First rope solo.

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First rope solo.

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Waiting our turn at the summit rap station.

View from The Third Flatiron.

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William Crum

Dec 23, 2022

“First rope solo.”

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Somebody on the summit of the 3rd, as seen from the summit of the 1st.

Rick Anderson climbing the start of the 5th pitch.

#1 East Face, #2 is College Drop Out (aka East Face North Side (per [[Rob Bauer]]13658).

I've created a handy movement guide for the Third. I think you'll all find it to be a useful pocket reference when you get to this spot. It's pretty intuitive, so I'll just let the image speak for itself (a picture's a thousand words!).

Brittany Whittern (age 8) working through the final moves to the summit on 2002.08.12.

Rappel Route:
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1. From the summit to a large, flat area.
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2. The flat area to a small shelf.
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3. The final rappel spot to ground.
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GO TO THE BOLTS 10 FEET TO THE LEFT OF LANDING AREA ON SMALL SHELF.
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Big difference between left bolts and bolt by landing

Plaque on the peak.

Climbing through the clouds as seen from the Standard East Face on the Third Flatiron.

Swinging far left of the eyebolts to avoid the obscene crowds.

A topo for a possible/common route up. Many variations of lines and belays exist, but this is what we climbed and seems to represent a common approach.

Unknown guy on The Third (no shoes!).

Typical day on the rocks. Brittany knocks off another Flatiron. So many rocks, so little time left to bag them all.

Shade at noon (left) and 12:30 PM (right) on Dec. 11, '22. Note that the Standard East Face route is almost entirely in shade by noon this time of year (near solstice) & the descent to the north - looker's right- still has snow/ice from the Nov. 29 storm.

Don Aumann making the final moves to the summit in October 2006. Tragically, he died suddenly of an undiagnosed condition 5 months later.

Setting up the belay at the second eyebolt.

Mario near the summit.

The crowded Third from The Fifth Flatiron.

The third rappel to the ground.

John reaches the summit on a moonlight ascent with the lights of Boulder behind.

Mario near the summit.

Just another day on the 3rd. How many climbers can you count?

MC gashing it out, last pitch.

Rippin about 600' off the deck just below the 4th belay (Bottom of the C).

Rick begins the second rappel, with the Ironing Boards in the background.

First rappel into the south bowl.

Does it count as a mixed climb if you get this close to ice? The icicle on the left is about 6 feet high. If you climb the face under conditions like this, be wary of falling ice.

On the last pitch.

#honnolding.

Climbers wait their turn before the crux bottleneck as guides prepare to fix ropes on the infamous "Flatiron Step."

Me on the Third, Oct '09.

Topping out.

Left of The Gash.

Eileen Monyok arrives at the top of pitch 6, south of The Gash.

The "second" rappel station.

Kristiana Fox climbing the East Face.

First outdoor climb. It was amazing!

A huge shout out to Bergheim Wood for this shot. He was kind enough to take a picture of this moment and share it with us.

Ryan's first and last climb ever.

Moon rising over Boulder from the east face of the Third Flatiron.

Waiting our turn at the summit rap station.

First rope solo.

View from The Third Flatiron.

George looking nonchalantly at the final section from Kiddy Kar ledge. First summiter (we think) of the season!

Peak of our first free solo! GOODTIMES.

August's first trip up the 3rd. He enjoyed the ride up.

Peanut butter celebration sandwich on top.

Probably about the same place as the "Brittiny" photo.

August, though he hated it, did a really fine job.

Everett on the final rappel. He did it!!!

The 'False' rappel sign. The good rappel is just around the corner to your left from this sign.

August was NOT a fan of the rappel. He would have rather teleported.

Everett on top of the Third. His first time up - might be his last. He said he should have picked fishing, but that smile….

Everett finding a good spot to turn around, relax, and pose for a picture.

Rapping can be scary. It can also be fun. Tie your knots!!!

Lead, fix, rap, set Everett up with the Eldrid Spoc with me behind him on the Petzl Traxion.

One more pitch to the top. Those smiles are gold.

August sitting on the biggest chickenhead in Boulder?

The smile came back once we were safely on the ground.

Everett on top of the second pitch, I believe. Having a rockin' time so far.

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