Outsiders 28/7/2019 featured a discussion about our iconic Climb led by Rowan Dean, Rita Panahi and James Morrow, with me and Dr Anthony Dillon. Some Facebook clips below... PODCAST HERE. Marc Hendrickx on climbing Uluru: It’s such a shame that this is being closed. It’s not only the physical nature of the climb itself, it’s the extraordinary, majestic views of the desert. https://www.facebook.com/SkyNewsAustralia/videos/1232954036883066/ Marc Hendrickx on climbing Uluru: Parks Australia claims 37 people have died since 1958, but seven million people have climbed the rock. The risks of dying on the rock are no different to flying a plane to get there. https://www.facebook.com/SkyNewsAustralia/videos/2449665498647171/ Dr Anthony Dillon on Uluru: I wouldn’t be surprised if in a few years’ time it’s no longer sacred and it’s seen as beneficial, if not profitable, to open the rock again. https://www.facebook.com/SkyNewsAustralia/videos/2782976781716703/ Dr Anthony Dillon ...
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.