Dick’s presentation covers some interesting Longs Peak facts and stories, including a slideshow and a first-hand accounting of the August, 1968 Longs Peak Diamond rescue.

After leaving the military, he was hired as a seasonal ranger at Rocky Mountain National Park in charge of the Longs Peak Ranger station.  During Dick’s final year at Longs Peak, he was involved with the rescue of a climber who had fallen on the Longs Peak Diamond.  The Diamond is the sheer and prominent east face of Longs Peak. It has a vertical gain of more than 900 feet, all above an elevation of 13,000 feet.  That rescue took over 24 hours and involved more than 40 rescue personnel. Until very recently, it was the biggest and most involved rescue in the history of the park.