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Live Wire

Name: Live Wire
Rating: 2.7

5.10c YDS 6b French 20 Ewbanks VII UIAA 20 ZA E2 5b British

Routes in Transformer Corridor

L › R R › L A › Z

	Chomping at the Bit T,S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Dirty Boulevard S 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Dynamo Hum S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Heat Wave T,S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Just a Pretty Day T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Live Wire T,S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Short Circuit T,S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Vibrator T,S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b

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Type:	Trad, Sport, 75 ft (23 m)
GPS:	42.078, -113.71315
FA:	Boyle, Barnes, Rhodes, 1989
Page Views:	2,291 total · 10/month
Shared By:	Guy H. on Sep 20, 2006 · Updates
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Access Issue: (1) Weather Wall, Yellow Wall, & all the crags north of Twin Sisters are CLOSED. (2) There are no longer trash cans in the park. (3) Highlining ban in place for CIRO and CRSP Details

(1) The area, crags, and routes just north of the Twin Sisters are on private land and the landowner posted no trespassing notices at the gated road/trail to the area. Any access of these areas and routes is trespassing. The area was closed by the landowner due to trespassing, illegal camping, fires & trash, and disregard of owner's privacy.
Please be respectful of the land owner's wishes and do not climb or hike here. This includes White Lightning, Skinner Roof, Weather Wall, Yellow Wall, Larry's Annihilation, Needle Rock, Mississippi Fred's, and Secret Tom's.
(2) In 2024 CIRO implemented a no trash cans anywhere policy. Be prepared to take your trash home with you. facebook.com/CityOfRocksNPS… and nps.gov/ciro/planyourvisit/…
(3) HIGHLINING IS PROHIBITED
Highlining at City of Rocks National Reserve and Castle Rocks State Park is prohibited as of August 28, 2019.

Here are Google Drive links to the closure and the updated Code of Regulations for CIRO. drive.google.com/open?id=1y… and drive.google.com/open?id=1Y…

Description

Located on the right side of the wall, start by climbing from the left side of the boulder to the right. A direct start, while interesting involves strenuous laybacking to rounded holds and a mantle. Work up the crack using jugs, small feet, and huacos. Plan on placing extra gear to avoid hitting the ledge. Make strenuous and awkward moves left to gain a nice crack, poor feet on crumbly rock. Climb up to the first bolt (at 30 feet) continuing on thin face to the final bolt. Move directly left to gain a crack and follow this around a bulge, placing gear and managing rope drag as you go. Look right to locate the anchor above the bulge.

This route shares the anchors with Short Circuit to its left. The crux is the diagonal starting crack which is some what committing due to the poor feet. Follow a handful bolts and gear placements to chain anchors.