I have now read this manuscript and the response to reviewers. The authors have made substantive changes in response to reviewer concerns. There are a few places where they have not followed reviewers' advice, but justify their edits and I am satisfied with their logic.

The response to anonymous reviewer #1 says: "We thank anonymous referee #1 for his comments". Given the author list I will assume this is a mistake, but please be more careful not to use gendered language for anonymous reviewers in the future.

The paper is an incredibly thorough and well researched explanation of the topographic evolution of Northern Guatemala, and will be referenced by anyone working there in the future. It also is an excellent demonstration of how numerous threads of evidence can be used to create a landscape history.

I do have edits that include both minor editorial comments and slightly more substantive comments. The authors can find these comments in the pdf. I look forward to seeing a revised version of the manuscript and its eventual publication in ESURF.

S. Mudd

I thank the authors for their attention to my comments and are pleased to recommend publication in ESURF. There are some small typos in this manuscript (e.g., the references starting with a comma) but these are things the copyeditors can catch. I very much look forward to seeing this paper in the journal.

Dear authors,

Considering Associate Editor Simon Mudd's recommendation, I am pleased to confirm acceptance of your paper for publication in esurf. I agree that your study is an impressive demonstration of combining multiple lines of evidence to unravel the history of landscape evolution in an interesting region that shapes how we think about the development of orogens.

I have marked a few very minor suggestions (including a couple of typos) on the attached copy of your manuscript. You may want to consider these before submitting your final files for typesetting, or perhaps during review of the proofs (some will also probably be caught during the copy editing).

Thank you for choosing esurf for this interesting work!

Josh