Operation Blast Hole: Dare you take the plunge?

Are you looking for your next adventure? A memorable and exciting experience outside of the usual Lake District attractions? We’ve got just the thing for you!

Here’s a taste of what our Operation Blast Hole adventure entails…

Arriving to Hodge Close bright and early, surrounded by a stunning vista of iconic Lakeland fells, we meet our instructor to begin our adrenaline-filled adventure! Get kitted up, run through the safety brief, and over the edge we go! The abseil is breath-taking and a great challenge to tackle.

  • hodge close quarry
    Hodge Close Quarry
  • abseil into the quarry
    Abseil down a sheer rock face
Hodge Close Abseil Adventure with Green Man Survival
  • at the bottom of the abseil
    At the bottom of the abseil, looking up at the top!
  • accessing the flooded cavern
    Accessing the tunnel from the bottom of the quarry
The excitement starts early with the abseil into the quarry, with the exit from the bottom through a dark flooded tunnel!

From the bottom of the quarry, the way out is through a dark flooded tunnel. You will get wet!

  • heading through the flooded tunnel
    The exit tunnel
  • wading through the flooded tunnel
    Heading towards the light
Wade through a flooded tunnel to the light of day and your escape!
  • we made it out of the tunnel
    We made it out!
  • exiting the tunnel
    Escape to the woods

There are advantages to being tall as well as being not so tall! For taller folk, the water depth may only lap around the level of your knees, while shorter folk might be up to the tops of the thighs! However, for shorter people, there is no need to stoop to get through the tunnel!

how deep was the water
Mid-thigh deep for a 5′ 3″ adventurer!

Upon our successful escape through the tunnel, we commence our next objective of survival training. Your instructor will teach you some of the key survival skills, including fire lighting, emergency shelters, and safe water sourcing.

  • bushcraft in the woods
    Fire lighting
  • practice bushcraft skills
    Learning key survival skills
Bushcraft phase of Operation Blast Hole

Once we have practiced our new survival skills, we navigate our way through another tunnel to discover the spectacular Cathedral Cave before our adventure concludes!

  • exploring the caves
    Emerge from the dark tunnel
  • Cathedral Cave
    Cathedral Cave

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