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Ten Years of Terrifying Climbing in Sydney

October 3, 2008 at 9:30 AM | 2 Comments

Sydney's Harbour Bridge has been carrying people across the water since 1932 but it's only a decade since the Sydney Bridge Climb allowed brave tourists to stand on top of the city's world famous icon.

To celebrate the ten year anniversary of climbing the bridge, the Bridge Climb people organized a bunch of people to climb with their flags to break the world record for "number of flags flown from a bridge" (damn, we really wanted to break that one ourselves).

Apparently the new world record is 137: A neat number that represents the number of different nationalities of the tourists who've successfully scaled the bridge so far. How very intellectual, Sydney.

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[Photo: buck82]

Where: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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  1. beatofhawaii com

    Jaunted Member
    October 4, 2008 at 2:54 AM




    yawn...

    I've done the Sydney Bridge Climb and it is certainly no feat of any kind. Just walking around on an enclosed walkway and stairs. In fact nothing more than that whatsoever. It's just that you're on the bridge. To me it is more hype than anything, including the uniforms you wear, the preparation, and mostly, how much you pay. There are a lot more interesting things to do in Sydney IMHO. Aloha, Jeff http://beatofhawaii.com

  1. amandak

    Jaunted Member
    October 7, 2008 at 3:23 AM




    however ...

    ... jeff, you obviously don't suffer from my fear of heights! And maybe it's just an Aussie thing, we're very proud of our bridge :-)

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