Midnight Lightning | 7B Boulder problem at Camp 4 Boulders

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First ascent.

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/

Second ascent.

Bachar drew the original and iconic lightning bolt on the problem while working it with Ron Kauk and John Yabolinski in 1978. He would climb the problem regularly for an audience in Camp 4 at a time when no-one other than he and Kauk had managed it.

References

[1] https://www.facebook.com/climbing.in.the.80s/photos/a.270388289694020/1512130898853080

[2] https://www.facebook.com/climbing.in.the.80s/photos/a.270388289694020/886783774721132

[3] https://gripped.com/profiles/yosemite-climbing-legends-john-bachar/

[4] https://ukbouldering.com/threads/the-most-impressive-piece-of-climbing-you’ve-witnessed.31061/page-2#post-626393

Third ascent.

References

[1] https://kletterszene.com/stories/the-classics-boulder-midnight-lightning/

Fourth ascent.

Fifth ascent.

Shortly after Kurt Smith.

References

[1] https://www.climbing.com/news/remembering-a-legend-scott-cosgrove/

1 session.

The first ascent in a day.

Contender for the first flash. Date approximate.

References

[1] JCPC 190 Pritchard Wainwright Trango part 2

Second go.

First female ascent.

Lynn worked the mantel on a rope first.

Second female ascent and the first without practicing the mantel on a rope.

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2001/01/second_female_ascent_of_midnight_lightning-57

Third female ascent.

References

[1] https://www.climbing.com/news/legends-angie-payne/

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/B_K6dItFbbW/

References

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqwKfox5xB0

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/DCUsaf5SEbJ/

References

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

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

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/reel/CiBZ6RpJbtU/