Scouting out the path
of ascension at Giza
In regard to the previous pyramid post, I was asked: "Did you get to the top at all? Do they even allow people to climb then?"
Short answers: I didn't attempt to climb the pyramids when I was in Giza last year. And it's not allowed. Hasn't been for at least a decade.
Notice the tiny people in this photo.
Longer answers: To stand next to the Giza pyramids and see what would be in store for ya -- furniture- and room-sized stone blocks that have been weathered by millenia of sand and wind and occasional rain -- I have to tell you that I thought, "Hell, no. That'd be dangerous as $%^&." And I have a fair amount of free-climbing experience. Age (and wisps of wisdom), being coupled up with My Lady Friend, and being a little more cautious with, you know, my life, can be cited as factors in my reaction.
But... that doesn't mean that I wouldn't reconsider if I knew there was an established approach. And apparently, such an approach exists along the southwestern corner of the Great Pyramid. I have to stress, however, that to choose to climb the pyramids is to run a real risk of death or serious injury (not to mention possible arrest, detention and "how much ya got on you?" fines if you're caught).
The payoff, of course, would be a view like this...
...which reminds me of sharing the air and meeting the eyes of a red-tailed hawk atop Camel Head Mountain in Sedona.
Man... Sedona, Sedona, Sedona. You'd think I'd just been there, instead of having last visited in 1999.
Short answers: I didn't attempt to climb the pyramids when I was in Giza last year. And it's not allowed. Hasn't been for at least a decade.
Notice the tiny people in this photo.
Longer answers: To stand next to the Giza pyramids and see what would be in store for ya -- furniture- and room-sized stone blocks that have been weathered by millenia of sand and wind and occasional rain -- I have to tell you that I thought, "Hell, no. That'd be dangerous as $%^&." And I have a fair amount of free-climbing experience. Age (and wisps of wisdom), being coupled up with My Lady Friend, and being a little more cautious with, you know, my life, can be cited as factors in my reaction.
But... that doesn't mean that I wouldn't reconsider if I knew there was an established approach. And apparently, such an approach exists along the southwestern corner of the Great Pyramid. I have to stress, however, that to choose to climb the pyramids is to run a real risk of death or serious injury (not to mention possible arrest, detention and "how much ya got on you?" fines if you're caught).
The payoff, of course, would be a view like this...
...which reminds me of sharing the air and meeting the eyes of a red-tailed hawk atop Camel Head Mountain in Sedona.
Man... Sedona, Sedona, Sedona. You'd think I'd just been there, instead of having last visited in 1999.
Scouting out the path
of ascension at Giza
mr damon, 02:14
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