Before hopping on a plane back to Auckland, we had one more adventure up our sleeves. We were scheduled for an early morning climb of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. I was very nervous as I am a little bit afraid of heights and narrow scaffolding things, but how could I saw no to the opportunity?
The first step was to take an alcohol breath test to make sure we were sober for the walk. We then got suited up in jumpsuits with harnesses, hat clips, sunglass clips, sweat rags, and radios. Then we had to do a practice run on a bridge simulator to gain an understanding of what we had signed ourselves up for.
Construction started on the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1923 and it was opened for traffic in 1932. It is 440 feet high at the top of the arch and is the fourth longest single-span steel arch bridge in the world. The bridge also carries eight lanes of traffic, a footpath, a bikelane and two train lines, which makes it the widest long span bridge in the world. Needless to say our climb wasn't going to be a simple task!
The climb was an amazing experience. When we reached the top of the arch we were amazed by the views (and how safe and sturdy we felt!) We weren't able to take our cameras with us, so we had to purchase a souvenir photo to remember the journey. We highly recommend the experience to anyone! It was a great way to end our exciting weekend in Sydney.
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3 comments:
Did you get to keep the sweat rag?
It's funny because the sweat rags were pretty nice actually, it would be nice to have kept them but we gave them back.
they just did this on the biggest loser show!
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