Ayres Rock (Uluru)
Discussion
Wacky Racer said:
Clambering all over a sacred monolith fosters ill feelings. 
ElectricSoup said:
The Aboriginals should send squads of climbers to the Wailing Wall, The Vatican and Mecca.
Anyone who climbs Uluru is a
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What a load of crap!Anyone who climbs Uluru is a
.I climbed Ayres Rock back in 1985. Amazing place with amazing views. You can watch it change colour when the sun rises & again at sunset. I understand why the locals want it preserved as a holy place, but surely they could keep part of it open for tourists?
Oh, been to Vatican & Jerusalem, but unable to visit Mecca due to being the incorrect religion......
I climbed it a quarter of a century ago - before it was an issue.
Our group left very early (well before sunrise, so we could the sun rise).
It was quite an experience, we later walked around it and even then, from the bottom, you could see hundreds of people walking up it, holding onto the handrail - they looked like an army of marching ants.
I don't know if the Olgas (Kata Tjuta) is still open? They were much the better for being, somewhat, less popular with the masses.
Presumably, many years ago, it just wasn't a problem - but with cheap airfares and mass tourism numbers must have risen exponentially - the problem is perhaps similar to the one Venice / Amsterdam* etc have.
The main economic benefit has been to locals - not all are what you would call true aboriginals.
Our group left very early (well before sunrise, so we could the sun rise).
It was quite an experience, we later walked around it and even then, from the bottom, you could see hundreds of people walking up it, holding onto the handrail - they looked like an army of marching ants.
I don't know if the Olgas (Kata Tjuta) is still open? They were much the better for being, somewhat, less popular with the masses.
Presumably, many years ago, it just wasn't a problem - but with cheap airfares and mass tourism numbers must have risen exponentially - the problem is perhaps similar to the one Venice / Amsterdam* etc have.
The main economic benefit has been to locals - not all are what you would call true aboriginals.
- Not quite the same problem as Amsterdam - no stags/hens or sex tourism in the outback?
Stay in Bed Instead said:
ElectricSoup said:
The Aboriginals should send squads of climbers to the Wailing Wall, The Vatican and Mecca.
Anyone who climbs Uluru is a.
They are different, they are built by man.Anyone who climbs Uluru is a
.This is a lump of rock.
Biker 1 said:
ElectricSoup said:
The Aboriginals should send squads of climbers to the Wailing Wall, The Vatican and Mecca.
Anyone who climbs Uluru is a.
What a load of crap!Anyone who climbs Uluru is a
.I climbed Ayres Rock back in 1985. Amazing place with amazing views. You can watch it change colour when the sun rises & again at sunset. I understand why the locals want it preserved as a holy place, but surely they could keep part of it open for tourists?
Oh, been to Vatican & Jerusalem, but unable to visit Mecca due to being the incorrect religion......
I'd be delighted to watch it change colours at sun rise and sunset. But I wouldn't dream of climbing it out of respect for the indigenous locals.
Did you climb the Vatican and the Wailing Wall? Or would you think that a bit disrespectful?
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