View of east face of 1st Flatiron, 12/31/09. Lots of ice!

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View of east face of 1st Flatiron, 12/31/09. Lots of ice!

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A 60m rope stretcher to end the first pitch.

East face of 1st Flatiron w/ lots of ice. Silk Road is on right side of photo with a couple of other ice runnels/possible new climbs in the center. The continuous, long ribbon just left of Silk Road was all rotten and would be pretty sketchy.

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Tom Rutkowski

Jan 1, 2010

“View of east face of 1st Flatiron, 12/31/09. Lots of ice!”

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