Saying "I do" on top of Sydney's Harbor Bridge

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Swapping their wedding finery for jumpsuits and harnesses, a Scottish couple became the first to officially tie the knot on top of Sydney's iconic Harbor Bridge on a blustery and rainy Tuesday.

Stephen Tierney, 27, and Claire Tullan, 28, from Glasgow braved the cold, wind and damp to climb some 134 meters (440 feet) above the harbor for their wedding.

Tullan's wedding ring was also attached to a safety rope, just in case.

"I always wanted somewhere unusual to get married and this was the first place, somewhere I've always wanted to visit and I thought it would be amazing to do it," Tullan told Australia's Network Seven television.

"I'm so excited I don't believe I've actually done it."

Harbor Bridge, with its sweeping vistas of Sydney, is one of the world's most recognizable, and perhaps romantic, landmarks, with scores of celebrities posing on, or infront, of it.

Website news.com.au said the couple had approached the company which operates the bridge last year with their wedding plans, paving the way for more sky-high nuptials.

"Wedding climbs are something that we will be able to offer to couples very soon," a spokesman for bridge operator BridgeClimb told the site.

(Editing by Miral Fahmy)

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