Climb of a Lifetime

Today we took the three and half hours tour called the "Discovery Climb" to the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge (see collage below). After a doning the proper "star trek" uniform, gears, and safety harness we made our way up to the start of the tour. Our tour guide was named "Ed" short for Edna. We lucked out with the weather (it was a gorgeous sunny day) and no one else booked our timeslot so there was only four of us (Ali, Sarah, myself, and Ed). The experience was really cool, it took us through, under, and over the entire bridge. This is not for the weak stomach as you walk some narrow paths of either steel or wooden planks overlooking the harbor...yikes! Just don't look down. Once at the summit of the bridge we got to enjoy a 360 panaromic view of Sydney Harbor in all its glory. We took some very necessary cheesy tourist pictures. The only thing missing was the cheese platter and champagne to celebrate the accomplishment. The bridge itself is set in one of the older neighborhood called "The Rocks" along Cumberland street. After the climb, we continued to a separate structure which is situated in the middle of the bridge called the Pylon Lookout. We climbed 200 steps to the top of the Pylon Lookout and got a few moments of to enjoy the sunset over the harbor. It was an exhausting but fun day.