The Banning of Climbing Uluru (Ayers Rock) - thoughts on this article?

I must say I agree with the article. I 1st climbed the rock in 1970. We had an aboriginal guide who pointed out many features as we walked. Since then I have walked to the top at least a dozen times and at least on 3 occasions had or saw a "local" guide telling groups about the rocks past history etc. Until recently I had never heard anybody say it was not OK to climb it for some "sacred" reason. I can understand the dangers etc and the risks, and the costs associated with retrieval of persons who are not physically capable of climbing but still try. As such I still drive past the rock on my short cut trip between Perth and Brisbane. But now I no longer stop there or pay anything to do so. To me the place is just a great "white fella" rip off place and as such think there are better places than Ayers Rock to visit. Mt Augustus is a bigger monolith than Ayers Rock, and as of last year still free to see and climb. But I am sure if it becomes too popular, some one somewhere will suddenly find a way to stop the climbing and also charge money to get to see it. I guess we can call that progress.....sigh.

having climbed both Mt Augustus and Ayres Rock, I definitely think Ayres rock is more fun, except for all the bloody tourists.

I imagine that the ban will be lifted when the tourist dollars dry up at this "Cash Cow"

So will climbing the Everest be banned soon

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Originally Posted by martnH

So will climbing the Everest be banned soon

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AFAIK Mt Kailash has never been climbed and isn't allowed. [emoji6]

I'd climb Ayres Rock.

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Originally Posted by p38arover

I'd climb Ayres Rock.

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I've put the rescue chopper on notice. :tease:

Mongrel!

I did climb almost to the top of the Great Wall when in Beijing a few weeks back.
The higher one got, the fewer the climbers on the Wall. By the time I turned around (ran out of time and had to get back to bus), there were only 3 other people up there.

Climbing Uluru was discussed a couple of years back
Climbing Uluru to be banned from 2019
I sure remember someone taking their bat & ball and heading off because they weren't happy.........

I climbed it as a tourist about 25years ago.


Colin

I have climbed it twice. Probably too unfit to climb it now. The “original owners” are mirco organisms - I tried to talk to them but they wouldn’t answer in English...