New attraction lets you climb 1,271ft New York skyscraper and hang over the edge

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. That’s the challenge posed by NYC’s newest attraction, City Climb, which opens on 9 November at the Edge observation deck at 30 Hudson Yards. This “urban mountain climb” involves scaling 32 steps from a “basecamp” level, then ascending 161 outdoor steps wrapped around the side of the skyscraper. The steps up the side of the 30 Hudson Yards skyscraper Edge is the highest outdoor sky deck in the western hemisphere, making The Climb the world’s tallest external building climb. “Climbers are very secure.” The Climb isn’t the only New York experience to make the headlines recently - new observation deck SUMMIT at One Vanderbilt recently made the news when patrons found its reflective floors a little too revealing.