Sky's hardworking assets reach new heights

Friday 13th July 2001

By Campbell McIlroy

Not satisfied with taking money from punters before throwing them off the Sky Tower, Sky City has also come up with the idea of charging them to climb the structure.

Property owners have often tried to add value and income to their assets by trading on the views their buildings provide.

But Sky City has taken the idea to a new level, literally, by applying for certificate of compliance for the Sky Tower Climb.

The company has already announced the Sky Jump which, unlike a bungy jump, is what is described as a feet-first cabled descent and at 192m will be the highest tower-based jump available to the public in the world.

The climb heads in the opposite direction and consists of climbing 37.6m up eight sets of internal ladders with nine internal platform rests before emerging on to an existing external platform or crow's nest.

At a height of just over 300m above sea level the crow's nest will provide the highest viewing platform in Auckland.

A new internal platform will be constructed just below the crow's nest to provide a waiting area which will enable the number of people on the crow's nest to be controlled.

Sky City has entered into an agreement with a company called To The Top which will run the operation.

Companies Office records lists Terra Firma's Philip Kean, online legal document entrepreneur David Cam from Owlcentral, and Rudd Watts & Stone partner Philip Creagh as directors of To The Top.

Sky City spokeswoman Sonya Haggie said the company was some way off from confirming details as it was still working through the project with To The Top.

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