Chaos unfolded at Uluru after a young couple tried to skip an enormous queue of climbers to scale the sacred landmark before it officially closed for good.
Footage showed the furious climbers try to turn back the defiant couple as they made their way up the rock before the closure on Saturday.
The video emerged as hundreds of climbers were forced to wait for hours for strong winds to die down on Friday so they could scale the rock for the last time.
Chaos erupted just after 11.30am, as the climb reopened and tourists began sprinting towards the hallowed rock.
One official told news crews from as far away as Germany and Japan he ‘honestly had no idea’ how many people would arrive at the base on Friday with the intent to climb.
In footage of the young couple that shows just how desperate travellers are to make it to the top, the pair slowly walk up the side of the rock and past the line of waiting climbers holding onto the safety chain at the site.
A vigilant climber calls out to the pair to stop and says they can’t go any further.
‘Nah, sorry guys stop,’ one person says.
‘You can’t push infront of us,’ another one adds.
Footage showed the furious climbers try to turn back the defiant couple as they made their way up the rock before the closure on Saturday
Despite the taunts from the crowd to climb the rock using the safety chain and wait in line, the defiant couple respond that they don’t need the extra help
All evidence climbing was ever allowed on the 348-metre tall red sandstone rock will immediately start being removed after today.
That includes the safety chain that was installed at Uluru as a climbing aid for climbers to stop them from falling off the rock.
Already 35 people have lost their lives and countless more have been injured during the dangerous climb.
Despite the taunts from the crowd to climb the rock using the safety chain and wait in line, the defiant couple respond that they don’t need the extra help.
An irritated climber claims management will turn them back if they continue ahead.
‘You’re going to need the chain, let’s be real. Down the side guys. No one’s coming up,’ one climber says.
The climbers around him applaud and cheer, though the couple push on and continue their climb under the glaring stares of the climbers.
A few more urge the couple to turn back, but they insist, ‘We don’t need the chain.’
The couple finally scale the summit without injury.
A number of tourists have taken to social media and shared extraordinary images of massive lines of people waiting to shuffle up Uluru in the days before the ban is enforced.
The climbers around him applaud and cheer, though the couple push on and continue their climb under the glaring stares of the climbers
A number of tourists have taken to social media and shared extraordinary images of massive lines of people waiting to shuffle up Uluru in the days before the ban is enforced
All evidence climbing was ever allowed on the 348-metre tall red sandstone rock will immediately start being removed after Friday
Angry social media users hit out at the crowds of tourists rushing to climb the sacred rock before the ban is put in place.
‘Would actually love to go to Uluru and learn about its history and culture and significance, now that in two days i don’t have to see gross people climbing and being disrespectful all over it,’ one user wrote.
‘It will be great to be able to visit Uluru without the visible ignorance and disrespect of the rock climbers,’ another wrote.
‘It’s ridiculous. I was born here, lived here all my life and never wanted to climb Uluru because I understand it’s a special sacred place for Aboriginal tribes,’ another added.
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park released a statement regarding the ban.
‘This significant decision represents the fulfilment of the long-held wishes of the park’s traditional owners, Anangu,’ the statement read.
‘The date of 26 October is significant to the park’s traditional owners, as it was on this date in 1985 that the park was handed back to them.’
Social media photos show massive queues of climbers scaling the rock before the closure after Friday