Virgin Islands Climbing
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Hello all, |
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Looks great, thanks! I'll just take the ferry over. |
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I thought this was going to be about grade VI climbing. Oh well, I've been to St Thomas and St Johns, the snorkeling and windsurfing are great!....that's what I'd stick to. |
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Anybody got anything to add to this post? Looking for information on climbing in the Virgin Islands. |
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Virgin Gorda, around the Bath Rocks Beach. There are a lot of granite boulders on that side of the island. Not many developed/cleaned for climbing, but I dinked around on a few of them a couple years ago. Beautiful area. A pad is helpful. |
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I was in the USVI last christmas. St Thomas just south of Charlotte Amalie at the Marriot Complex. There's NOTHING official on either St Thomas or St John but a decent amount of interesting rock. I found some nice, solid basalt like stuff that dropped right into the ocean. Nothing DWS per-se but I could go do a nice long traverse for about 500 or more feet, launch off the top and swim back to the beach. If you'll be in St John I think you're closer to the Ferry to the BVI. There ARE established granite bouldering areas there. |
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I was in the British Virgin Islands a couple of months ago. If you go from the American Virgin Islands to the British Virgin Islands or visa versa, be prepared to go thru customs. Have your Passport with you. |
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There's a Dr. Topo guide for Virgin Gorda still available here: drtopo.com/submitted/virgin… |
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Definitely check out Virgin Gorda. I was there about a month ago, and it is amazing. The Dr. Topo guide is perfect for the area. I recommend the boulders at Spring Bay. Cool 20 foot hand crack over white sand... amazing. |
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Great info... Virgin Gorda looks to be the place. Thanks for posting the topo Peter. |
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I'm from St. Croix, and although there may be some lines on the NW coast of the island, there isn't much - as said before, most of the climbing is on the incredible granite boulders of Virgin Gorda. |
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Bob Robinson wrote:Definitely check out Virgin Gorda. I was there about a month ago, and it is amazing. The Dr. Topo guide is perfect for the area. I recommend the boulders at Spring Bay. Cool 20 foot hand crack over white sand... amazing. If you search YouTube for "Bouldering Virgin Gorda", you can find a short film I made about the trip. I'd post a link, but I'm at work and don't have access to YouTube (It's incredible I can get on this site though... so much company time has been wasted here)you're too kind, Since that guide was put out in 2008, there has been much development. Myself and Rich Crowder were tasked by a publishing company to put together a professional guidebook on the area. Currently there are 450 boulder problems. Come help develop the already established bouldering scene on the island by naming and documenting new boulder problems, locating new areas, and enjoying the beautiful Caribbean weather. The concentration of the dates for this event will be between June 2-June 22. Contact Jonathon Wasser at wasserj@gwu.edu or Rich Crowder at Rich@richcrowder.com for details. |
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Steve Zissou and Rob Frost... Meet Bob Robinson! |
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Thanks Monty! I'm glad you got the tone I was going for |
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Contrary to what has been posted here, there is climbing here in St Thomas. There is a cliff about 80 ft or so above the university that is worth checking out. Also a few spots on outlying islands that a boat is needed and some bushwacking, but awesome climbing. Hull Bay point has some easy DPW soloing, 60 ft or so. Yes, the rock isnt the best quality so all the climbing I've done so far has been TP. |
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RE: British Virgin Isands A particularly hard problem at the Baths More bouldering at the Baths |
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I'm taking a catamaran down there this Nov. anyone know about mooring/anchoring in the area? Would it be too exposed in Spring Bay to moor for the night? I had read that it can get quite rough in there. |
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I don't know about the mooring, but there's a new guidebook to the area: fixedpin.com/British_Virgin… |
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Hi, Sarah, |
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Is there any climbing on the cliffs below Frenchman's Reef Marriott and is it difficult to get a boat and transportation to Virgin Gorda from there? Thanks! |