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Winter Rock Climbing on Cayman Brac

VanceTortugaSmallCayman Brac is an excellent winter rock climbing location.  High quality sport climbing routes on gently overhanging limestone on a small, unspoiled tropical island in the Caribbean Sea.

There are five sectors of “normal” sport climbing where you start at the bottom of the climb, but at two sectors the routes are directly over the sea and require rappel access, providing true adventure climbing.

Victor Blanco on the final headwall of “Throwing the Tortuga” 11b, with the ocean crashing below. (Darek Krol)

Here is the only up-to-date climbing guide for Cayman Brac.   This year, 2014, we put up 9 more new routes from 9+ to 13a.   That makes 36 new

routes in the last 4 years and a total of 80 named routes.

For much more on this story go to: http://www.climbcaymanbrac.com/2014/03/

 

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