I presume the view of Auckland from the top of Sky Tower was stunning. The photos certainly suggest it was. But I was too scared to look.

Instead I was studying the fragile-looking metal grille under my feet, the one making up the 1.2m-wide circular walkway that now runs all the way around the tower 192m up, wondering if it really would take my weight.

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The plank, it turns out, is only 20cm wide, 5m long and made of glass, like walking on nothing really, and rather similar to walking the plank on a pirate ship, I'd imagine, except this one is so high up you can't see any sharks waiting below.

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