Climbing legends Series of posts celebrating climbers of Ayers Rock. #5 Beryl Miles 2nd woman to climb Beryl Miles on the Rock, from page 36 of T he Stars My Blanket We included Beryl Miles in our first Climbing Legends Story. At the time we understood that Beryl was the first woman to record her name in the glass jar in the summit cairn, but it turns out Isabella Foy likely deserves that honour, having done so without any fanfare on the 28th of May 1936. Having recently obtained a copy of Beryl's book "The Stars My Blanket" (our copy even signed by the author) we felt Beryl deserved a separate listing on the climber's wall of fame. Beryl mentions few dates, so the best we can make it, she climbed in winter of 1951 (update if we can). Our copy, signed by the author Here's Beryl's account of her climb (p69-72): At about 10:30 next morning, wearing sandshoes, we set off on foot round the north-west face, complete with cameras and water-bottle...
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.