Fears GP workforce will hit the rocks if climbing ban goes ahead

Dr Felix Ritson says the proposed ban has caused fellow GPs to change their minds about moving to the area.
Dr Felix Ritson. Photo credit: Claire Williams.

Dr Felix Ritson was 15 when he first scaled Mount Arapiles, a staggering rock formation that rises 140 metres above the Wimmera plains in Victoria.

That moment triggered a lifelong rock-climbing passion and years later his decision to work at a GP practice 30 minutes away.