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Too late now.
Sam06
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I have been to Australia twice when in the Army and I always wanted to climb Ayers Rock but we were never in the area training and it was a long way from where we were.
Well its too late now there will be no more climbs of Ayers Rock by anyone except The Anangu people that own it now(and have for 34 years).
http://news.trust.org/item/20191025070052-zkedv/
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YULARA, Australia, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Australia's Uluru officially closed to climbers for good on Friday, although the last visitors to scale the sacred rock were allowed to stay until sunset, as a permanent ban takes effect after a decades-long fight by indigenous people.
To commemorate the climbing ban, public celebrations will take place over the weekend when the dismantling of the trail and its railing is also expected to begin.
Earlier in the day, hundreds of tourists clambered up the UNESCO World Heritage-listed 348-metre (1,142-ft) monolith, formerly known as Ayers Rock.
Authorities had opened the climb mid-morning amid clear skies, after blustery conditions delayed early trekkers.
Uluru is a top tourist draw in Australia despite its remote desert location near Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.
While most visitors don't climb its steep, red-ochre flanks, the impending Oct. 26 ban has triggered a surge in people taking a final opportunity to make the trek.
It is a shame some compromise could not be reached.
Anyone here ever been there, climbed it or just saw it in person?
Well its too late now there will be no more climbs of Ayers Rock by anyone except The Anangu people that own it now(and have for 34 years).
http://news.trust.org/item/20191025070052-zkedv/
C&P
YULARA, Australia, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Australia's Uluru officially closed to climbers for good on Friday, although the last visitors to scale the sacred rock were allowed to stay until sunset, as a permanent ban takes effect after a decades-long fight by indigenous people.
To commemorate the climbing ban, public celebrations will take place over the weekend when the dismantling of the trail and its railing is also expected to begin.
Earlier in the day, hundreds of tourists clambered up the UNESCO World Heritage-listed 348-metre (1,142-ft) monolith, formerly known as Ayers Rock.
Authorities had opened the climb mid-morning amid clear skies, after blustery conditions delayed early trekkers.
Uluru is a top tourist draw in Australia despite its remote desert location near Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.
While most visitors don't climb its steep, red-ochre flanks, the impending Oct. 26 ban has triggered a surge in people taking a final opportunity to make the trek.
It is a shame some compromise could not be reached.
Anyone here ever been there, climbed it or just saw it in person?
RLTW
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I lived in GA from 73-82
I would have liked to climb it and I would really like to see it but I doubt I will ever go to Australia again, too far and too expensive and I really hate flying on long trips or any flying anymore.
Wow I just looked it up and its a 28hr flight and costs $1500 Wow!