Chris Brown's Blog » surf http://highexposures.com/blog Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:20:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Paradise http://highexposures.com/blog/2009/09/09/paradise/ http://highexposures.com/blog/2009/09/09/paradise/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:49:37 +0000 chris_brown http://highexposures.com/blog/?p=39 Egmont Key – Fort Desoto’s hot sister, is home to not only thousands of nesting shore birds, but also some of Florida’s finest bouldering.  Battery Bigelow at Fort Dade on Egmont Key was destroyed by hurricanes in 1932 leaving behind gently overhung walls right at the waters edge.  While its no Virgin Gorda, the beach front bouldering on Egmont Key never the less provides an idyllic setting for the adventurous flatlander.egmontarete1 Paradiseclimbing

Use your preferred mode of water transport to reach Egmont.

Use your preferred mode of water transport to reach Egmont.

Launching from the fishing pier at Fort Desoto, it takes about 2 hours to reach Egmont by kayak or canoe while dodging the huge freighters and cruise ships that run the channel between the islands.

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Hand crack at Egmont.

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Topo of bouldering at Egmont. Click for larger version.

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