THE intense sound of pounding drums greeted my family as we stepped underneath a military aircraft and into a world of exotic adventure. Fearless survival expert Bear Grylls has taken world leaders…
Difficulty levels varied, with all manner of knobbly grips to scale and you could chop and change between them quickly and easily.
The session finished with scaled-down recreations of some of the most famous cliff faces in the world from El Capitan to Fontainebleau.Both she and Clark returned half an hour later beaming, having hit bullseyes. It was then a swift dash over to iFly — a see-through fan-powered cylinder in which flyers feel the force of 100mph winds.
Kitted out in overalls, goggles, a helmet and ear plugs — to block out the roaring wind — you sense you’re on the cusp of doing something extreme. After two one-minute sessions, the instructor finished ramped up the speed, taking me higher up into the cylinder where we circled, before returning in a controlled manner.All in all, we had an incredible experience.GO: BirminghamBear Grylls Adventure next to Birmingham’s NEC is now open to children from the age of five.
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