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James infamously cleaned the lightning bolt chalk from the problem Midnight Lightning.
Over thirty years, with every passing ascent, the lightning bolt became less of a testament to a remarkable ascent, of lightning striking at midnight. The chalk transformed into a trademark, another tourist attraction for passing climbers. The magic left the bolt years ago. [1]
[1] https://climbingnarc.com/2013/04/midnight-lightnings-lightning-bolt-gets-chopped/