【2018年11月号】保留圣地的尊严！澳洲将禁爬乌鲁鲁

Australia Bans the Iconic UluruClimb

    A Japanesetourist passed away in early July 2018 after collapsing during a climb onUluru, a massive monolith in Australia. The man was flown to a nearby medicalfacility after he lost consciousness, but attempts to revive him failed, and hewas pronounced dead at the age of 76. He is the 37th person to die on Uluru’ssteep rock faces since the 1960s. In the months following his death, safety concerns,along with consideration for the site’s cultural significance to aboriginalAustralians, served to justify the nation’s decision to ban climbing on Uluru,effective October 2019.

    Uluru, aUNESCO World Heritage Site, is considered one of Australia’s most stunninglandmarks. As an internationally recognized monument, it attracts over 250,000visitors annually. Rising 348 meters above the ground, the red, dome-shapedrock is known for how it appears to change color in different seasons and evendifferent times of day. What’s more, the striking geological formation is assacred as it is beautiful. To the aboriginal Anangu people, Uluru is actuallythe center of the universe. For tens of thousands of years, the Anangu adornedUluru with paintings and carvings of their honored ancestors. Therefore,climbing this spiritual site is incredibly disrespectful to them.

    In yearspast, signs asking tourists not to climb the rock were installed. However,while the signs reflect the Anangu people’s wishes, there are marked trailsleading to Uluru’s summit right behind the posts. Thus, the request is notalways enough to discourage tourists from attempting the climb. It is hopedthat the new law will not only halt this practice once and for all, but alsoright what has been called “a historic wrong.”

保留圣地的尊严！澳洲将禁爬乌鲁鲁

    一位日本游客於西元2018 年七月初，在攀登澳洲独块巨岩──乌鲁鲁──途中昏倒後去世。这名男子失去意识後，被空运至一间附近的医疗机构，但要使他苏醒的尝试失败了，他被宣布於76 岁去世。他是自西元1960 年代以来第37 位在乌鲁鲁峭壁上死亡的人。在他死後的数月里，安全问题和澳洲原住民对於这个遗址的文化意义之考量，足以证明这个国家於西元2019 年十月生效禁止攀登乌鲁鲁的决定是正确的。

　　联合国教科文组织的世界遗产──乌鲁鲁──被认为是澳洲最迷人的地标之一。作为一个国际公认的遗迹，乌鲁鲁每年吸引超过二十五万名游客。高达348 公尺高的红色半球状岩石以其如何在不同的季节，甚至是一天当中不同时间看似变色而闻名。此外，它引人注目的地质构造既神圣又美丽。对於阿南古族原住民而言，乌鲁鲁是世界的中心。几万年来，阿南古族藉由描绘他们尊敬祖先的绘画和雕刻来装饰乌鲁鲁。因此，攀登这神圣的遗址对他们来说是极为不敬的。

　　在过去的数年里，已设置了禁止游客攀爬岩石的告示。然而，尽管这些告示映出阿南古人的愿望，柱子的正後方却有通往乌鲁鲁山顶的醒目小径。因此，这项要求并不总足以劝阻游客试图攀登。人们希望新的法律不仅将能永远停止这项惯例，也能纠正所谓「历史性的错误」。