Rock climbing in Australia
Early European exploration was focused in southeast of New South Wales in the Blue Mountains.There, the seemingly endless sandstone walls and the imagining of the landscape represented in the local newspapers helped to spread interest climbing peaks.It became traditional to set peaks on fire after reaching them, to signal success to the rest of the ascensionists' party on the ground.[1] Little is known about rock climbing in Aboriginal Australian culture, but today many mountains are sacred sites.[6][1] Some of the early bold ascents include Crater Bluff (9) by Eric Dark and Dorothy English in 1936, and Federation Peak (5) in 1949.