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imastawka · ‎01-11-2017

Uluru will be closed to climbers after the board of the Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park voted to close the climb to the summit of the rock.

The decision to close Uluru to climbers was described as "righting a historic wrong" by David Ross, the director of the Central Land Council.

"This decision has been a very long time coming and our thoughts are with the elders who have longed for this day but are no longer with us to celebrate it," Mr Ross said.

Uluru's management has been urged to close the rock permanently to climbers, with senior traditional owner and leader Sammy Wilson saying the sacred rock is "not a theme park like Disneyland".

In a speech due to have been delivered about 10am today, Mr Wilson, who is also chairman of the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Board of Management, said it was time to close the rock to climbers.

For years the Anangu, the local Indigenous owners, felt as if they had a "gun to our heads" to keep the rock open, he told the board.

"Please don't hold us to ransom," he said.

The 12-member board that manages the park, which includes eight Indigenous representatives, will vote at noon today on whether to close the climb permanently, while keeping the park open to tourists.

It is very likely to pass, say sources, but not without some opposition.

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/uluru-closed-to-climbers-after-vote-of-national-park-board/...

Personally, I think it's about time. They ask you not to climb, but people still do it.

springyzone · ‎04-11-2017

@imastawka wrote:
I would like to point out that although there is no 'edge' to fall off at Uluru,
it looks like you would only need to lose your footing and fall backwards.

It looks worse than it is. I huffed & puffed up that first section but walked down it without a care in the world. Have a look at the guy in the distance, going down.

I'm not one for steep things but it truly looks a bit worse in the photo than it feels in real life. Although I was only 18. I'd probably huff & puff nowadays that's for sure, even on the way down.

That is the worst section by the way. After that, plain sailing.