Depends on how early you want it. As soon as you become Adult, you can get the Iron Boots to steal the rod, the RBA the coloured gauntlets with the pocket egg on II (make sure you have enough time for it not to hatch). They are as strong as the golden ones. Then you can just lift the pillar.
I know what I'm talking about ben. Sometimes my english is just poor, and I stop writing because I feel like I can't do bigger sentences :p
And also, there's a lot of things to change, but that's so much work, I only realized afterwards.
Talking about something else : I wondered if double defense early is possible ? I tried various approaches during hours, and came with some ideas, but none successful though...
Anyone has got an idea ?
I you want to clip through or get it as a child or something, then I don't know. It's probably impossible; maybe a WW or kind of clip might get discovered, but it seems that most wrong warp destinations are known. As for clipping, the updated 3D engine is mostly clip-proof. If nothing works yet, it isn't likely that a special kind of clip will ever be discovered.