Climbing Jacob's Ladder in St. Helena
Jacob's Ladder is a staircase comprising 699 stone steps, from sea level in Jamestown up to the top of Ladder Hill (183 m). The way is steep (44 degrees!) and the day was hot, but I walked to the top in 8 minutes. The island record is 4 1/2 minutes. I enjoyed my time on tiny St. Helena, a beautiful little island in the middle of the South Atlantic, more than 1,000 miles off the coast of Namibia.
Jacobs Ladder, St Helena Island
A video from one of the most isolated places on the planet, St Helena Island in the middle of the South Atlantic.
Jacobs Ladder Climb - St Helena, South Atlantic Ocean
Caution:- Contains Heavy Breathing
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St. Helena island, part of the British Overseas Territory also encompassing Ascension and Tristan da Cunha islands, is a remote volcanic outpost in the South Atlantic Ocean. It's famous as the place of Napoleon Bonaparte's exile and death, as commemorated by a now-empty tomb. Climbing destinations include the 699 steps of Jacob's Ladder and Diana's Peak, sheltering endemic plant and animal life.
When to visit:
Travellers often visit Jan–Mar, the warmest part of the year. The rest of the year is also generally warm, although nights can be cool Jun–Aug, especially inland. Rainy season is Apr–May and Jul–Sep. There are civic and patriotic celebrations on St. Helena Day (May 21), which commemorate the founding of the island community in 1502.
Things to do:
1. Longwood House is a mansion in St. Helena and the final residence of Napoleon Bonaparte, during his exile on the island of Saint Helena, from 10 December 1815 until his death on 5 May 1821. It lies on a windswept plain some 6 km from Jamestown.
2. Saint Helena is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean, about midway between South America and Africa. St Helena has a land area of 122 square kilometres and is part of the territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha which includes Ascension Island and the island group of Tristan da Cunha.
3. Jacob's Ladder is a Grade I-listed staircase leading from Jamestown, Saint Helena, up the side of Ladder Hill to Ladder Hill Fort. The ladder is all that remains of an cable railway which was built there in the early 1800s.
4. Diana's Peak is the highest point, at 818 metres, on the island of Saint Helena, a British overseas territory in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is of volcanic origin. Mountain and its surroundings with a total area of 81 ha were proclaimed a national park in March 1996, the first on the island.
5. Plantation House is the official residence of the Governor of Saint Helena. It is located 3.6 km to the south of the capital, Jamestown, on the island of Saint Helena.
6. The Museum of Saint Helena is a museum on the island of Saint Helena, a British Overseas Territory in the south Atlantic Ocean. The museum is managed by the Saint Helena Heritage Society.
7. Jacobs Ladder - 699 Step Climb
8. Heart Shaped Waterfall
9. High Knoll Fort is a redoubt-style fort of the English East India Company on Saint Helena, an island and British overseas territory in the South Atlantic Ocean. High Knoll is 584 metres above sea level and is approximately one mile south of historic Lower Jamestown.
10. Boer Cemetery
11. Sandy Bay is one of eight districts of the island of Saint Helena, part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic Ocean. Located on the island's southeastern coast, it is sparsely populated and is a popular recreation site.
12. Longwood House (St Helena Island)
13. Sandy Bay Beach Fort
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Vlog: Climbing Jacob's Ladder on St Helena Island
I headed into 2019, celebrating love and family on Saint Helena Island. Here are some of the highlights.
Fun things do on St Helena includes:
Swimming at the harbour on hot days
Dancing and drinks at Donny's (I had sooo much fun and didn't want to leave lol)
Climbing Jacob's ladder (obviously)
Dinner at Mantis Hotel
Oh, there's also a lovely Asian restaurant in town with the most flavoursome dishes
Hiking - everywhere (lots of beautiful spots)
Whale watching
Snorkelling to the abandoned shipwreck near the harbour
St Helena: Growing up on one of the world's remote islands
The BBC meets pupils at Prince Andrew School on the tiny British colony of St Helena in the South Atlantic - one of the world's most remote islands.
What is it like growing up in such a place - and do most of the children want to stay there as adults?
8 Across the Great Divide- Climbing Jacob's Ladder
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Jeffrey Barbee is sailing Across The Great Divide with Deon Tulleken, exposing the most striking hot-spots of biodiversity in the Atlantic Ocean before they disappear.
This expedition takes us from southern Africa's Cape of Good Hope to the islands of St. Helena, Ascension, Fernando Des Naronha and the Azores all the way up to Amsterdam in Holland. On this very special trip, we are meeting with scientists working with breeding whale populations, covering airport construction on St. Helena, working with climate change mapping systems through the UK Metereological office, and many more exciting and controversial projects.
Jamestown (St. Helena)
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Jamestown (St. Helena)
Jamestown ist die Hauptstadt des britischen Überseegebiets St.Helena, Ascension und Tristan da Cunha und liegt auf der Insel St.Helena.Die Stadt hat 629 Einwohner .
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Saint Helena , the beautiful island in atlantic
For more than 500 years, the only way to reach the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena was by sea. Travelling to the South Atlantic island by sailboat, after a nine-day voyage from Namibia, my family and I made landfall the way every person before us has: the way Napoleon Bonaparte did when he was sent into exile in 1815; the way modern-day Saints (as the local population is known) do when they venture home from work in the UK; and the way the occasional, intrepid visitor has always done. But we were one of the last travellers to do so.
St. Helena's new Governor, Lisa Phillips, steps ashore (Credit: Credit: Diane Selkirk/Evan Gatehouse)
St. Helena's new Governor, Lisa Phillips, steps ashore (Credit: Diane Selkirk/Evan Gatehouse)
In April, the first commercial plane landed at the island’s new airport, and the last working Royal Mail Ship, the St Helena, was slated for decommissioning.
A dwindling population and defiant island geology – which, as Charles Darwin put it, “rises abruptly like a huge black castle from the ocean” – were long-time barriers to the development of an airport. But fears that the island could become nothing more than a remote old age home as younger Saints look elsewhere for employment finally forced the issue. Planned weekly flights will replace the monthly ship visits, and tourism is projected to take off.
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Now, for the first time, visitors won’t risk being doused in the Atlantic swell when they reach for the ropes at the sea-washed Jamestown landing, trying to time their first step onto solid ground.
I, however, had expected the ropes at the landing – and even the strong arms of the Saints as they pulled me away from the swirling sea. I knew that the capital of Jamestown would be a crayon-coloured English village wedged improbably into a volcanic cleft on a tropical island. I’d read that Napoleon Bonaparte had been the island’s most famous prisoner.
St. Helena is located in the South Atlantic Ocean (Credit: Credit: Gillian Moore/Alamy)
St. Helena is located in the South Atlantic Ocean (Credit: Gillian Moore/Alamy)
But knowing of a place and knowing a place are different things. Of all the islands I’ve visited, Saint Helena is the most wonderful and strange. Caught somewhere between today and a time that may never have existed, St Helena has a retirement home for donkeys who have been replaced by cars; it only got mobile phone service a few months ago; it has a tiny bit of France (literally) in its lush interior; and it’s home to an estimated 187-year-old giant tortoise called Jonathon who, I was told, was just given his first wish.
“What do you think a tortoise wishes for?” my daughter Maia asked me, after our guide Robert Peters told us about Jonathon. I had no idea, especially when Peters added: “Some say he already had a wish, so this might really be his second.”
In April, the first commercial plane landed in St. Helena (Credit: Credit: Diane Selkirk/Evan Gatehouse)
In April, the first commercial plane landed in St. Helena (Credit: Diane Selkirk/Evan Gatehouse)
We found Jonathon (along with the much younger David, Emma, Myrtle and Fredrika) on the lawn of the governor’s residence, Plantation House. Set in the rugged island’s surprisingly bucolic interior – which appears transplanted in its entirety, complete with charming parish churches, from the English countryside – Plantation House and Jonathon are just two of the 162-square-mile island’s eclectic highlights.
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Jacob’s Ladder consists of 699 steps and climbs 600ft over Jamestown. The steep stairway began life as an inclined-plane cableway in 1829 and was converted to stairs in 1871. School children used to slide down the ladder’s railings in their rush to get home.
The coffee grown on St Helena is the same brew that Napoleon drank. Introduced from Yemen in 1732, it’s available at Harrods in London and in the St Helena Coffee Shop.
Some of the world’s largest concentrations of whale sharks are found around Saint Helena from November through March. As many as 35 individuals are found in a grouping and swimming with them is permitted with an approved guide.
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