The Rockpile

Good view up there

Best view is from river. The closest point from peak is taking a rough dirt road about 100 meters for unphotographic view. There is also a near temple at base of mountain. No access to top where the actual army/ marine base was.

Historically important location. We tried to fully drive around it but we're unable to. Very beautiful area!

US Army used the Rockpipe to observe Highway 9 & HCM trailway

On top of this moutain was a small house (base) of US military before, once you was on the top it was an spectacular view, an historical place. There was no normal way to went to this base, the only way to go there is using helicopter. Professional rock climbing will climb and change the flag every few year.

A war history.

Not much to see but if you know the history it’s an incredible sight. Try and picture what happened when your there. It takes about 5 hours to hike but it’s not an easy one and you will have cut hands etc

There always seemed to be a part of me that felt it should have been left as a global heritage site and undeveloped. Perhaps selfish and unrealistic on my part, but future generations should have been able to see what it was like during the 1960s. I feel that way about many places on our planet. These are very important places. Not so much for what humans have done, but as a reminder that we do not have to do them at all.