Kimmo Posted February 20, 2009 Posted February 20, 2009 Anyone game for a session at Fossil Rock in the next few days? Visiting my folks in Yelm, and would like to check it out, especially the harder lines there. btw, never climber there, so you'd need to know the place or have good beta.... Quote
dondo Posted February 20, 2009 Posted February 20, 2009 i could be down if its dry out there. do you know? i've been there a handful of times and know the way. Quote
Kimmo Posted February 20, 2009 Author Posted February 20, 2009 i could only guess that it would be really dry, considering the weather we've been having and what the other areas are like.... there's some steeper stuff there anyways, right? with the harder stuff? d'be cool to head out for a few hours. saturday would probly work the best for me.... lemme know! Quote
pope Posted February 20, 2009 Posted February 20, 2009 There are a couple of climbs that can be done dry in heavy rain. An off-limits wall (the best wall at Fossil, now owned by the Nature Conservancy) averages about 95 degrees and is probably 100 meters tall. That wall has about ten feet of belaying area that never gets wet. As much as I hate sport climbing, I really enjoyed climbing on that particular cliff. Another dry area is under a 40-ft boulder, where routes (to 5.12) were "created" by chipping, drilling and bolting on holds. Those southern boys are way ahead of the times! Quote
Kimmo Posted February 21, 2009 Author Posted February 21, 2009 bump. any takers? steep sport climbs at fossil, just waiting! Quote
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