It is plausible that the scalar density perturbations are created by a relatively low scale model of inflation which matches the observations of CMB anisotropy and excites Standard Model baryons and cold dark matter , but generates negligible gravity waves . Nevertheless a significantly large tensor perturbations can be observed if there exists a prior phase of high scale inflation separated by a matter or radiation dominated epoch . In this paper we provide a simple example where gravity waves generated at high scales can trickle through the horizon of the second phase of inflation and leave a distinct imprint in the spectrum of the tensor modes with a strong red tilt . A first phase of assisted inflation occurring at a high scale H \sim 10 ^ { 13 } GeV is followed by a second phase of MSSM inflation which happens at H \sim 1 GeV . The largest tensor-to-scalar ratio is then bounded by r _ { observed } \leq 0.8 on the largest scales , roughly of the size of the horizon .