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I've heard that the abseil point on the Dubhs Ridge has been moved, making it 30m instead of 20m. Can anyone confirm this? It makes a difference to the ropes we take.

When I did it last year (30/Apr/18), there was some tat higher up, meaning my ropes wouldn't touch the ground (30m), but realising this in time I pulled them back up and continued down a little further and found some more tat a little lower (20m) and went from there. I also abbed off a hanging slab on the Garbh Choire side so the ropes would pull more easily (quite scary).

If there were a couple of bolts fired in to make the ab point then it couldn't be moved - job done.

All please note: this is not a serious suggestion. 

Your pic looks horrible! Is that the higher [30m] tat or the lower? We'd better take some stuff to make a more secure ab point. Thanks a lot.

Steve

It's not a very 'official' abseil point, most times I've been there there have been various tangles of tat around various wobbly blocks. I would take your own tat, and make your own judgements. There are certainly intermediate options.

Yes, i remember the block/s we abbed off definitely being a bit suspect.

Never did understand the objection to a few small steel rings in a rock the size of Skye to keep people safe and avoid ugly piles of tat. 

Or don't take a rope and lose 50metre in altitude (back down the ridge)

to traverse round.

Radical - but we'll take a rope thanks

And there's a precedent on the In Pinn:

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Don't know who installed it.

... but not on Pinnacle Ridge

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Anskvi92PH9q2Vc-4MT1D02S1nZy

Think the short detour to pass round it ( backtrack from the abseil point until a ledge leads round on the S side of the ridge), is less hard work than humping a rope up there.

The pic is of the higher tat.

Guides wanting an easy life?

Agreed. Rope or not, the only reason to Ab would be for the "thrill". Backtrack about 50m and there is a gully on the south side to descend, then easy ledges lead around to the foot of the abseil.