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Two climbers stranded overnight on Longs Peak safe after rescue on treacherous eastern face

With the rescuers’ help, the climbers reached the summit

The eastern Diamond face of Longs Peak looms to the right, west of Mount Meeker, in Rocky Mountain National Park.
The eastern Diamond face of Longs Peak looms to the right, west of Mount Meeker, in Rocky Mountain National Park.
Bruce Finley of The Denver Post
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Two climbers have returned safely to the base of 14,259-foot Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park after a rescue when they became stranded without proper equipment on the mountain's perilous Diamond eastern face.
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