Police say two climbers spent the night atop of the Totem Pole in Tasmania's south-east after their ropes became "entangled" in high winds. Several attempt were made to rescue the pair by air and ...

All individual pitches of the original climb up the Totem Pole in Tasmania, Australia, were freed in January by Doug McConnell and Dean Rollins. News from downunder sometimes takes time to sicker ...

Two interstate climbers who became trapped on top of the Totem Pole at Tasmania's Cape Hauy have been rescued overnight. Police said they became aware about 6pm on Tuesday night that two people ...

The idea to shoot an ascent of the Totem Pole, a stone tower in Tasmania, came to adventure photographer Krystle Wright in a dream. Years later, as she dangled from a line she’d rigged across ...

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Two climbers rescued from the top of the Totem Pole at Cape Hauy on the Tasman Peninsula on Wednesday night. Picture: Tasmania Police 10.55am: Volunteers played a crucial role in the rescue of two ...

Two climbers who became stranded on top of a sheer-sided rock on Tasmania's Cape Hauy have been rescued overnight. They spent the night on the Totem Pole in the Apple Isle's south-east when their ...