After the eight roped pitches (and a mini 9th pitch because I think I might have navigated us a little bit off route near the end of the climb) it was time to put the ropes away and start what our guidebook described as "3rd class slabs forever" with an arrow pointing presumably to the summit. It felt a bit scarier than I was used to for third class climbing. (Climbing and in fact all of mountaineering is rated on a 1-6 class system. Class 1: ordinary flat walking like a paved trail or parking lot. Class 2: rough mountainous trail. Class 3: requires use of hands but no exposure. Class 4: same as class 3 but with exposure - some people may want a rope. Class 5: hands-and-feet free climbing with a rope. Class 6: No progress can be made using just hands and feet - aid is needed for upward progress, e.g. sticking a cam into a crack and then pulling up on it.) This felt like a bit more than Class 3, but I guess the climbers that wrote our guidebook are made of tougher stuff than we are.