ABC Alice Springs Breakfast Radio Producer Justin Fenwick spoke with Ms Nisha of UNESCO about what it would mean if the Park was declared a World Heritage in Danger Site. It seems likely that Parks Australia have not followed the proper procedures and risk placing World Heritage in the Park in danger. I have called on the Minister to suspend any plans to remove or destroy climbing infrastructure until UNESCO can complete its assessment. Map in 1987 World Heritage Nomination showing summit path and lookout Page 3 of the 1987 World Heritage Nomination in which the summit views are described. Dear Minister, I refer to revelations that were broadcast on ABC Alice Springs breakfast radio that indicate UNESCO were not properly consulted about the impact banning the Ayers Rock Climb and proposed destruction of climbing infrastructure (including the summit monument, chain and memorial plaques) would have on the 1987 World Heritage Agreement. The summit path and summit loo...
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.