Totem Pole (Tasmania)
| The Totem Pole | |
|---|---|
The Totem Pole and The Candlestick | |
| Location | Cape Hauy |
| Coordinates | 43°08′22″S 148°00′21″E / 43.13938°S 148.00579°E |
| Route type | Trad climb |
| Vertical gain | 65 metres (213 ft) |
| Pitches | 2 |
| Rating | 24 (The Free Route) |
| First ascent | John Ewbank and Allan Keller, 1968 |
| First free ascent | Doug McConnel and Dean Rollins |
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The Totem Pole is a sea stack popular amongst rockclimbers in the Tasman National Park, Tasmania, Australia. It contains a number of climbing routes, all of which require a Tyrolean traverse to return to the mainland, and is famous for being the site of the 1998 accident which caused British climber Paul Pritchard's hemiplegia.