Gallery of log for Uluru/Ayres Rock Directional Table
Found It!
This was the target for the 5 day trip - climb Ayers Rock before it is permanently closed. It truly was a once-in-a-lifetime trip to since you'll no longer be able to do this after October.
I arrived on Sunday planning to do the climb that day but it was closed all day due to strong winds. So I stayed at Curtin Springs that night and came back the next morning. I arrived at about 9:30am to find the climb still closed and well over 100 people wandering around the carpark. So I sat around and waited for a bit and at 10am the climb was opened - and like the start of a marathon, the crowd suddenly took off up the rock in a hurry. I joined them and after a tough climb (with lots of rest breaks), I made it to the top a little over an hour later. I sat at the top for a while just admiring the amazing views. And waiting for a turn to take a photo with the directional marker (there was a bit of a queue for that today!). And chatted to several other people that had come from all over Australia, America and parts of Europe to make the climb to the top while they still had the chance. After lots of photos, it was time to walk back down again - and there were still plenty of people heading up as I went down. As I got to the bottom someone set off up the rock carrying a bike and I have no idea why...
It will be sad to see the climb closed - it was a great experience and I'd recommend that everyone do it while you still can. I think they should just charge $10 a head to do it, they'd make thousands, if not tens of thousands of dollars a day which can then go to whatever religion it is that has a problem with it. But instead of been sad about it, I guess I should be glad that I lived in a generation that was able to make the climb up the rock!
TFTC
This was the target for the 5 day trip - climb Ayers Rock before it is permanently closed. It truly was a once-in-a-lifetime trip to since you'll no longer be able to do this after October.
I arrived on Sunday planning to do the climb that day but it was closed all day due to strong winds. So I stayed at Curtin Springs that night and came back the next morning. I arrived at about 9:30am to find the climb still closed and well over 100 people wandering around the carpark. So I sat around and waited for a bit and at 10am the climb was opened - and like the start of a marathon, the crowd suddenly took off up the rock in a hurry. I joined them and after a tough climb (with lots of rest breaks), I made it to the top a little over an hour later. I sat at the top for a while just admiring the amazing views. And waiting for a turn to take a photo with the directional marker (there was a bit of a queue for that today!). And chatted to several other people that had come from all over Australia, America and parts of Europe to make the climb to the top while they still had the chance. After lots of photos, it was time to walk back down again - and there were still plenty of people heading up as I went down. As I got to the bottom someone set off up the rock carrying a bike and I have no idea why...
It will be sad to see the climb closed - it was a great experience and I'd recommend that everyone do it while you still can. I think they should just charge $10 a head to do it, they'd make thousands, if not tens of thousands of dollars a day which can then go to whatever religion it is that has a problem with it. But instead of been sad about it, I guess I should be glad that I lived in a generation that was able to make the climb up the rock!
TFTC
