Sustained climbing for the first four bolts with great movemet.  The crux comes after the 2nd bolt.  Technical footwork get you past the thin crimpers to the better holds at the 3rd bolt.  Work left, get up on the shield shelf, hitting some more small pockets. Finally reaching the rail that slants to the right, pause and slow down your breathing.  A few more easy moves and clip the chains.

3 Feet From An Orgy  - a.k.a. Fossil Fling

Fossil Fuel

Dirty Bones

Flight Of The Trilobite

Surfin The Reef

Separation Of Cherts And Plate

Easy climbing through the chossy lower band to a large ledge. Clip the first bolt (recommended), which is often skipped due to rope drag.  Climb through good holds to find the 2nd bolt which protects the crux moves. Clipping from the large rail below, that is best gripped on the right side. Just above the second bolt is the crux a balancy, crimpy move that can be bypassed using the ramp on the left.  Continue to a big ledge where the route moves right onto the opposing face for a couple more bolts to another ledge for an easy access anchor.  Good movement all the way up this line.

Start on a chossy, plant ridden ramp. Hike to where the ramp meets with the wall and clip the first bolt. The lower easier crux comes right after the first bolt where you pull on some suspect looking rock and onto a fine ledge. From the ledge, you can clip the second bolt. The first two bolts are shared between Separation Of Cherts And Plate and Fossil Fuel. 

  After the ledge, trend right up just less than vertical slab with some thin moves.  Maximize the difficulty by avoiding the brushy ledge to the right.  The upper section between the 5th & 6th bolts.  Devious part is that the holds that look good aren't, and the great positive crimper is difficult to spot.  Another Excellent route put up by Mike and Chris.

This variation to the finish of the Fling was installed by Topher Bentley in 2006.  Just past the crux section, move right and follow the steeper line up the the alternate chains

Climb the crack in the corner up to the Fuel chains.  The route has several secure stances to place gear.  Might be a little run out on the lower section, on the crumbling rock, but has plenty of secure stances to get a good placement.  The only real crux I can think of is where you step across the face and move on up to the chains, but that might just come from the extra exposure if you are soloing.

Start on a chossy, plant ridden ramp. Hike to where the ramp meets with the wall and clip the first bolt. The crux comes right after the first bolt where you pull on some suspect looking rock and onto a fine ledge. From the ledge, you can clip the second bolt, the first two bolts are shared between Separation Of Cherts And Plate and Fossil Fuel.  

  From the second bolt, bust left. The best part of the climb is from here to the anchors! Sustained movement through a crack system takes you over an exciting roof crux. Pull the roof and clip the chains.

Great spot out of the wind, sunny early and shady late.  Good warmup lines here, and home to Mike Gillets "Fling".   A nice clear landing with some great rocks to sit down and lace up.  The first 20' is a chossy low angle wreck.  Some parties spread out up on the big ledge, which gets good sun in the morning and is protected very well from the wind.

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Routes in Fossil Wall