SAINT LUCIA
CARIBBEAN ISLANDS
Activity: Day Hike, Peak Bagging, Sight Seeing
1.5 miles, 252′ elevation gain, 45 minutes, rated Moderate
Date: 3-3-24
When you are on a boat for a month and a half successfully completing an ‘Trans-Atlantic Crossing on a Small Catamaran’ then you are ready to Island Hop the Caribbean. We were looking for some land activities and the hike up Mt. Pimard was just the ticket. It was a short hike, but it is rated HARD for a reason.
Right from the start we met some fellow catamaran sailors, Nikki and Barry from Vancouver British Colombia, Canada. They bought their Lagoon Catamaran in Florida joined a large fleet of cats that all sailed down to the Caribbean together as a group. It was fun to talk with them along the way.
The first 2/3rds of the hike through a tree forest canopy with some peak-a-boo glimpses of Saint Lucia’s Rodney Bay lulls you into relaxation mode, but the last part of the hike is pretty steep with no switch backs. It’s a scramble pretty much straight to the top. Thank goodness for some footholds, staircase of roots, and some little trees to grab onto. There are even some new well tied ropes to aid both the accent and descent.
Once you catch your breath at the top, the view will then take it away. Great 360 view of ocean, bay and island.
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Mt. Pimard Trail
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– Nick Burd
My friend Dan and I want to thank you for joining us while ‘Pursuing Balance Through Adventure’. Hiking and Peak Bagging our way around Rodney Bay on Saint Lucia in the Caribbean. Here is our hike from the other day: Fort Rodney and Signal Hill. Adventure is the best way to gain that Balance in life so sought after. Super fun short hike since we were anchored just below it. Please stick around by doing this: COMMENT, LIKE, FOLLOW and SHARE. Also checkout SHOP APPAREL for adventure hats, shirts, beanies, like the ones in the video and pics. The menu above will send you to more PBTA locations for your adventure pleasure. Each one is independent and thus needs to be FOLLOWED independently.
Happy Trails,
Roger Jenkins,
Pursuing Balance Through Adventure
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