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White Light at Table Rock

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Curtis Baird · · Johnson City, TN · Joined Oct 2013 · Points: 1,041

Does anyone know the history of this route? Its in Selected Climbs but is completly overgrown. Looks like a really good crack.

Scott Phil · · NC · Joined May 2010 · Points: 258

It is now merged with True Grit (1rst pitch of TG then traverse over to the 2nd pitch of White Light) and is known as White Lightning.
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The original line is supposed to be very vegetated.

Mike Fisch · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Nov 2014 · Points: 40

Curtis, in the summer of '72, Peter Young and Peter Prandoni did the first ascent of True Grit. I saw them afterwards in the NCOBS staff area and they were covered in dirt. They went straight up, through the roof and groveled their way up the bush line to the top. I can't recall who did the first ascent of White Lightning, the next corner system to the right of True Grit, but I can look it up if you are interested. It groveled through the lower bushes in the corners until it gained that nice right facing dihedral higher up. Over the years folks started putting the first pitch of True Grit together with the second pitch of White Lightning and confusion arose over the name.

Curtis Baird · · Johnson City, TN · Joined Oct 2013 · Points: 1,041

I understand now. Thanks for the information.

Sean Cobourn · · Gramling, SC · Joined Mar 2007 · Points: 3,562

Just two weeks ago I considered gardening the original line. It does indeed look fun if a couple bushes were removed.

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