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Tahoe climber
climber
Davis these days
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jun 17, 2010 - 02:08pm PT
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Hi -
I'm considering a climbing/surfing trip to Puerto Rico.
I'm going just after Labor Day, for a couple of weeks.
Have you been there?
Where are the best places to go?
What's a place to eat that it'd be a crime to miss?
How about surf?
Thanks for any stories, pictures or beta.
TC
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the kid
Trad climber
fayetteville, wv
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Jun 17, 2010 - 03:07pm PT
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go to deadpointmag.com
http://www.deadpointmag.com/
they just did a puerto rico article and there is some beat there..
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Bill Sherman
Mountain climber
Culver City, CA
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Jun 17, 2010 - 05:50pm PT
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I've climbed in Puerto Rico once. It's pretty much adventure climbing. The area near Caguamas is pretty good. I found several places through RC.com. The directions are a little sketchy but nonetheless got me to a couple of places. The first place I checked out was on the outskirts of San Juan. We drove through a neighborhood and parked at the end of a cul-de-sac next to abandoned cars, piles of garbage, and glass shards everywhere. When we found the rocks, the area was much like the road where we parked. The routes were short but had a few bolts. We didn't spend too much time there.
The next place we went was near Caguamas. It's more in the center of the island. The climbing there was pretty decent. There were about 50 bolted lines in Limestone. It reminded me of a cross between the vegetation on the cliffs in el Portrero Chico and the humidity of Thailand. The most exciting part of the climb was finding the cliffs. We followed the RC.com directions which put us left at a tree, right at a power transformer, and parked below a steep driveway. We started up the driveway where people lived and encountered three enormous dogs. Two were Rotweilers and one was a pit bull. The smallest dog was probably around 100 lbs. The owner came out and spoke good English. We chatted with him for a while and asked about the rocks and permission to cross his property. He had no problems with us going through there and seemed to enjoy the conversation. The "trail" was not much of anything and required some bushwhacking uphill through tall grass.
There may be other places around the island that have since been developed over the last 10 years that I'm not aware of. We searched all over El Yunque as we saw something suggestive of climbing there but had no luck. We even asked several rangers and none of them had ever heard of anything in the park but mentioned that several other people had also asked them about it.
As for surfing, you'll find literally hundreds of locations around the island with all sorts of terrain, breaks, and power. Literally, you can drive along the highway and pull off at any spot that looks good. Depending on the time of year will depend on the location of the best breaks. This site will give you some good info about surfing down there: www.surfline.com/travel/index.cfm?id=2726.
Bill
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Tahoe climber
climber
Davis these days
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 21, 2010 - 01:21pm PT
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Thanks for the info, folks!
Anybody have anything else (bump)?
TC
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cowpoke
climber
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Nov 19, 2012 - 07:56am PT
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Just got tickets for family surf trip in December, and psyched to see that it is worth bringing rope and draws. We'll be in Rincon most of the time, with a day in old San Juan before heading home. A bump for any additional beta
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The Alpine
climber
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Nov 19, 2012 - 11:51am PT
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If in Rincon, just stay and surf!
However, if you really need to climb, theres some multi-pitch sport with tufas and stalactites kinda nearby at Rosario.
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cowpoke
climber
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Nov 19, 2012 - 02:55pm PT
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^^^wow, looks nice! I downloaded the mini-guide for the area from one of the above links. surfing is the priority, but likely to have time for climbing too
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