The Totem Pole is a sea stack popular amongst rockclimbers in the Tasman National Park, Tasmania, Australia.

It contains a number of climbing routes, all of which require a Tyrolean traverse to return to the mainland, and is famous for being the site of the 1998 accident which caused British climber Paul Pritchard's hemiplegia.

[1][2] The Totem Pole was first climbed in 1968 by John Ewbank and Allan Keller[3][4] and freed by Doug McConnel and Dean Rollins.

Paul planned on climbing the Totem Pole in 1998 with his partner Celia when, after abseiling down, his rope caught a large rock which fell 9 metres (30 ft) onto his head.

[9] These form via a slightly different mechanism to usual sea-stacks, and can be found at other rock-climbing sites around the state including Mount Wellington's Organ Pipes.