Climbing in The Diamond

The catalog’s film about the Diamond of Long’s Peak is a focused documentary of winter mixed big‑wall climbing on a single alpine face. Push the Lines - Three friends. One winter line. Years in the making. follows Jesse Huey, Matt Segal and Quentin Roberts across seasons as they work a single winter line on the Diamond, using mixed techniques—ice tools, rock moves and technical ropework—under alpine winter conditions.

Shot through approaches, bivies and stormbound sessions, the film foregrounds the logistics of winter big‑wall operations: hauling, fixed lines, belay exchanges and the small, technical pitches that require both toolwork and precise rock movement. The editing keeps the grind visible—the repetitive nature of attempts, physical collapse and incremental progress—so the piece reads as a practical record of commitment and team dynamics rather than pure spectacle.

Because the film documents a winter mixed free ascent attempt on the Diamond in Rocky Mountain National Park, it will be useful to climbers interested in how mixed climbing, route‑finding on a high alpine face and persistent weather combine when a single objective is pursued over multiple seasons.