At noon on Monday, three men were forced to climb Australia's famous Ayers Rock (Uluru) exclusion zone in defiance of warnings before being stuck in a rock seam. Rescuers carried out a cautious rescue operation in the evening, using pulleys and cables to rescue three men.
The three 23-year-old men were reportedly in distress at noon on Monday as they deviated from their designated path into the restricted area and were stuck in a stone seam. Police used loudspeakers to communicate with the three men, confirming that they were all uninjured and carrying enough drinking water. At 9 p.m., volunteers from a team of vertical rescue experts from the Northern Territory prepared to use the rope-sliding method to rescue the three men. A spokesman for the Northern Territory Police, Fire and Rescue Service, said: "Rescue takes some time because it's getting late and it's not clear." He said the "avoidable incident" would cost a lot of money to the rescue service center. "Rescue workers have made great efforts and equipment has been depleted, and it did cost a lot of money and effort to save the three people," he said. It is reported that it took nearly 12 hours for rescuers to bring them up. Although climbing Uluru is not prohibited, the traditional owners of rocks have asked visitors "to respect local laws and cultures" and not to risk entering the site of the Holy Spirit. David Rowe from Melbourne, who came to Uluru with his family on holiday, used the zoom lens of his camera to see the trapped men, who were trapped about 100 meters from the ground. "in the wrong way," Rowe said. They had actually come down three-quarters or more from the surface of the rock. At that point, it would be difficult for them to move on, but it would be hard to get back on the same path. " In June last year, a Taiwanese man was also in distress during the Uluru climb. He was trapped for more than 24 hours after falling from a height of 20 metres, causing fractures to his limbs and injuries to his head.
