mr. sartin on the 3rd

the sartins came to visit yesterday after a last minute invite for erik to climb the third flatiron. yay! it's closing for nesting raptors in a week, so this is the last time to climb that area for a bit.


getting started after a brief review. erik was super mellow about everything. nerves of steel!


though i guess he did note some uncertainty about cranking on some hollow-sounding sections.


we paused for some mutual photo-taking before topping out. and then erik suffered silently, slipping into his bouldering shoes one last time. belays were a great reprieve to pop 'em off.



a rather rushed fellow met us up top and introduced the idea of skipping the second rap, which worked quiet well! it seems something along these lines didn't work as well for some other climbers that day/evening. their rope got stuck on the pull and they were stranded in the rain, requiring rescue. but of course, erik handled these rappels like a champ as well.


then we ate pizza and drank beer. yum. thanks for the visit, sartins!