Bridge climb, Sydney

Bridge climb, Sydney
Originally uploaded by timbo262

I was lucky enough to be given a voucher for a bridge climb from my colleagues at Yahoo! in London as a farewell gift (thanks guys) and decided to use Mel and I's 1st wedding anniversary as a good excuse to use it.

After playing touch rugby on Sunday morning as usual we enjoyed brunch at a cafe in Balmain then headed for the bridge climb which is situated in The Rocks area of Sydney - obviously close to the bridge on the southern side. When you look up from ground level you get one sense of how big the bridge is but when you are 134 metres up on it's central highest point the feeling is quite different - you start the climb through all the steel (you can chose to climb over the top but we preferred to get in and around the 53, 000 tonnes of steel) there is an initial shock for most I think as even though the harnesses are very safe it's still like walking with only a few millimeters of grilled steel between you and the water well beneath.

Our guide/photographer was of the humorous type which put everyone at ease and within 45 mins or so of climbing we made it to the top. It was a fantastic way to celebrate our first year of marriage and something I will never forget. No anniversary could go by without a beverage of the alcoholic kind and we enjoyed this at the Harbour View Hotel in The Rocks.

Thanks again to the C&C crew at Yahoo! London and to Mel for agreeing to come along for the climb!

Tim