"Got tight last night on absinthe and did knife tricks. Great success shooting the knife into the piano. The woodworms are so bad and eat hell out of all furniture that you can always claim the woodworms did it."
--Ernest Hemingway
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jake_the_snake - Aug 11, 2020 8:09 am Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2020
FirstScrambled the north arete
Scott - Apr 30, 2018 8:17 am Date Climbed: Apr 22, 2018
First FlatironOctober 6 2019
Shaylee and I met Chad in Denver and we headed for the First Flatiron. We climbed Bakers Way and the North Arete. Chad led so I could stay close to Shaylee. It was a great climb, but chillier than expected.
April 22 2018
Chad and I met in Boulder to climb the First Flatiron. We planned on climbing Fandango, but we didn’t have a good route description printed. We ended up on Kamikaze Overhangs and the Zig Zag route (or at least a variation of those routes) instead. Chad did most of the leading, but I led a pitch on Zig Zag, but got off route (we didn’t have a route description for this route). I ended up on a long runout section (X rated) that ended on some scary ledges. It was really intimidating. I descended back down to a minor ledge that I could place a little protection on and belayed Chad up. He climbed to the dead-end, pulled a sketchy camp placement I places and then headed right over some easier ledges.
The climb was fun, except for the scary runout moments. One and a half pitches from the top, we hit the much easier North Arete route and followed that to the summit. After that, we rappelled off the backside and hiked down.
rockymountain_guac - Oct 11, 2017 6:42 pm Date Climbed: Oct 15, 2016
TrainingDid some trad training with a friend.
xDoogiex - Apr 9, 2016 1:52 am Date Climbed: Apr 8, 2016
Southwest face free soloSoloed the southwest face today. Rappelled down
chicagotransplant - Oct 5, 2014 9:23 pm Date Climbed: Oct 4, 2014
East Face variation to North AreteClimbed with shanahan96, variation of the east face north started right and worked towards the northeast gully then hit the north arete to finish. Also climbed the 4th class route up the Sunset Flatironette.
badmajick - Jul 22, 2014 3:06 pm Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2014
Starting things off rightClimbed within 48 hours of moving to CO! Having fun here already.
alpineair - Oct 30, 2013 8:56 am
Great Rock.Many ascents.
strudolyubov - Sep 3, 2013 11:48 pm Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2013
First and ThirdFirst and Third Flatiron solo. Climbed 1.5 pitches of Kamikaze Overhangs, then traversed to Fandango and summited via North Arete. Nice rock, beautiful views.
Donno - Aug 14, 2013 10:23 pm Date Climbed: Jul 1, 1979
N. Arête RouteDad led. Jimmy waited at base.
1980: dad led, with Mike.
blueshade - Jul 1, 2013 11:57 am Date Climbed: Jun 12, 2013
East Face DirectSolo with a friend. 2nd "pitch" by far is the crux, IMO. The rest is pretty straight forward. Fun and good practice for later this summer.
Fletch - Feb 9, 2013 6:40 pm Date Climbed: Feb 9, 2013
E Face DirectNice day out today, got one past the snow goalie...
Brian C - Jan 26, 2013 10:24 pm Date Climbed: Jan 26, 2013
3, 2, 1 linkupToo nice for January! Soloed this with Glen as part of 3, 2, 1 linkup. Climbed Baker's Way today.
skyward22 - Jan 15, 2013 4:05 am Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2009
great daysuch a classic fun route! simul-climbed.
big_g - Dec 26, 2012 11:39 pm Date Climbed: Oct 19, 2011
Loved itSuch fun and so close! And I've got a new profile pic now.
alpine345 - Oct 19, 2012 10:38 pm Date Climbed: May 10, 1989
first of severalclimbed this with Steve Crosby. Summited about 10pm in a full moon...others on the third and the second...
MattK - Nov 29, 2011 3:34 pm Date Climbed: Oct 16, 2011
Quite a dayThree different routes to the top.
Brian Kalet - Apr 13, 2011 11:23 am Date Climbed: Apr 16, 2011
Climbed Thrice4/12/2011: Southwest face ascent and descent free solo
4/16/2011: Fandango
7/2/2013: North Arete free solo
ripper333 - Feb 13, 2011 6:19 pm Date Climbed: Feb 10, 2011
Silk Roadfun to finally get on a flatiron..bluebird skies was the icing. with Captain
thatnissanguy - Dec 18, 2010 10:10 pm Date Climbed: May 17, 2010
The First Flatiron and First RockDid a slight variation of the East Face Direct Route (5.6). My first time on technical rock outdoors. It was amazing!
JoeyBagoDonuts - Nov 17, 2010 11:13 pm Date Climbed: Jun 2, 2010
Fun RockAwesome views from the summit.