Voices Wabash students, alumni, and faculty engaging the world
F LY I N G O V E R THE EDGE of OBLIVION —by Kelly Sullivan ’15
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11 miles long and 1 mile wide, small and remote, and this lends itself to diving extremely well. If Grand Cayman is like a knitting needle sticking straight up from the bottom of the ocean, Little Cayman is more of a long hair extending from the ocean floor. I had not been to Little Cayman since I was six years old and had never been diving there. But I’d heard stories of this beautiful, untouched reef, with a wall (a “dropoff,” for those familiar with Finding Nemo) that would make me pause in awe. The reality of Little Cayman is even better. The top of the wall is in 15 feet of water and covered in soft corals. Sea fans the LITTLE CAYMAN IS AN ISLAND ROUGHLY