GET AWAY FROM IT ALL ESCAPES AND ADVENTURES Sanctuary on Skye
It is the type of situation that focuses the mind. You must cross a sloping slab of rough rock jutting ominously into the cold depths of Loch nan Leachd. Miles from anywhere, with no easy means of retreat, you face the unappealing prospect of a slip-sliding drop into the water below.
There are equally tricky scrambling challenges on classic routes elsewhere in Scotland, but Skye’s notorious ‘Bad Step’ is one to test the confidence of any budding adventurer. Once committed, there really is nowhere else to go but onwards. And yet, what’s life without a challenge?
“As we moved south, the impressive crags of Marsco slowly loomed ever larger”
SETTING OFF
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