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From summit of The Thing.

Description 

An appealing name? No. A nice little, triangular Flatiron between the 3rd and 4th Flatirons, sporting one of the longer straight cracks in the area with over 200 feet of splitter crack. Too bad it is only 45 degree in angle. This 3 pitch rock sports at least 2 routes on the E face. It makes for a nice outing to link Willy B, the Thing, and a few sport routes on the Ironing Boards for a day of less traveled adventure.

Getting There 

From Chataqua, you can bushwhack from the Royal Arch Trail once you pass the 3rd Flatiron, Queen Anne's Head, and WC Fields Pinnacle or approach via the Ironing Boards (when open) and angle SSW angling uphill somewhat.

The Classics

Featured Route For The Thing

The East Face 5.7  CO : Flatirons : ... : The Thing

This is a pretty good route in the Flatirons, with 2 long pitches or 3, if you don't want to run them together. You can certainly run them together with a 70M, and I think a 60m is what we successfully used.Arrive at the base of the east face of The Thing and locate a crack with some trees in it that goes through a roof (crux, but has good holds) and over a ledge, continuing up and left to another tree before ending. From there, climb easy face up and slightly left to the left margin of a huge f...[more]   Browse More Classics in CO