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Sparky Does Power Tower

The author and Laurie Chow have opened a new safe (i.e. closely bolted) route in 1999, the full description follow. "Sparky Does Power Tower" is at the High Tension Area, near the bottom of the mountaineers trail (use central parking). The first pitch is 5.7 four bolts 12 meters, second pitch is 5.10d ten bolts 25 meters.

The first pitch starts at the river level about 30 meters to the north-west of the obvious power tower (on the east side of the gorge) and climbs a  face to the right of a large corner/chimney pass four bolts to a large ledge on top of a rocky tower. The second pitch starts on that large ledge and is located just left of the climb named "Brothers In Arms" 5.10c. The climb involves delicate vertical climbing pass three bulges and ten bolts (starts with Cosiroc/Petzel glue-on bolts with a large round eye). Its safer to go strait up from the first bolt.

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