta: rap route.

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

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

Good high def view of The Diamond.

And another beta photo. Taken from the Camel descent.

Diamond beta: approach via Chasm View raps.

Spring conditions.

Diamond in the Buff... brrr.

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.

Upper Kiener's.

As seen from Long's Peak viewpoint!

Diamond on a cold September day.

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.

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

Diamond beta: approach via North Chimney.

Diamond beta: descent via Diamond Rap Route.

Diamond beta: descent via Diamond Rap Route.

Diamond beta: descent via Diamond Rap Route.

Diamond beta: descent via Diamond Rap Route.

There it is from Chasm View.

Early season snow on Broadway Ledge.

Diamond beta: descent via Diamond Rap Route.

Diamond beta: descent via Diamond Rap Route.

The Diamond on a foggy August day.

Diamond beta: approach via Chasm View raps.

Diamond beta: descent via Diamond Rap Route.

Diamond beta: approach via North Chimney.

Diamond beta: approach via North Chimney.

Diamond beta: approach via North Chimney.

Another view of The Diamond from Chasm View.

There it is.