... The Journey Begins

The Bridge Climb started off in excitement -- after getting all geared up with professional looking radios stuck to our backs, we are ready for the climb. We walked right through residential area and onto the very first horizontal beam of the harbour bridge. No more pictures taken from here forth, due to security reasons.

We got lined in via the round disc at our safety harness unto the static line that ran right through the bridge. So, all climbers are very much attached and not have free reign while up on the bridge. All are stucked to this static line.. well, all, except for the climb leader. They do have detachable discs that allow them to move away from the static line and move around the bridge to keep all climbers in check.

I was sandwiched between kath and nick, with peter leading the pack, and after him was Will. It was a great climb. We manage to climb a vertical, 90 degree ladders for 4 sections. These actually lead up to 80% up to the top of the arc. These 2 sections consisted of about 4 little portions of ladder. The first section had about the length of 200m vertical climb, and the second section felt about the same.... It was tedious job to climb that way.. not as to having the stamina for it, but rather, one has to climb in such a way not to hit their shins into the steel steps. Try doing that for all 4 sections in 1 vertical climb. Could be exhilirating... but no doubt, fun.. its quite tempting to let go and feel how a plunge feels.. but then again, one's sealed to the static line remember ?

Once up the vertical ladders, we are on our way to the very top -- there's a long length of steps to take before we reach the very top. that wasnt that bad -- it was a nice gradual walk.... plenty of steps... there's a lot of "Hand-eye-Feet" coordination involved. Just like how the guide leaflet have put it. It was silly at the point we read it, but when we were up there --- IT is true. hahhahaha..

We took this picture half way true. Mind you, we have to pay for them, since we can't take our OWN cameras up.. it would have been lovely to do that. The view was fantastic... We took a total of 3.5 hours for the entire process. Getting suited up, walking up the bridge, down the bridge.

It was lovely. Thanks guys -- it was a lovely team building session. And the pizzas we had after that was awesome. Cute ones.. the doggie bagged ones made lovely dinner too. hahhaha... As to cold pizzas vs hot pizzas... I'll leave you guys to fight it out. I still prefer hot to cold though... and, coke to beer when it comes to that too..

Cheers ! It has been a wonderful time and i will certainly miss all of them when i'm back home.