Climbing Tales This series celebrates Ayers Rock climbing experiences posted online. #8 My unforgettable 60th-birthday journey Motti Verses at the summit - " It was an experience of a lifetime." Climbing Ayers Rock is a bucket list item for so many visitors to Australia's desert heart. Israeli writer Motti Verses is Head of Public Relations for Hilton hotels in Israel – Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem and Hilton Tel Aviv. His life affirming tale of climbing Ayers Rock recently published in the Jerusalem Post. Motti Writes: "I’ve always believed that when people enter a new decade of their lives, they should do something meaningful to celebrate this important milestone. When I turned 40 and then 50, I organized extraordinary social events to which I invited all my friends. But as I got closer to 60, my mind began turning in a new direction. It became clear to me that I wanted to take an unforgettable journey somewhere in the world. Of all th...
Our mountains belong to all of us. The Right to Climb them and bask in their views that inspire awe and wonder is as old as the human genome. This long-established cultural tradition is under threat by a small group of bureaucrats determined to impose their way on the rest of the world. It is right to Climb because we have the Right to climb. If you don’t exercise your rights you lose them. Don't let petty nanny state bureaucrats take them away.