Shortly after the sun rose on the Boulder Flatirons Thursday morning, word spread quickly online about two big white words that appeared to be painted on the First Flatiron: “ICE OUT.”
The letters were actually a mesh fabric held up by six climbers on the rock, a Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks spokesperson told The Denver Gazette.
The words appeared on the northernmost of the iconic Boulder Flatirons around 7:23 a.m., spokesperson Sam Clusman said. A Boulder Police Department drone flying overhead made clear that the words were not paint, as they appeared from afar, but rather letters made of a white mesh-like fabric…