The Climb - Ayers Rock

[newfful]

I would love to go there but I doubt it will ever happen in my lifetime. Beautiful footage.

[Mookymoos]

We climbed last year. It was AMAZING!

FYI. Whilst I am sympathetic to the plight of the aboriginal I don't follow the rules or customs of ANYONE ELSE'S religion. I eat pork, I've seen a pic of Mohammed and I've climbed Ayers Rock. By all means, follow your own beliefs but keep your religion to yourself. 

[Sutho81]

@Mookymoos Totally agree with you. There is no scientific evidence to support not climbing it and no scientific evidence to support their spiritual beliefs. I climbed it in a safe and respectable manner. I am not aboriginal and I even treated the climb with the same respect I gave churches and cathederals when I visit them around the world.

[kazztom]

I climbed 'The Rock' in 2010 - it looks exactly the same as this clip from 1989. It is a wonderful & amazing place. The Cultural Centre nearby IS A MUST, with loads of information about the locals and their culture (very educational & informative for children & adults) and may help you decide whether YOU CHOOSE to climb or not to climb. PS: It was breathtaking sitting in the cafe with the view of The Rock out the open windows. Thank you to the Anangu people for sharing their land with ALL of us.

[GuildF40]

WOW 1989 HOW BIG WAS THE VID CAM LOL.

Climbed it in 1991 dam those flies

[Sutho81]

Excellent video. I climbed the rock last week and it was a great experience. The view was beautifull and the feeling of triumph and accomplishment just came over me when I got to the top.

Forget those negative comments. There is no scientific evidence to support not climbing it. Besides that it was not built by human hands and was here long before humans existed on. To compare it to a human built object is unintelligent.

Once again forget the comments from the tree hugging bleed hearts.

[mahlstadt]

I climbed this on the weekend - it hasn't changed much

[STFCstoneroses]

I climed the rock last year bring back memories of the great views.

[sexychilly89]

I have to agree its just a rock! It wasnt built by any1. I dont get all this hoooha about a big rock. U/aboriginees have put a label on a natural thing which should be accessible to all. And I dont get the comparison to churches which have been built by people.. Also Mount Sinai in Egypt is seen as religious yet people are still allowed to climb it and thats how it should be!

[Horizonofwutinu]

@sexychilly89

Cant you just have respect for faith and land of other people? which ancestors live in since many thousand of years. "it's just a rock, I dont have to respect a simple rock, even if one the oldest culture in the world say that it's something sacred, I just don't have to respect something that is not humanly built"

That's so pathetic to think and talk like that, all the more since United Kingdom has persecuted these people and stole there land...

[sexychilly89]

@Horizonofwutinu ok so please explain to me why it is so sacred? Or do we just have to accept it because of beliefs that we don't even know about! I have not climbed this nor do I wish to. But whyyy are tourists not allowed to climb it????

Btw dont call me pathetic. Im just stating my opinion - feel free to debate but please refrain from personal insults. If people want to climb it I see no reason y they shoudnt unless we get some solid beliefs/reasons as to why they shouldnt

[potatocouches]

@sexychilly89 I assume you're plan is to sit around until the beliefs of the Indigenous people are presented to you? If your complaint is that you don't know any beliefs/reasons why people shouldn't climb, use your literacy and internet connection to find out!

[roxieleaman]

@sexychilly89 It's sacred as the site of the mala people who ceremonously walked that route that is now pegged for tourists to place a ceremony pole there. Also the aborigional people are concerned about the welfare of people who climb the rock. Having said that I don't understand why you need such explaination why not just respect peoples religous beliefs, it was their land long before people showed up with metal poles and campsites.

[sexychilly89]

@Horizonofwutinu btw who said ppl dont respect when they climb? I think its foolish for people to strip on it or do other foolish things. Nevertheless, climbing it is not disrespecting the 'the rock'. Your argument could be extended in the sense that climbing it is disrespecting the aboriginees beliefs. But again what are their beliefs?

BTW many Australians have happily climbed this 'rock' and the Law permits them to do so. so why not respect the law?

[Horizonofwutinu]

@sexychilly89

"the Law permits them to do so"

So, I cant do anything more for you...

[Bonzodogdick]

Great vid. Bought back lots of memories.

Thanks for posting.

[NairnBikeTeam]

it is just humongously, enormously, enourmours.... fail! *_* 

[22bHappy]

Your video brings back amazing memories of 1976 when as a teenager on the best school excursion we climbed Uluru aka Ayers Rock & signed 'the book'.Thankyou. We were allowed then & I'm so glad. I understand the request from the aboriginal community that we respect & dont climb. I think some people viewing this forget it was 1989. Settle everyone

[22bHappy]

Your video brings back amazing memories of 1976 when as a teenager on the best school excursion we climbed Uluru aka Ayers Rock & signed 'the book'.Thankyou. We were allowed then & I'm so glad. I understand the request from the aboriginal community that we respect & dont climb. I think some people viewing this forget it was 1989. Settle everyone

[gwenlova69]

Omg Dingo!! ate my baby

[NICXNTA]

@gwenlova69 haha

[0438753574]

its a big rock! thats it!.

[lilskum]

wow it looks like there no grip on that rock it is so scary to climb up >.<

[coolkidgangsta]

thats not the (ULURU)!!!! :@

[MrDaveLogan]

Aboriginal rangers at Uluru I spoke to said they were sick of collecting the dead people who fall from the rock. The rough surface is like sandpaper, so when they go to collect someone who has fallen, they collect an arm here, a leg there, a torso here, the head there. It's one of the less reported reasons why traditional owners don 't like people climbing the rock. They don't like picking up body parts. If you must climb the rock, make sure you are fit enough.

[n00bc4k3z]

most ppl dont get that actually the rock is the attraction and not the view from the top. but well if you really persist climbing it - go on. the aboriginies dont prohibit it, they just dont like it, so i showed enough respect to not climb it.

as i said sunset and rise is beautiful, and the walkaround, but not the damn view..

[missdeebates]

the defecating and urinating at the top has already caused species that lived there to become extinct and has polluted the water courses , I felt honoured to be a guest at Uluru and of course respected the wishes of the host tribe/s , people to NOT climb the rock , I understand that Aboriginals do not do so , it is in my opinion very rude to your hosts to disrespect their culture so.

[missdeebates]

In the story telling of aboriginal people (which goes back 40,000 years ) there are no accounts of any changes at or to Uluru , until 1956 when the the drilled steel posts and chains were added , one can see the erosion since then by the many tens or hundreds of thousands that have climbed the rock , every year people fall to their deaths from Uluru , which is extremely upsetting to and causes great hurt and pain the Aboriginal people who have great respect for life and for their visitors

[camod9]

that looks fun

[HowieT1100]

I am an Aussie.The rock was there long long before the Aboriginal people.. I have climbed it my wife has climbed it and we are off there in January 2011 and my kids will climb it for the first time. I just hope the aboriginals who now own the area have kept the standards high and not let it slip like some of their Roadhouses on the way out from Alice Springs.. Being Guardians of the area they have to move with the times too and I don't feel confident that will be the case..

[HowieT1100]

I am an Aussie.The rock was there long long before the Aboriginal people.. I have climbed it my wife has climbed it and we are off there in January 2011 and my kids will climb it for the first time. I just hope the aboriginals who now own the area have kept the standards high and let it slip like some of their Roadhouses on the way out from Alice Springs.. Being Guardians of the area they have to move with the times too and I don't feel confident that will be the case..

[spikephotography]

Reminds me when we climbed it in 99 for our honeymoon. I'd heard they'd stopped it now. On the day we climbed we heard a German guy had died on the way up - heart attack. It really is tough. Amazing place.

[HowieT1100]

I am an Aussie.The rock was there long long before the Aboriginal people.. I have climbed it my wife has climbed it and we are off there in January 2011 and my kids will climb it for the first time. I just hope the aboriginals who now own the area have kept the standards high and let it slip like some of their Roadhouses on the way out from Alice Springs.. Being Guardians of the area they have to move with the times too and I don't feel confident that will be the case..

[HowieT1100]

I am an Aussie..The rock was there before the aboriginal people.. I have climbed it my wiofe has climbed it and we are off their in January and my kids will climb it for the first time. I just hope the aboriginals who now own the area have kept the standards high and let it slip like some of their Roadhouses on the way out from Alice Springs.. Being Guardians of the area they have to move with the times too and I don't feel confident that will be the case..but hey they still want our dollars

[brirae11]

Thanks for sharing this video, cant wait to get there and climb it. I dont understand how certain Aboriginals claim ownership of this while others say noone owns land, we are merely the caretakers of it, get over yourselves and give the glory to God who deserves all the credit for creating such an amazing place for ALL to enjoy. Enough of reverse racism...it is attitudes like that that cause prejudice. I reckon you should build a chairlift on it for all, including disabled, to experience it

[marti32]

nice vid man, i remembet 96 my visit. thanks

[993turbo]

The Rock belongs to the aboriginal tribe that lives there and it is their altar...but of course most of the english people living there don't respect that. It's really a shame how they treat the Aborigines there...the Uluru is their grale since about 100'000 years! We have been there 3 days, and on one day somebody of the Aborigines died and you couldn't climb the Uluru. There was almost nobody there! It was absolutely fantastic!

[expanding]

Ayers Rock is one of the most beautiful places on Earth. Visiting it can never be forgotten. Do I have to be ashamed I've climbed it ? I agree that climbing visitors harm the rock, and next time (hopefully in this decade), I'll visit it without climbing.

It's very much the same in The Arches National Park in Utah. Some arches have decayed because of too many visitors stepping.

[edycaro100]

nice video! I will move to Sydney in September and really looking forward to visit ayers rock someday.

[TheMulchmeister]

Where can I find the video of the Frech chick stripping on Ayers Rock?

[Coops674]

Amazing footage. Going in november. Can't wait

[philcara16]

@carnegieuk Oh and btw i cried during the middle scene of avatar when the smurfs wer dying. twas quite a happy ending to be honest.

[philcara16]

@carnegieuk but its been called uluru by the owners of this land for at least 40,000 years. I hope other English people aren't like you.

[MrBikersteve]

dont worry i along with many others have been trying to get our government to remove the posts and to ban people from climbing the rock however if you took the time to ride the rather large sign that is in front of the rock it does ask people not to climb it, unless you can't read...

[MrBikersteve]

typical pommie barstard absolutley no respect for the traditional owners, what's wronfg with just looking at it....

[carnegieuk]

@MrBikersteve - I think you'll find that it was Australians that drilled steel posts into the rock, made a pathway, built a campsite nearby and make millions of tourist dollars from the rock (which is not owned by anyone - but should be shared with all). So maybe look closer to home if you want to rant & rave. Glad you took the time to stop by & view my video....

[crowlands3314]

@carnegieuk

Please don't feel guilt about climbing Uluru. It's a part of Australia owned by all of us not just some of us. We ALL should be able to enjoy its beauty.

[tenderfield]

@carnegieuk Learn history before talking Uluru belong to the Anangu

[whalecable]

@carnegieuk you are correct it was Australians that build those things, prior to the handback in 1983. Since that time the Anangu have asked that people choose not climb it. They do however wish that to remain your choice for the moment.

You as a person choose to ignore the request and in turn disrespect the belief, culture and right to ownership(they do own Uluru actually).

In any case, The Climb is to be closed by 2020 apparently, and that's not a day to soon in my opinion.

[noswonky]

@carnegieuk Ownership of the rock was returned to the local Pitjantjatjara Aborigines in 1985 and they request that visitors not climb it out of respect for their beliefs.

[potatocouches]

@carnegieuk I agree that it is wrong to point fingers at who is behind any disrespect towards the landscape and culture of the rock, but the way the rock is viewed by many tourists who visit the area saddens me. Disrespect the wishes of the Anangu (traditional owners of the land who have cared for it for 1000s of years) to preserve the ecology and be mindful the history and culture of Uluru and you have absolutely no right to be there.

[mchadwick100]

@carnegieuk

im off to climb it in feb. can wait, got my boots out already. thank god for those metal posts and grab rail cemented into it. 

[DigbyCat]

@MrBikersteve the Abbos used to just crap on the top of it

[Mazza4Azza]

@MrBikersteve

You just got told by his comment. Fucking idiot, us 'pommies' have more respect than you aussies will ever get.

[Mazza4Azza]

@MrBikersteve

You just got pwned. Convict.

[Matthew2400]

It's as big as a mountain!

[jacksonyi3]

awesome!!!! i hpe i can go to australia again

[SEHANO]

As far as monoliths go, Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, CA is pretty big, too.

[fj1764]

ill climb that "ROCK" and no abo will stop me

[tenderfield]

@fj1764Would you climb it without the chain???? The Aborigene will not stop you, but you will call for their help if you have an accident during your climb.Uluru is UNESCO listed and rules and regulations applied The Aborigenes leased the land to us and are our landlords, who like all landlords can expel their tenants anytime if they do not respect the lease

[mattmatt19]

get over it climbing it is fine

[metaphoricrocky]

Ayers Rock - It is just humungously enormously... enormous.

[popmarriott]

hopefully they will ban it soon... apparentley they are because they have a new viewing platform... if they dont bann it i will go ape shit...

[giltedged2]

Idiot! If they ban it there will be more people climbing Ayers Rock. But I agree a viewing problem woul;d be helpful to disabled geriatrics.

[popmarriott]

if the ban it how r they going to get up? they will lock the gate to get up the only way.

[Bauchety]

yo Kikividis

your racist man

[vhzxb]

gETT OFF

[kenbilly360]

Appalling video work, hosepiping and too much zooming.

However it brought back memories. The abbos are claiming all they can without making any effort to do anything.

[djjmria]

you call that climbing? thats walking grandpa

[kikividis]

Climb this motherfucker before those pieces of garbage ban it. Ayer's rock is great. Screw the abos.

[untidyroom]

The Aboriginals where here on australia way before any of us. Why are you so racist

[unenslaved]

Tourists are using Uluru 'as a toilet'

did U ?

[chopsey27]

No not yet planning to !

[biohazard700]

no respect, it woulndt happen in the western world

[chrisgudders]

i think its time you should shut ur mouth and just climb it

[3aw77]

I Think Its Time To Start Respecting Someone's 80,0000 Year Old Cultutre.

[RatmenKamikadze]

Very beautiful!

[bigfatben10]

thats not the biggest rock in the world, theres a mountain or something somewhere. cant remember but its on an island or something

[carnegieuk]

Mt Augustus, the world's largest rock, sits in the Golden Outback of Western Australia east of Carnarvon. It is two and a half times the size of the more popular Uluru, sometimes mistakenly described as the world's largest rock, in the Red Centre of Australia.

[giltedged2]

Everyone calls it Ayers Rock. The only people clling it "Uluru" were the aboriginal civil servants idling about in the " culture camps" They weren't dreaming just idling.

[Homegaarden]

@bigfatben10  no this is the biggest Rock

[syosukya]

big rock in the desert.... whats the difference if you climb it or not

[konservburq]

good video, i so wanna climb uluru

[DGaiden]

Climbing Uluru is not spectacular because when you're on the top... its magic is gone

[Iamxray8]

that is only 1/4 of the rock, the rest is under the ground

[elevatorphish]

Comments about not climbing Ayers Rock are absolute rubbish! This rumour was started by lefty bureaucrats, not aborigines! It was National Park Rangers that came up with the idea of not climbing the rock so they would not have to rescue people from getting stuck on top. The poor Aborigines are just scapegoats in a lazy whitefella manipulated world. There is nothing sacrilegious in climbing Ayers Rock. In fact Aborigines call the climbers Minga which means "Ants" .....they think its very funny!

[DocMosh613]

they definatly dont. i climbed ayers rock and was given the silent treatment by the aboriginals in the culture camps when i told them. if they had theyre way no one would climb it because its a "dreamline" that there ancestors walked up

[grumpybob67]

(CONTINUED FROM LAST COMMENT) - The Grand Canyon (for example) is just as spectacular and you are not made to feel like a trespasser just for wanting to experience the site closely. I feel so strongly about this issue that I am doing my best to persuade people to boycott the site until the authorities come clean and either open the climb up properly or ban it outright. You cant have it both ways. I feel I was mislead into visiting Ayers Rock and I am very unhappy about it. My advice? DON'T GO!

[amilapidot]

Typical whinging Pommy. I visited Uluru in July 2008. I got to the rock early in the morning and the limb was closed as it was too windy at the summit. So, I took the 9.5km walk around Uluru and when I got back the Climb was open, and I did it. You should have done the same, or come back the next day. Crickey you are a NO BRAINER. Yes, the climb is closed in summer, and for all the right reasons - who in their right mind would allow anyone to climb in 40C+ temperature - crickey, you're dumb.

[grumpybob67]

(CONTINUED FROM LAST COMMENT) - All this talk about the Aborigines asking you not to climb is a smoke screen to hide the fact that it is, in fact, all but banned anyway but the authorities dont want to be honest and say that outright because they know it will harm tourist numbers. For me, even though the rock is a spectacular sight, without the opportunity to climb it it is not worth the EXTREME expense of time, money and effort it takes to get there.

[grumpybob67]

I went to Ayers Rock in January of this year (2009). The Climb is a complete con. I went, very early in the morning and properly prepared only to find that the climb was closed. I was furious! I complained about this to anyone who would listen and discovered that the chances of the climb being open on any given day are about 1 in 10! AND it is closed COMPLETELY during the Aussie summer.

[tenderfield]

Good video, but I have a question for you: would you like the tourists to climb on the altars of yours churches or temples?

[carnegieuk]

It's a rock - get over it (like I did) - it doesn't belong to anyone - it's just there !

[mlkay2]

wow, crazy to see white colonial attitudes so present still...

[telemakhos31]

@carnegieuk

I agree with you, it's only a rock! I also climbed Uluru and I think there is nothing aborigins have to be worried of if you don't pee or poo on it. It's not a crime if you only climb Uluru to take some pictures. I remember the experience, it was a great experience, it was like walking on the moon.

[beanough]

@carnegieuk ...Well actually..it is owned by the traditional aboriginal owners...as is the land that you probably took a piss on more than once you pommy git ...cold where you are right now ?

[crip23walk23]

good point

[JBofBrisbane]

@tenderfield - What did the local aborigines sacrifice on this altar? What religious ceremony did they perform on it?

I think they just saw it there, thought it was really awesome, and to their eyes it was "sacred".

[martyforks13]

in 2003 i went there while travelling wit 3 friends, we got there and a sign said the aborigionals didnt want u to climb it, my friends didnt, i did! they r regretting it now!!!! EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME!!!!

[wcb67]

You cant take photo's in certain areas due to abo sacred site. What a croc!

[somesillysap]

Ive been to Yulara resort and still never saw Ayers Rock.. I arrived at night and when I left in the morning we turned right to head towards Alice Springs....I was driving a motorhome escorting a guy running to Darwin, raising money for Make a Wish so the traffic was held at the corner leaving the resort... they tell me If I looked left and looked up as I made that turn I would have seen the rock....

lol it was one of my life goals to see it, maybe one day I'll get back there.....

[wcb67]

Should not climb it. Only tourists and red necks climb the mountain. Locals respect the rock.

[ikadetikadechohikade]

the climb is usually closed for temperature, wind, rain or any other reasons!

Those who get to do it, shd consider themselves as Lucky tourists!!

[Panzergrenadier007]

So sorry but these people who climb understand nothing of culture!!!!

Shame on you!!!!

[footballka1]

im going there soon..

[puppy859]

really? ever since i found out what the hell uluru was i have always wanted to go there.

[0bverse]

Great video... looks like an amazing climb.

I'd love to do that!

(no disrespect to anyone else's beliefs, but hey, you do what you want, & leave me to do what I want, & the world will turn quite happily, thanks.)

[Snoopo]

I had to take a shit at the top as I couldnt wait till we got back down, probably still there LOL!

[pownnneed998]

repect their beliefs

[pownnneed998]

No offense to anobody who believes in religion but it is probably a creation of man. Even though aboriginal beliefs are not yours you should not climb ayers rock since aborigenes can hurt themselves if you climb it. If you really want to climb it you should do it when it is not 40C.

[Imboredandfree]

Well, I'm not going to take sides and that's that. If you won't listen to the pros and cons of the Wiberforce's right to a life v societies need to progress, then there is no point in commentating or speaking or writing!

[Imboredandfree]

My comment didn't post. Is that becuase you are avoiding any significant discussion, as in Killer Questions and only allowing weedy talk ?

[westbourne14]

Uluru, Sagarmatah and Mumbai are the ludicrous new names that foreigners have given to Ayers Rock, Mount Everest and Bombay. I'm hitting back. In future I'm going to refer to Barrack Obama as 'Village Cricket'. You can't stop me or legitimately object because 'it's cultural'.

[jwk7777]

I agree. I'd rather not climb it out of respect for the aborigines. I don't know if I could climb it anyway! too steep. It's beautiful though.

[Prenty52]

@jwk7777 total crap..the ab's on the ther side of the rock are guilty of the lowest forms of incent imaginable..even their own Ranger was caught giving pre-teen girls petrol to sniff for oral sex!...and you want us to respect 'their' rock..?

[etihwttam]

Because Uluru is sacred to the aborigines, they have asked that people do not climb it. Australia and its tourists seem not to care about what is sacred to the aborigines :-(

[Astrid270718]

Wonderful tape!

How long time does it take to reach the top of Ayers rock?

[amilapidot]

The time depends on your level of fitness and also how long you are prepared for the climb to take you. The climb took me 55 minutes which is considered average and it is challenging - it is not a walk in your local park and some 35 people have died making the climb from accidents and heart attacks. Be prepared for the possibility of not being able to make the climb - sometimes the climb is closed if the winds are too strong at the summit.

[CamiloSanchez1979]

Do they still let people climb it today?

[graffitize]

video response above - beware walking upon the face of ULURU have you seen what you walked upon ?

[kalyskaya]

yeah great you can be proud of yourself. Not that´s it is forbidden to film with a camera and take pictures no yo even climbed up Ulruru as well. I have been there as well and i think what you did was very disrespectful.

[carnegieuk]

Sorry to offend you.....it was 20 years ago...I was young - I didn't know any better. Your wise words has made the pain of my mistakes back to haunt me. I will repent for another 20 years to make up for it.

[Sansash01202]

How did you get down it looks very steep?

[carnegieuk]

On the other side of the rock is a small gift shop which has the worlds second largest escalator to get you down (ride time 3:23).

[Sansash01202]

ah ... there's always a gift shop! - it's probably a hypermarket by now!

[222puma]

ur right it is windy i flew a kite on top of it once

[EndlessOceanGirl]

Wow. thats just amazing how that one solid rock can be the BIGGEST solid rock in the world!

[ihaveairlockers]

I have climned it twice.

Once when i was 15 and again when i was about 28.

No tourists when i climbed...

[elvira2262]

Uluru really? not amused about, you know why...

[carnegieuk]

@elvira2262

Go on - don't keep us in suspense - why are you not amused about people waling over a large rock - we would love to know !

[Mastertj987]

good one.

[eltfell]

Isn't climbing the rock an insult to the aboriginals, is it?

[scata99]

who cares about their retarded superstitions? their beliefs should apply to them and them only, not to the whole world.

[Sabooru]

yay, me too?

[vhzxb]

Thats it hay

[rossmcclung]

That brings back good memories of when I did it in may 07,it's really steep and the view is just so amazing and it's nice that there's no flies up there as well. There wasn't a book up there when I went up though (I didn't see one anyway). spent nights sleeping in swags under the stars. totally awesome experience and so much different than backpacking the east coast, how I do miss my travel days. :-(

[fazehead]

How they could ever put a chain that leads to the Top is beyond me, a Lack of respect for an icon.

[Gazinhio]

Cheers for sharing. It was a lifelong ambition of mine to see Ayers Rock and I was lucky enough to go on my honeymoon last August (07). It was a magical experience, there genuinely is something mystical about the place - or maybe it's just a lump of red rock in the desert and I'm a bit daft! Unfortunately it was too windy when we went and they stopped the climb so thanks for letting us see what it was like from up there. I'll have to go back again and do it some other time!