The tourists climb follows the route taken by the ancestral Mala men when they arrived at Uluru.
Safety Reasons
35 people have died while attempting to climb Uluru and many others have injured.
At 348 meters, Uluru is higher than the Eiffel tower or as high as a 95-storey building.
The climb can be very steep and very slippery, very dangerous
It can be very hot at any time of the year and wind gusts can hit the summit and the slopes.
Every year, people are rescued by park rangers.
Many people suffering serious injuries such as broken bones, heat exhaustion and extreme dehydration.
Environmental Reaons
There are no toilet facilities on top of Uluru, so people have been using Uluru as "toilets".
So when it rains, everything gets wash off the rock and into the waterholes where reptiles, birds, frogs and other animals live.
A water quality study at Uluru has found significantly higher bacterial levels in the waterholes fed by runoff from the climb site, compared with those further away.