I've had the climb of my life!

We checked out the weather forecast for next week and it doesn't sound great (again!) but we heard that Friday (today) was going to be good. We called up the Bridge Climb people and asked about the weather and decided that today was going to be best. Luckily they had space left on the 3.45pm climb which would get us to the top for sunset (3.5hr total trip time). We used the vouchers that Mum & Dad bought for my 21st, a great idea by them!

At the start of the day there was quite a lot of cloud and I was a little nervous that the forecast was wrong but as the day went on the clouds cleared up until it was totally clear. We arrived at Bridge Climb at 3.45pm and began our briefing and kitting up, donning our lovely grey jumpsuits. After about 30-40 minutes we got outside and started the climb itself. I think the worst/scariest part was right at the start when we had to walk above the road and water and could see straight through the walkway to the city below. Once we got onto the archway everything was fine and we had a clear view of the beautiful city below us. We took our time slowly walking up to the height of 134 metres above Sydney, stopping to take photos and take in the amazing views. On the way up a seaplane flew over & our guide encouraged us to wave, we did and the plane gave us a wave back by tipping his wings!

It was great to see the city in the day but when we got to the top we saw the sun setting. This was really amazing as we could see it actually getting lower over the distant Blue Mountains until it was completely gone and all that was left was an amazing orange hue over the horizon. Once the sun had gone the guide pointed out some famous Sydney buildings including the PM's house, a big shiny building used in the Matrix but the best one was the building where the dentists office from "Finding Nemo" would be! We crossed over at the summit and made our way down the western arch as night fell. It was great to see and experience the bridge and city in all three states, day, night and sunset (although in summer you can also watch sunrise.......if you arrived at 3.30am!!) The bridge climb was an absolutely amazing experience, a great birthday present!

P.S. I managed to finish the day off by slicing the end of my finger open. Spent the rest of the evening with my hand up, "put your hand up if you're an idiot!!"