Halstead Kansas, Mills Publishing, 1990, 9th edition. 74 pp, route and action photos, maps, route diagrams. For 50 years this has been the most popular and best selling guidebook to Longs Peak, the highest peak and only 14er in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Longs Peak is one of those magic mountains, like Rainier, Mount Washington of New Hampshire, and Shasta, that take a hold of some people and doesnt let go. There is a list of the people who have climbed Longs the most; there are 17 people who have climbed Longs Peak over 100 times!
This book describes every climbing and hiking route, with a colorful history of each and the many epics that have taken place on the famous Diamond or East Face of Longs. Out of print for several years, Adamson has edited the last few editions and has brought this guidebook completely up to date.
'This is the best quick primer I've ever found on Longs. Includes revisions and updates supplied by Stan Adamson that refer to the north face cable route in the past tense, and adds a few more quips about the geology, flora and fauna on the trail to the summit.'
