Lyn Hill climbs Midnight Lightning

[dangerouswater]

techinque wise ... with her feet she is waaaay better than most men...

[PanTheGoatMan]

Lynn Hill is So Legend! Midnight Lightning, First try! Sic! She has to feel good about being the first human being to climb El Cap! I would, if I where her!

[Dabartender3030]

Seriously amazing footwork... some of the best I have ever seen. especially at the lip and hanging virtually lateral to the wall, whilst calmly re-powdering her hands...lol great video

[gleader]

when i boulder, i look like i'm tumbling up hill.

[redlerb]

Totally unreal footwork.

[platter1000]

yabo found this problem whilst peaking on acid.  long live yabo.

[wuffpaw]

Rock Goddess

[diegs777]

Unreal smooth...as usual Lyn does 3 moves to every 1 that a guy would do.

[mitsullu]

@TheThirdSock As u thought, he is raising hands to catch or lead her on a mat. We call such a man as "spotter".

[TheThirdSock]

I know nothing about rock climbing, but what is that guy standing below her with his arms outstretched doing? Is he going to catch her when she's twenty feet in the air, too?

[nicanas]

@TheThirdSock Actually the spotter's job is to make sure she falls on the crash-pad, feet first. Not to cach her "superman style".

[Vinnygil]

whats the rating?

[plutoplatters]

simple stuff

[pyrexmasta]

I hopped on Midnight Lightning today and I got up to the third move.

[Vinnygil]

@pyrexmasta whats the rating man

[lejcorp]

she's so static and interactive with the wall, incredible creativity and body control. i had the pleasure of meeting her recently and let me say she is as kind as she is great!

[TheNorfLondon]

Lynn, if you're out there...will you marry me?

[TheNorfLondon]

Lynn, if you're out there...will you marry me?

[Madre02]

She's simply amazing ...

[AlainMarcus]

3:27 wow!

[tomchaps]

Yep, she does it differently than most--she's 5'0" tall, and frequently has to use smears, micro-holds, and different sequences to do problems. Heck, look at other videos of tall guys doing that mantle, and how shaky that reach is for them to the hold above. Then imagine having a foot less reach...

She is amazing...

[stonefiend77]

The Classic.

[yosemitephotos]

To clarify, this shows Lyn's 1st and 2nd ascent. To be sure she had worked on this MANY times before but had never been able to do it completely. It was not a "Flash" which would mean she had never been on it.

[carrotclimber]

if she flashed that (and really even if she didn't), that was one of the most inspiring things I've ever seen. you don't even hear her feet...her technique is amazing.

[strongmasta]

im not sure if that was her first try ever...i find it hard to believe that 1998, after all those years in the valley, this was her first time jumping on midnight lightning?

either way lynn hill is a major babe...and that mantle she used to pull over the roof was hot shit!

[stacky512a]

Love how she cleans her shoe at 3:30. Classic.

[Irelandsgem]

she makes it look like nothin'

[interpare]

so graceful

[messejesse1126]

whats the V rating on this

[elementsofinfinity]

v8, i think

[tisaacso3625]

She looks over at that guy to see if he can do it. She tries to play it cool, but you can tell she is very competitive.

[trousermcgee]

Did she say "first try" as she stood up after the mantle? A flash and then she ran a lap on it?

Lynn Hill is amazing.

[mstbenicebeingstupid]

she is amazing

[BerndS]

lynn is just awesome, one of my favorite people in climbing

[quhawks48]

rockvanisher : ML is V8-V9

[rockvanisher]

grade?

[mttgross]

she does this differently than most, she really is smearing her feet alot more than anybody else ive seen do this,

[timmytwits]

probably because she's only 5' 2"

[offroute]

That smooth-ass mantle is tha shizzle!

[Kelebrinlith]

Hard and pure

[anarghyros]

Es increible ver a esta mujer escalando, con mas de 40 años y es todo elegancia...se aprende mirándola

[joanne1017]

Lynn is one of climbings best icons

[tkoivuko]

she does the mantle so bold. allez is right

[crismalcolm]

Pushing the envelope. Hell ya.