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Hi! It was August 14, 2017, at 1 pm in Sydney, Australia. My brother, cousins, and I sat with 10-20 other people; signing terms and condition forms. We introduced ourselves, placed our belongings in lockers, and learned how to suit up. Our tour guide, Richard, opened a door that began the ascent to the Sydney Harbor Bridge summit for the “Climb of your life”. We entered at the pillared base of the bridge, slowly ascending flights of stairs, while Richard talked about the history of the bridge. Once we saw sunlight, we latched onto the bridge railing with carabiner straps, walking up step by step. Richard was telling us the many celebrities who climbed this bridge; the funniest one being Heidi Klum asking for a picture. Heidi said, “No Richard, it’s for the gram.” after he took her picture. He said to her, “Well, why didn’t you say so!?!” and took her picture again. We got to the middle of the bridge, where you could see the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbor when Richard took our pictures. We’re getting close to the summit when he tells us that Oprah Winfrey brought at least 300 people up the bridge, and a wedding was held there as well. The moment we got up to the summit, all I could say was “Wow!” and “I wish I had a camera to take a picture.” I kept switching between those phrases, which annoyed my brother and cousins. But, they couldn’t say anything because they had the same level of excitement as I did and had similar reactions as well. The sun was setting and they were doing controlled burning, which is when you burn items that could cause a massive wildfire. So, the smoke from that caused the sunlight and the sky to have beautiful goldenrod and dark orange colors. Richard took a ton of pictures of that scene and asked our group if anyone wanted a video of them at the summit. Our group of four decided to record a video for fun and to commemorate our vacation before going onto the descent lane. We received certificates that congratulated climbers for climbing and had our pictures taken with them. We gathered our belongings from the locker room before meeting our parents. We let them choose which photos they wanted to take home. We played the video and at the very end of the video, one of my cousins said “America’s great”. They laughed out of embarrassment because they thought Richard was done filming, but he wasn’t. He just tilted the camera down and let it roll for an extra second or two. My mom thought it was funny, and decided to take the video and send it to the four of us when we were back home. We stayed in Sydney for another day before going back to Melbourne, the city where our Australia journey began. Sydney Harbor Bridge during Twilight Hours.
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