8 recorded ascents.
| Climber | Style | FA | Ascent Date | Suggested Grade |
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| Ron Kauk | Boulder (Worked) | ✓ | 1978 | |
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Ron uses a slightly different sequence to usual: instead of pressing fully in to the mantel he gets half way in to it and then uses a little crimp for the left hand. References[1] An ascent from approx. 1991 https://www.instagram.com/p/CmnRGViBEH8/ |
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| John Bachar | Boulder (Worked) | 1978 | ||
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Second ascent. Bachar drew the original and iconic lightning bolt on the problem while working it with Ron Kauk and John Yabolinski in 1978. https://www.facebook.com/climbing.in.the.80s/photos/a.270388289694020/1512130898853080 https://www.facebook.com/climbing.in.the.80s/photos/a.270388289694020/886783774721132 |
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| Jerry Moffatt | Boulder (Worked) | 1984 | ||
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The first ascent in a day. |
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| Lynn Hill | Boulder (Worked) | 1998 | ||
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First female ascent. Lynn worked the mantel on a rope first. |
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| Lisa Rands | Boulder (Worked) | 2001 | ||
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Second female ascent and the first without practicing the mantel on a rope. https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2001/01/second_female_ascent_of_midnight_lightning-57 |
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| Mina Leslie-Wujastyk | Boulder (Worked) | 2012 | ||
| Wolfgang Güllich | Boulder (Worked) | |||
| Kurt Albert | Boulder (Worked) | |||
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https://www.facebook.com/climbing.in.the.80s/photos/a.270388289694020/3467240716675412 https://www.facebook.com/climbing.in.the.80s/photos/a.270388289694020/2560582360674590 |
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