Honister Slate Mine Cable Wire Climb
See the Lake District from a thrillingly different vantage point – clipped to a mountain by cable, 2,000 feet above the valleys of Buttermere and Borrowdale. Honister Slate Mine is home to England’s first via ferrata, a series of steel ladders and bridges drilled into the rockface that follow a Victorian miners’ route to the summit of Fleetwith Pike. Choose from Classic and Xtreme options, which each last around three hours and require a reasonable level of fitness, and a head for heights – the Xtreme promises to scale heights seven times those reached by Big Ben and twice as high as the London Shard. Whichever option you pick, this award-winning company offers an adrenaline-packed day out in the fells.
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