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Tourist dies climbing Uluru
An elderly Japanese tourist has died while climbing Uluru rock.
The 76-year old man is collapsed half way up the rock, according to Northern Territory police.
Emergency services responded but the man died en route to hospital.
"A helicopter had to be utilised to retrieve this person but unfortunately he passed away," said duty superintendent Shaun Gill.
Last year the board of the Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park votedto end sumit climbs which comes in to effect next year.
The decision to close Uluru to climbers was hailed at the time as ‘righting a historic wrong’ by David Ross, the director of the Central Land Council.
The indigenous Anangu people have long warned of the dangers of climbing the sacred rock.
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park said it is not a ‘playground.’
"It is an extremely important place, not a theme park like Disneyland," said chairman of the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Board of Management, Sammy Wilson.
Due to increasing global awareness of the rock’s status as a revered site, the number of climbers has been steadily falling in recent years.
Still, 37 people have now died on Uluru, and this is the first since 2010, the ABC reported.
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