[silverleaf]

kewl stuff

Anyone out there climbed this puppy?

I have!

[KamperKen]

"Anyone out there climbed this puppy? I have!"

Share your impressions.

[rlmorel]

When I was there in the mid-seventies while in the USN, I climbed up a bit, but I found it to be relatively scary.

I only climbed up a few levels of that sandy, crumbly stone, and when I looked down, realized a single slip could get me killed, and I carefully came back down.

I heard later (don't know if it was true) that after our group left port, a sailor from another ship was killed or seriously injured climbing on it, and the Navy made it a mast offense if you were caught climbing on it. Never went back, so I can't say if it is true or not. You know how rumors can be...:)

[IrishPennant]

I did, Silverleaf...it was worth doing when I often think back on it. I was on a BrightStar operation in 1985 I think...got a day of liberty in Cairo...Paid, I think, $10 US to climb hands and knees up a shaft to a large square room where there was a single florescent bulb lighting up black painted walls and an Egyptian explaining what "used: to be in the room...then a crab walk, feet first, back down the shaft.

Irritating then...but now that I am almost 50, I can't tell you how many people I have taken pride in telling them I did it.

I also remember paying $5 bucks for a camel ride and the local national asking me to pay $10 more to get the camel to kneel down so I could get off...wrong question for a Jar head - yes it was high, but heck, so was $10 bucks.

What wasn't high is the little Egyptian kid with the galvanized bucket of Egyptian beer bottle for $1 US each. After three months in the sand and no beer, that was golden!!!!

All in all, yeah, I would go inside again if I had never done so in the past....

[bigheadfred]

I have!

Ah, but did you take a bottle of Jack Daniels with you and have a toast to the sunrise???