They say you'd have to mad to run for politics. Well the closure of Mt Warning certainly has not done much for my mental health. I'm running as a Libertarian Party candidate in the Hornsby By-Election on October 19. If you live in the electorate and want to help out, get in touch. Less Taxes. Less Red Tape. Marc Hendrickx is a geologist and author and has lived in the Hornsby Electorate for over 20 years. With a background in regional mapping and engineering geology, he now runs a consultancy specialising in landslide risk assessment. He holds an MPhil from Macquarie University and is an advocate for public access to natural sites, running the " Right To Climb " blog and serving as President of Save our Summits Association . His books " A Guide to Climbing Ayers Rock " and " A Guide to Climbing Mt Warning " may be purchased through Connor Court Publishing. Marc has been an active member of the Berowra RFS for nearly a decade and was awarded the
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.