Seeing the Diamond while hiking the Keyhole Route the year before fired up my desire to get on this wall. Mark and I were just getting started on our two month road trip. The cliff was wet and did our best to stay dry, but by the time we got to table ledge, all the vertical possibilities to the top were running with lots of water. So ... we traversed off. We also did the Northcutt Carter on Hallets and the Petit Grepon.
A MODEST RACK FOR THE DIAMOND
MARK RICHEY AT THE BIVY ON 'BROADWAY' BELOW THE 'GRAND TRAVERSE' ON THE 'DIAMOND', LONG'S PEAK
MARK LEADING IN ALPINE STYLE ON THE 'GRAND TRAVERSE' ON THE 'DIAMOND', LONG'S PEAK
MARK SEVERAL PITCHES HIGHER ON THE 'GRAND TRAVERSE' ON THE 'DIAMOND', LONG'S PEAK
MARK HAVING BREAKFAST AT THE 'YELLOW WALL' BIVY LEDGE ON THE 'DIAMOND', LONG'S PEAK
LOOKING BACK AT MARK WHILE LEADING THE TABLE LEDGE CRACK TO THE UPPER HEADWALL
MARK RICHEY TRAVERSING 'TABLE LEDGE' EXITING THE 'GRAND TRAVERSE ON THE 'DIAMOND', LONG'S PEAK
MARK RICHEY AT THE TOP OF THE BASTILLE, ELDORADO CANYON, CO
THE PETIT GREPON IN RMNP, COLORADO
MARK SOMEWHERE ON THE SOUTH FACE OF THE PETIT GREPON