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Paleosol Wall Rock Climbing

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Routes in Paleosol Wall

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	Aggressive Posturing T,S 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
	Babies Have Rabies T,S 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Bioturbation T 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c
	Brown Chicken Brown Cow S 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Day Old Mackerel S 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
	Diagenesis S 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Flat Rock Flight T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Ft Mac Gravy Train T,S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	German on 2nd T,S 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Get Crazy With the Cheese Wiz T,S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Hooose S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Jungle Gym S 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
	KYBHT! T,S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Mafic T,S 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Mass Extinction S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Mass Wasting S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	My Favorite Human S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Night Watchman T,S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Open Project TR 5.0 2- 4 I 6 MM 1c
	Paleoflow T 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
	Paleomagnetism T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Paleosol T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Pull the Trigger T,S 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Punctuated Equilibrium S 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Roof Pendant T 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b
	Technicon Man S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Topographic Reversal T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Ultramafic S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Vesicle Joyride S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Xenolith T,S 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b

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Description

Paleosol Wall is a ~50 foot tall, south-facing buttress that houses a handful of great roof cracks, mixed routes, and sport climbs. The rock is high quality, clean basalt that is occasionally blank and sometimes heavily pocketed.

Getting There

From the "Y" at the top of Land's End Road, continue 1.9 miles south and park on the side of the road near a lone, bushy pine tree on the cliff edge. Approach the tree on "looker's" left, scramble down to the cliff edge passing a couple of large boulders, and locate one of two large cairns marking the anchors for Topographic Reversal and Roof Pendant. There are thread throughs on boulders above both anchors to ease access. The Roof Pendant anchors are a little friendlier to access (cairn on looker's left).

To get back to the car, you can walk out to the east passing a loose gully in the paleosol and heading up through a class 3 weakness to the rim.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Paleosol Wall

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 10 ● Hooose Sport
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 10 ● Diagenesis Sport
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 4 ● German on 2nd Trad, Sport
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 4 ● Babies Have Rabies Trad, Sport
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 8 ● Brown Chicken Brown Cow Sport
5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c 4 ● Paleoflow Trad
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 4 ● Get Crazy With the Cheese Wiz Trad, Sport
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 4 ● Flat Rock Flight Trad
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 9 ● Mass Wasting Sport
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 4 ● Mass Extinction Sport
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 5 ● Ft Mac Gravy Train Trad, Sport
5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b 10 ● Jungle Gym Sport
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 4 ● Vesicle Joyride Sport
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 4 ● Punctuated Equilibrium Sport
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 5 ● Ultramafic Sport