Adventuring on Cayman Brac

By Skip Harper

A guidebook to great adventures on Cayman Brac--a small Carribean gem. Information on diving, swimming, sunbathing, rock climbing, hiking, caving, running, fishing, relaxing as well as a historical... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0964064529
• ISBN13: 9780964064522
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Heel & Toe Pub
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Locals can learn from this book

I have been going to Cayman Brac for over 30 years and found information in this book that was new to me and my family.We have a home on the island and now have placed 2 of these books in our home for guest who visit our home on the island.Several people have told us this book was the perfect guide to all of The Brac. This is a must have for the true adventurer.

Has anyone seen my socks?

When it comes to the Brac, I've been going there for well over a decade, and I picked up this book mostly just to have a complete set of references. And when it comes to guidebooks, I'm usually pretty hard to be impressed. But Skip's comprehensiveness and thoroughness across the full gambit completely knocked my socks off. The book is a quality piece all the way around: good photo's, excellent maps, and great references: I recognized citations from limited print Cayman Trust publications, including the "Storm of '32" and "Duppies Is" I'm not a climber, but I am aware that the Brac became a climber's destination in the '90s, although the info had been pretty hard to find...until now. Skip's well organized compilation looks to me to be "The Bible" for Brac-bound climbers. I am a diver, and his moored sites are covered well enough. The only significant suggestion I can make is that it would have been wonderful if Skip could have gotten permission to reprint the UW topology illustrations originally published in Shlomo Cohen's "Cayman Diver's Guide" (ISBN 965-362-0053), which was last printed in 1990, and not particularly easy to find.When it comes to shore diving, most diving guidebooks pretty much claim that there is none on the Brac. This is where Skip's book is a goldmine: my shore diving list just flat out doubled, and it looks like I only know of one spot that Skip didn't already have.Skip also has an excellent reference section, and does a great job in the photo's throughout the book in putting names to local faces.Overall, this is a great guidebook, a virtual "must" for any Brac traveller who's really interested in the island and who is going to spend time there. It knocked my socks off, but for trips to the Brac, that's a good thing, because its where we get barefoot for a week at a time :-)-hh

Superior book

I live on the Brac and use this book as a reference. It's a great book. Thank you!

A gem of a book about a gem of an island

WOW! What a beautiful book! Right from the beginning it is clear that this author has experienced all aspects of this island, not just by looking around, but by living it. It is quite obvious that he has actually been suspended from the climbing rocks he describes and has gone scuba diving in the ocean surrounding Cayman Brac to share the breathtaking sea life around the island. He has personally explored the caves and hiked the trails on the island for years. He definitely knows his subject and takes great pride and affection in sharing his knowledge and love of Cayman Brac with those who are lucky enough to find this book. This is an informative guide that is also a pleasure to look at. After reading this book, I'm ready to hop on a plane and head straight for Cayman Brac!!!

A gem of a book about a gem of an island

WOW! What a beautiful book! Right from the beginning it is clear that this author has experienced all aspects of this island, not just by looking around, but by living it. It is quite obvious that he has actually been suspended from the climbing rocks he describes and has gone scuba diving in the ocean surrounding Cayman Brac to share the breathtaking sea life around the island. He has personally explored the caves and hiked the trails on the island for years. He definitely knows his subject and takes great pride and affection in sharing his knowledge and love of Cayman Brac with those who are lucky enough to find this book. This is an informative guide that is also a pleasure to look at. After reading this book, I?m ready to hop on a plane and head straight for Cayman Brac!!!