Pinnacle Ridge & Abseil Adventures on Friday the 13th.
Rachel. Robin & I enjoyed a misty day but on bone dry rock with a classic round of Coir’ a’ Bhasteir. We started with Pinnacle Ridge and climaxed with the huge abseil down the nose of the Basteir Tooth.
R&R on the exposed ledge at the start of Knight’s peak
Last time I did the big abseil from the Tooth we ended up with quite a bit of rope damage so I’ve been putting off repeatiing it for a while now. To add to the adventure we decided to test what I had been told, that a 60m rope doubled up is long enough to reach the ground!
Even in good visibility it’s impossible to see the landing from the top but the swirling mist added to the tension as I set off down.
It’s a long way down!
The knotted ends hung out on the windward side of the landing slab but I trusted my luck and dropped off the last huge overhang and reached the ground, just.
All of the spare half metre of rope that was left.
Rachel near the top
and Robin touching down
Luckily I only remembered the date once all of us had touched down and the rope had been retrieved safely!
