In fact connoisseurs like Mr Hidemi Nakatami, an engineer from Japan, say it added to the experience. He has twice reached the 134-metre mark at the top of the arch since Saturday. New York detective Mr Mike Monahan said he had seen the sunny side of Sydney on the weekend and yesterday, on top of the bridge, he was seeing the cloudy. It's still a beautiful city.
Nobody cares about the weather.
Yesterday 343 people from around the world had reservations, and according to a BridgeClimb spokeswoman, none had cancelled. The prize for enthusiasm yesterday went to three friends - Sydneysiders, Lynda and Joanne MacFarlane and their guest from Ireland, Laura Mullin. They vowed they had bought their tickets because of the weather. A spokesman for the Bureau of Meteorology said the weather today was likely to improve. He said so far it was the wettest March since 1984 - 216mm of rain had fallen, with 65mm recorded since 9am on Sunday.