The sunset

The whole experience lasts for about 3 hours and you start off by signing a declaration saying that you are fully fit and they aren’t liable if you fall off etc! We then watched a video about the climb and our group of 12 then got called into a room where we had to take breath tests for alcohol! After a talk about putting our climb overalls on, we then got changed into the glamorous bridge climb attire. It is very strict, no loose items, you even have to have a special hair band that is connected to your overalls! We were given all sorts of things to tie to us, like fleeces, handkerchiefs and attachments for sunglasses and then we had to put our belts on with the safety clip that attaches you to a wire the whole way along the climb. It was then practice time and we had to walk over a little bridge using our clip on the wire, all very nerve-wracking stuff at this stage wondering whether my little knees would be up to the job! Finally we put our headsets on so that we could hear our climb leader, put our oxygen tanks and face masks on … (only joking!!) and we were heading off down the street to the bridge entrance.