Midnight Lightning | 7B Boulder problem at Camp 4 Boulders


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Ron Kauk
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Added at 07:12 on 26 December 2022
John Bachar
Added at 09:02 on 27 February 2021
John Bachar
Added at 22:02 on 27 February 2021
Mina Leslie-Wujastyk
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Added at 06:10 on 22 October 2021
Wolfgang Güllich
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Added at 16:09 on 03 September 2022
Kurt Albert
Added at 17:02 on 26 February 2021
Kurt Albert
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Ascents

8 recorded ascents.

Climber Style FA Ascent Date Suggested Grade
Ron Kauk Boulder (Worked) 1978

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/

John Bachar Boulder (Worked) 1978

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

Jerry Moffatt Boulder (Worked) 1984

The first ascent in a day.

Lynn Hill Boulder (Worked) 1998

First female ascent. Lynn worked the mantel on a rope first.

Lisa Rands Boulder (Worked) 2001

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

Mina Leslie-Wujastyk Boulder (Worked) 2012

https://www.instagram.com/p/B_K6dItFbbW/

Wolfgang Güllich Boulder (Worked)

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CiBZ6RpJbtU/

Kurt Albert Boulder (Worked)

https://www.facebook.com/climbing.in.the.80s/photos/a.270388289694020/3467240716675412

https://www.facebook.com/climbing.in.the.80s/photos/a.270388289694020/2560582360674590