Climb for Science: in Gosse's footsteps Before it's closed, your chance to walk on the side of logic and reason! A week of celebrations 14 - 20 July 2019. 50 years ago on the 20 July 1969 Neil Armstrong climbed down from the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle and took the first steps on the moon. On the same date, in 1873, in the remote Australian Outback explorer William Gosse and his cameleer, Kamran made the first recorded climb to the summit of the rock he named Ayers. While it's certain the locals climbed before him, Gosse's efforts in discovering the Rock and describing the region for the rest of the world represent a significant scientific achievement that is worth celebrating. Exploration of the solar system continues this worthy tradition of scientific discovery. To participate in this year's event, simply climb the Rock during Climb for Science Week and post a photo of yourself on social media at the summit cairn in your Climb for Science gear and send us 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.