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All Locations > New Hampshire > Cannon Cliff > 2. Duet Area etc

Lightning Crack

5.7 YDS 5a French 15 Ewbanks V+ UIAA 13 ZA MVS 4b British


 Avg: 3.1 from 25 votes

Routes in 2. Duet Area etc

Add Libs T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b PG13
All Day Sucker T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
British Were Coming, The T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13
Condemned Man T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c X
Continuation of Rock Candy T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b C0 PG13
Duet T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
Duet Direct T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
Fall from Grace T 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b
Jawbreaker (not completely done) T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b A3-
Light Brigade, The T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b PG13
Lightning Crack T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
Pops-Sick-Hill T 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c R
Raven Crack T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
Rock Candy T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R
Rodan T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
Sam's Ghost T 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b R
Sam's Swan Song T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b PG13
Sayonara T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b PG13
Sextet T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a C0
Shadey Grove (unfinished) T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c X
Sinister Satisfaction T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
Slow and Easy T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
Sticky Fingers T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
White and Young T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a R
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Type: Trad, Alpine, 150 ft
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Shared By: Michael Z. on Aug 27, 2011
Admins: Jay Knower, M Sprague, lee hansche, Jeffrey LeCours, Jonathan Steitzer, Robert Hall

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Description

Nice climbing up an erratic crack with lots of rests and a fine position.

P1 5.7 150 Start up Sam's Swan Song's broken corner but break left after about thirty feet. Follow lightning crack until it ends then look right for a bolted belay.

Location

Maybe a couple of hundred feet north of Slow and Easy, Left of the Triple S Buttress.

Protection

Standard Rack, Bolt Anchors, Rap with two ropes.

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Kai Troester
Pepperell, MA
 
Kai Troester   Pepperell, MA
 
I've done this with a double set of BD camelots up to size #2 and a single #3. You'll have to run it out a bit, but the falls are clean.

It also dries quickly, except for the start, which can seep a bit. But even then there are enough dry holds to climb around the wet stuff. Sep 26, 2011
kevin neville
Oconomowoc WI
  5.7
kevin neville   Oconomowoc WI
  5.7
Beautiful climbing with good stances. I'd strongly recommend you bring a #4 Camalot (it would take multiples, but one is sufficient if you walk it up between non-#4 pieces). Jul 8, 2013
Paul LaFontaine
hebron,nh
Paul LaFontaine   hebron,nh
Did this route today. Great route. Route finding not an issue. I'm a cautious, new 5.7 leader. I brought a #4 Camalot. Could've used another one but with some large hexes and other gear sows up well. Two pins on the route as well which were as confidence inspiring as old pins on Cannon can be but were easy to back up.

Well worth the hike up. This, combined with first pitch of VMC, good 5.7 routes to get on if W-G ridge crowded. Jul 13, 2013
Russ Keane
Asheville, NC
Russ Keane   Asheville, NC
Excellent climb! Very smooth and elegant. I liked it a lot. "Classic". Jul 10, 2017
Steve Marshall
Concord NH
Steve Marshall   Concord NH
we rapped straight down the corner below the belay, my 70m with rope stretch juuuust got us on the ground. extend your device!

hanging slack, the ends of the rope were about 6ft off the ground.

although i will probably try and remember my tag line next time i go to cannon Jun 18, 2018

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