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Ayers Rock 28-Sep-2006 At 8:57:09 AM gremlin

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As an aboriginal person, i take this sort of thing fairly seriously. There are a few places i simply refuse to climb at or even visit. When i have ventured into some of these places i get an errie feeling of being watched and strange things happen... However a 'religious' connection with the environment is a difficult concept to explain.

Walk into a graveyard/war memorial/stadium/museum/church then climb up the walls, placing pro, rigging ropes, yelling out climbing calls, the odd bolt here and there... My guess is that you would soon be arrested...

It's not about ownership, its about acknowledgement and respect... Aboriginal history is a part of Australian history, some of it goes back well before stonehenge was even built, enjoy it and protect it so future generations can too.