Barbarine
The Barbarine is the best-known, free-standing rock formation in the German part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. It is a rock pinnacle, 42.7 metres (140 ft) high, and is the symbol of Saxon Switzerland. It was first climbed on 19 September 1905 by mountaineers.
Location
The Barbarine belongs to the Pfaffenstein massif near the village of Pfaffendorf in the borough of Königstein.
Development for sport climbing
An ascent by the climber, Felix Wendschuh, on 9 September 1905 was the first documented attempt to climb the Barbarine. He climbed up to a point underneath the summit block, at least to the end of the crevice. The story that Keiler, the publican in Pfaffenstein, had forced him to turn around under threat, should probably be discounted. Keiler was a climber himself and would have had nothing against a climb, especially as those who first climbed it later left documentary evidence with him in the pub.
On 19 September 1905 the Dresden climber, Rudolf Fehrmann, and the American, Oliver Perry-Smith, succeeded in becoming the first to conquer the Barbarine. They had climbed to just under the summit before midday, but were too tired to scale the last overhang on the summit head until later. Another route, on the valley side, was opened by Alfred Hermann on 8 July 1924.
Podcasts:
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by Barry Brown
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by Pariah Piranha
Enter The Kingdom Of Zion
by: Barry BrownIf you a wicked man
you cannot enter the kingdom of zion
stand up and blaze up di fiyah right ya now
(verse 1)
the kingdom of zion a nuh a place pon di earth
I know exclusive like u.k.
and no extreme like j's
not a long far away
where there's no night only day
just follow wah di book ah seh
follow di light will lead the way
cah bredda yuh bad yes you do
it was a clap no it's
it was not
was family no it's a crew so
kill dem pon your shoulder blood stain
pon your boots yuh a bad tree with bad roots
so bad seeds mek that fruits yeah
reedem yourself
never deny yourself
you a go mash up yourself and do the same to someone else
you bwoy betta know weh yuh a do
cah di life you took away will be take away from you
(chorus) (x4)
if you a wicked man
you cannot enter the kingdom of zion
(verse 2)
fi di kingdom of zion no v.i.p. pass
no j.l.p. empty tax no subject no class
free fi di for jah to di ras
promote by di message jah worldwide bash
enter di kingdom free up jamdown
come join this stardom no killings no phantom
haffi mouth haffi chance now
where haffi spread round judgement a come now
(chorus) (x4)
if you a wicked man