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Lightning Crack

Name: Lightning Crack
Rating: 3.0

5.8 YDS 5b French 16 Ewbanks VI- UIAA 15 ZA HVS 4c British

Routes in Mid Cliffs

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	409 T,TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Ajax S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Almer Casile Memorial Buttress S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Arrow, The T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Bad Ethics S 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b PG13
	Big Head Ed T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Bloody Crack T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Boot Flake T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Boulder Holder T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Burgermeister Meisterburger T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Bwana the Mighty Metolious Hunter S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Candy Ass S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Chicken Wings T,S 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a V5+ 6C+
	Fat Ankles S,TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Father, The T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Heat Miser S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	In Vitro S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	In Vivo S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Jenga T,TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Kip to a Handstand S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Lightning Crack T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Little Boots T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Little Flower T,TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Loaded Gun T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Lucky Pierre S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Man Eater T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R
	Mike the Dog T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	More Than I Can Chew S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Nash-e-mun S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Nikita T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Number Nine T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Nut 'n a Sling T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Orientationally Confused T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Potato Flake T 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c
	Prominent Crack T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Puffer, The S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Rainbow Warrior S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Raptor's Revenge T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Rectal Cranial Insertion T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Roanne's Way T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Snake Eyes S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Spear, The T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Squirt Gun T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Steep Disorder T,TR 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Stemulous S 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
	Sugar Magnolia T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Swallow S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Sweat Engine S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Tidy Up S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Unknown T,TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Weenie Roast T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Wizard's Sleeve S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a

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FA:	Curtis Olson, circa 1976 (per Epeldi guidebook)
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Access Issue: Seasonal raptor closures - 5/17/22 update: Scary Canyon, Wailing Wall, and Discovery Wall are now closed for nesting raptors. Please see details below on the pending BLM environmental assessment with respect to hardware installation. Details

Adding new bolts, new anchors, and new routes at the Black Cliffs are currently NOT ALLOWED pending a BLM environmental assessment. Significant trail work is also on hold. Please contact the Boise Climbers Alliance with questions or for additional information

Description

The namesake lightning crack zigzag is the top quarter/third of the climb..Not sure if the bottom is the tight dihedral, or the face just right of the dihedral, but both are fun!

Location

Look for the zig zag crack at the top. Just left of the 3 bolt climb Tidy Up.

Protection

Hand/fist sized (BD #2 & 3) for lower dihedral, finger (BD .5 or .75) sized for face at the top.Can be easily topped out, but be careful of loose rubble on top.