Rangers do a final sweep before Uluru climb closure

Rangers have done a final sweep of Uluru as the climb closed forever at 4pm.

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Rangers have done a final sweep of Uluru as the climb closed forever at 4pm.

There are reports of a man in a Superman costume at the rock.

He has been on sight throughout this week, and is attempting to be the final person to step off the rock when it closes at 4pm ACST.

The number of climbers is, however, nothing like the images we’ve seen from the sight over the past few weeks, with only a smattering of punters making their way to the top.

The Uluru climb closed at 4pm with tourists climbing by the thousands across the past week. Picture: EMMA MURRAY

Ashlea James is visiting from Melbourne and made the climb with his three-year-old son.

“I think there are a lot of perspectives to visiting this place and we plan on staying as long as it takes to feel like we have an appreciation of it,” Mr James said.

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No more of this. Picture: Saeed KHAN / AFP

Born and raised in Australia, Mr James said he was aware of the sacred status of the rock but felt it was still important to climb.

“My little boy made up his own mind about climbing the rock. We never mentioned anything to him at all, and at three years of age he doesn’t understand any of the politics about it,” he said.

“I understand that these people have a history here, but they’ve climbed the rock, they still climb the rock and I believe it’s more a political issue.”