A spot of abseiling!!!

28/11/2014 12:36
by The Mind is Willing

Abseiling from the ArcelorMittal Orbit can be booked for select dates in 2015. The approx. 10-minute descent costs from £85 per person.

But not any longer. Now you can jump off the top of the UK’s tallest sculpture. Or rather, abseil over the edge, attached to a professionally monitored safety rope. But still: an 80m leap into the void with the southeast London landscape swooning at your feet, about the same elevation as a 25-storey building or six vertically stacked Angels of the North. In short: v high.
Londoners have a thing about being high, sometimes even legally. From rooftop bars to sky-scraping Shard hotel rooms, when it comes to a view, we like it eagle-eyed. But this new vert

Web Address: http://www.arcelormittalorbit.com

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MadMag 28/11/2014 12:36

FL - I meant you as in anyone...

breath of fresh air 27/11/2014 22:44

Sounds fab to me and my kind of fun 🙂🙂🙂🙂

Forever lost 27/11/2014 20:57

MadMag: I was joking 🙂

MadMag 27/11/2014 20:01

You can practice at your local climbing wall. Have a go on the auto belay.

Forever lost 27/11/2014 07:35

The Mind is Willing: Thats a shame Love I was going to say put my name down for a bit of that 😉

The Mind is Willing 26/11/2014 22:02

landranger68: I was cutting and pasting and I ran out of space but it covered the basics as it was so I left it as it was

Carpe Diem!: Abseiling but apparently it's full for 2015 already!!!! 😮😮🙂

Carpe Diem! 26/11/2014 20:09

hey C ..is this leaping or abseiling? J

landranger68 26/11/2014 08:30

Hi Claudette,were you about to add further information or just let go of the rope😋