Ayers Rock climbing myths - 200 days and counting

It’s about 200 days to go until one of the world’s most iconic, exhilarating, awe-inspiring experiences of the Natural World, the climb up Ayers Rock is banned. With the ban sadly Australia will become perhaps the only nation on earth to outlaw awe and wonder.

Visitors to our National Parks should be free to use established public spaces and walking trails without being fettered by irrational religious beliefs or petty bureaucratic restrictions and regulations that serve no useful purpose other than to make life easier for underworked Park officials.

There is still time to make a difference and ensure the life-affirming experience of climbing Ayers Rock is available to future generations. Overall about 60% of Park visitors have done the climb. We need to ensure future generations also have this wonderful opportunity to engage with the natural world and see those summit views that are protected by a United Nations World Heritage Listing. It’s somewhat ironic that the ban on climbing will make those views inaccessible and in doing so put that World Heritage in danger.

The slides below formed the basis of a presentation about the coming ban to the Sydney Mining Club on the 4th of April 2019. It explodes many of the myths about the climb promulgated by Parks Australia and the Park Board. Please share it widely and perhaps if enough people discover the truth about the climb we can get this travesty overturned. Get informed, buy my book, or order it for your local library. Donate to the legal fund - hiring lawyers and QC's to take on the infinitely deep pockets of Parks Australia and the Board will require a big pot of cash.

Let the joy run free. Everyone has the right to decide for themselves how they enjoy the natural world. IT'S NOT TOO LATE!

A few myths about climbing Ayers Rock
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