by oap2046 » Tue Jun 25, 2013 9:17 am
Munros included on this walk: Am Basteir
Date walked: 16/06/2013
Time taken: 8 hours
Distance: 14 km
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I won't include any description of the main walk onto Am Basteir since these are well represented by the other contributors except to add something that may be useful for those attempting the "bad step" on the ascent.
It is not necessary to use a rope on this section as long as you know where the foot and hand holds are. As you look down to the left there is a good handhold where you should put your right hand. The rock curves in below this and it is impossible to see the next foothold but it is a good one several feet (about 6) below this handhold. You just need to lower yourself down and have faith that it is there. Once your foot is on this, the rest is easy. Once you are down, you will wonder what the difficulty was since the climb back up is straightforward.
Happy scrambling.