Midnight Lightning (climb)

Midnight Lightning
Climber holding the "lip" on Midnight Lightning, preparing for the mantel-move
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Location	Yosemite National Park
Coordinates	37°44′30″N 119°36′07″W / 37.7418°N 119.602°W / 37.7418; -119.602[1]
Climbing area	Camp 4 (Yosemite)
Route type	Bouldering
Vertical gain	7.62-metre (25.0 ft)[1]
Rating	V8 (7B/7B+)[1]
First ascent	Ron Kauk, May 1978

Midnight Lightning is a 7.62-metre (25.0 ft) high granite bouldering route on the Columbia Boulder in Camp 4 of Yosemite National Park. When first solved in May 1978 by American rock climber Ron Kauk, it was graded at V8 (7B/7B+), which was the world's second-ever boulder route at that grade, and the first in North America. Even today, the route is still considered a "hard" V8 grade. Midnight Lightning is the most notable bouldering route in climbing along with Dreamtime, and its ascent is considered an important moment in the history and the development of bouldering as a sport in its own right.