From here you can see.. someone else’s city
I’m going to do this on Friday. It takes three and a half hours, apparently. Well, makes a good substitute for going climbing proper.
Apparently they don’t let you take cameras up in case you (1) drop one and ding someone wayy below on the head, which might smart (2) take a picture. It’s their climb, and they’ll take the pictures and charge you for it, thankyouverymuchindeed.
The other point of note I heard from someone who went up earlier this week is that it’s not so much fun if the person next to you has a fear of heights. Though you sort of wonder why they’d be going on it at all in that case.
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August 9th, 2005 at 8:47 am
There is a whole section on the web site encouraging punters to overcome their fear of heights like this. But if you do feel an awful queasy terror plucking at your sleeve — don’t worry; it’s only me, on the other side of the world, whose fear of heights is so developed I can feel it on behalf of other people. And I don’t think they really understand the condition anyway. It’s not helped by being roped or even chained the bridge. The more securely I am fastened, the more clearly I understand that the whole damn bridge will come down with me, or the chains will liquefy.
August 13th, 2005 at 10:17 am
Aha! I came to check your site again on the off chance it had had it’s restrictions turned off, as I’m on holiday (Laos) atm, and haven’t been able to get it anywhere in the SE Asia region- I assume you’ve taken off the access restictions while you’re in the region too. Any chance of them staying off for a month more? Not the end of the world if not though!
Anyway, I know a couple of people that have done the bridge climb themselves, and said it was marvellous. Hope you enjoy it.
September 7th, 2005 at 1:28 pm
I did the Bridgeclimb a couple of years ago and it was great. Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.
September 7th, 2005 at 1:34 pm
Actually, I thought it was more of a trudge than a climb. Must be the climber in me: I was expecting something life-challenging and dramatic. (It’s 164m up when you’re at the top, which is four “pitches” in climbing lingo.) I’ve done four-pitch routes, and have to say they were all better.
Great view, though. And the photos are a terrific keepsake. However in the comments afterwards I said “Offer the vertical ascent as an option for climbers”. Dunno they’ll do that though.. There was a dam in, I think, Germany which was fitted with bolt-on holds, which you could pay to climb; it starts easy then gets increasingly tough as it overhangs, ever so gradually and then more. Graded about F6c+ overall, I think. Now, that I’d love to do, but I think it’s been closed - there were too many slow parties blocking things up. Plus, not many people can do that sort of grade, though many think they can. Unlike the bridge climb, which is more a sort of stroll interrupted with stairs.
September 7th, 2005 at 2:49 pm
charles
re: messing about with dams, you could always copy Mr Bond?
http://www.bondpix.com/bungee_jumping.htm
will