Long ago our college outing club would make pilgrimages up or down into SG. We always took gear and were always disappointed by the amount of wet dripping moss and, never uncoiled the rope. In retrospect, the environs there are very, very delicate and some of it is has long been off limits to even hikers. I'd not recommend climbing there.

Ditto what Rick said, but to answer your question...yes there is a history