This has to be amazing to climb

by **sneakyracer** » Sun Jun 27, 2010 5:19 am

I dont recall exactly what I was looking for but somehow during one my many internet searches I ended up here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball%27s_Pyramid

Climbing this has to be one of the most amazing experiences to be had in the world!

by **Ejnar Fjerdingstad** » Sun Jun 27, 2010 10:11 am

sneakyracer wrote:I dont recall exactly what I was looking for but somehow during one my many internet searches I ended up here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball%27s_Pyramid

Climbing this has to be one of the most amazing experiences to be had in the world!

Very impressive peak indeed, and climbed later than most (all?) 8000'ers. Interesting with the population of stick insects of a species presumed extinct. With only 24 of them, there must be some heavy inbreeding.

by **James_W** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 1:11 am

sneakyracer wrote:I dont recall exactly what I was looking for but somehow during one my many internet searches I ended up here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball%27s_Pyramid

Climbing this has to be one of the most amazing experiences to be had in the world!

I can assume a volcanic stack would be horrible to climb.

by **John Duffield** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 1:34 am

Take bets on how long until it gets bolted?

Lots of logistical problems to surmount.

I'd like to climb an iceberg sometime like this one I lensed off Labrador in 2007.

by **James_W** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 2:43 am

Vitaliy M wrote:This one would be my goal

Ushba I assume? pretty popular mountain.

by **MScholes** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 3:46 am

Climbing on Ball's Pyramid is prohibited isn't it?
There's a nice section on it in one of Venable's book if I'm not mistaken.

by **sneakyracer** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 6:14 am

MScholes wrote:Climbing on Ball's Pyramid is prohibited isn't it?
There's a nice section on it in one of Venable's book if I'm not mistaken.

"Climbing was banned in 1982 under amendments to the Lord Howe Island Act, and in 1986 all access to the island was banned by the Lord Howe Island Board. In 1990 the policy changed to allow some climbing under strict conditions, which in recent years has required an application to the relevant state Minister"

by **Mike Swiz** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 3:29 pm

Here is a site about the first accent

by **rpc** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 4:41 pm

Wow!!

by **McCannster** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 1:01 pm

I posted a topic about Ball's a few years ago. The actual climbing quality would be terrible, it would be climbing on bird crap on loose rock, but the experience would be totally worth it.

by **atavist** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 3:48 pm

Nice celebratory drink from the helmet!

by **Diggler** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 10:29 pm

Wait 'til David Lama & Red Bull find out about this one!

by **rpc** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 10:41 pm

Diggler wrote:Wait 'til David Lama & Red Bull find out about this one!

i'm buying more qd's!!

by **Diggler** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 6:42 pm

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