Rocky Mountain National Park Longs Peak, The Diamond, First One

R ocky M ountain N ational Park Longs Peak, The Diam ond, First One-Day Winter Ascent. On January 15, Craig Luebben and I climbed the Diamond on Longs Peak in 20:40 from the parking lot. We chose D 7 as it is the eas­ iest aid line on the wall. We summited at sunset and the descent via the north face in the dark took five hours. This was the first time the wall had been climbed in the winter in less than 24 hours. In March, while training for the Survival o f the Fittest Competition, Kennan Harvey soloed the same route and returned to the parking lot in 17 hours. T o ph er D o n a h u e