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Terrifying infinity bridge suspended 2,000 ft above a valley just up the M6

October 17, 2020
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Terrifying infinity bridge suspended 2,000 ft above a valley just up the M6

Courageous adventurers are being invited to tackle a high-wire suspended over 2,000 ft above the bottom.

The Infinity Bridge is a hair-raising slender wire bridge that spans throughout linking two mountainous peaks within the Lake District is definitely not for the faint hearted. 

Named so since you typically can’t see the opposite finish – it is strung throughout a panoramic gorge, excessive up on the mountainsides at round double the peak of The Shard in London.

The skinny cable walkway – which thrillseekers should traverse their means alongside to succeed in the other cliff face – gives the look of strolling by means of the sky.

Only a internet of metal wires, rungs and ladders make up the bridge construction, providing unparallelled views over the gorgeous fells of Cumbria -or down on the winding cross, 1000’s of ft under.

Situated on the website of England’s final working slate mine, the hair-raising attraction spans throughout the Honister Cross – and has even been dubbed the Lake District’s model of the Burma Bridge.

Thrill seekers should traverse throughout the high-wire at 2,000ft above the valley flooring
(Picture: Cumbria Tourism)

It stretches 350ft between the crags on Fleetwith Pike, making it the longest high-wire bridge of its sort in Britain.

All guests are provided with security gear together with a helmet and harness, and are beifed earlier than heading out onto the bridge with a information.

No earlier expertise is important to participate on this expertise, with the one necessities being a way of journey and a primary degree of health.

It provides wonderful views of the gorgeous Cumbrian fells
(Picture: Cumbria Tourism)

The expertise lasts round an hour – however those that actually need to make a day and night time of it could actually additionally ebook to camp actually hanging immediately beneath the Infinity Bridge, excessive above the bottom.

In all probability some of the excessive tenting experiences within the UK adventurers can keep in a tent hung immediately from the high-wire in a single day – and luxuriate in a luxurious breakfast within the morning.

A visit throughout the Honister Infinity Bridge prices £25 per individual.  Yow will discover out extra and ebook right here.

Friends are suggested that as a result of ongoing pandemic, masks should be worn always in the course of the journey, with a monitor and hint system additionally in place for guests to the positioning.

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