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Midnight Lightning
V8 YDS 7B Font
Avg: 3.9 from 103
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Routes in Big Columbia Boulder
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5.9 slab problem V0 4 |
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After Midnight V10 7C+ |
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Bates Problem V4 6B |
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End of the Day Problem V5-6 6C+ |
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Kauk Start V9 7C |
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Midnight Cowboy V9 7C |
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Midnight Lightning V8 7B |
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Moffat Start, The V10 7C+ |
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Robbins Problem, The V3 6A |
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| Type: | Boulder |
| FA: | Ron Kauk, 1978 |
| Page Views: | 84,739 total · 376/month |
| Shared By: | Peter Franzen on Jun 21, 2006 |
| Admins: | Mike Morley, Adam Stackhouse, Salamanizer Ski, Justin Johnsen, Vicki Schwantes |
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Yosemite National Park has yearly closures for Peregrine Falcon Protection March 1- July 15. Always check the NPS website at nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/… for the most current details and park alerts, and to learn more about the peregrine falcon, and how closures help it survive. This page also shares closures and warnings due to current fires, smoke, etc.
Yosemite National Park has yearly closures for Peregrine Falcon Protection March 1- July 15. Always check the NPS website at nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/… for the most current details and park alerts, and to learn more about the peregrine falcon, and how closures help it survive. This page also shares closures and warnings due to current fires, smoke, etc.
Description
What can you say about such a classic boulder problem that can possibly do it justice? First sent by Ron Kauk who worked it for over two months in 1978 with fellow hardman John Bachar, this line up the Columbia Boulder stands as a true milestone in modern rock climbing.
People have rated this from V7 to V9, and if you can't mantle it's going to feel downright impossible.
Start on the series of polished opening crimps, fire a right hand up to a good undercling crimp, move the left hand up, and then get ready to fly out to the Lightning Bolt hold with your feet kicking in the air (although if you're over 6ft. or so it can be done as a static move). The bottom moves are powerful but it's the infamous mantle that will throw most suitors back down into the dust. Trust your spotter and believe...
People have rated this from V7 to V9, and if you can't mantle it's going to feel downright impossible.
Start on the series of polished opening crimps, fire a right hand up to a good undercling crimp, move the left hand up, and then get ready to fly out to the Lightning Bolt hold with your feet kicking in the air (although if you're over 6ft. or so it can be done as a static move). The bottom moves are powerful but it's the infamous mantle that will throw most suitors back down into the dust. Trust your spotter and believe...
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