They’ll Climb Ball’s Pyramid

A group calling itself the Australian Pacific Climbing Expedition (1961-62), made up of a party of five Victorian mountaineers, includ ing a movie photographer, will attempt to climb Ball’s Pyramid, 14 miles off the coast of Lord Howe Island, in March. The unique rock is 1,815 ft. high and as far as anybody remembers no one has managed to reach the summit. Getting a foot-hold on the rock may be difficult because of the way in which it rises straight from the sea.

The climbers are all members of either the Melbourne University Mountaineering Club or the Victorian Climbing Club and say they have no serious scientific reasons for climbing the rock. They are climbing it because it’s there. They will photograph wild life and collect rock samples. They hope to remain in contact with Lord Howe Island by radio.