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OF NETTLES!
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Too often I read, “Easy find” when someone locates
one of my caches. As a consequence, I came up with a different
method for making a “not so easy find.” This new way of hunting
geocaches I am calling "pictocaching." The prefix picto in Latin
means "to paint." [Note: as of 3/16/05 I discovered that another
cacher has used the term pict-o-cache to describe the same
process.] By using this method I have used nature and a camera to
"paint" the path from one cache to the next. I believe that this
method has huge potential to be employed in a wide variety of
areas, not just in woodland settings.
For the first attempt at using this technique I set
up this 2-part multicache called “Cherry Bark” in the woods in the
Greenbelt near Waterloo, IA. The first cache, which the published
coordinates lead to, is a Lock & Lock container shielded from
gnawing teeth by a jacket of aluminum sheet. Please carefully
extract the box from the sheet and put it back together carefully
as well. The top of the box should be facing the "top" marked part
of the aluminum. Please make sure to rehide the box well so that
roving eyes won't be as likely to catch a glimmer of the bright
silver. Look at it from every angle to make sure it's invisible!
The second container is a camouflaged match container.
Inside the first container is, at this time, a
single set of images showing a series of trees that you will have
to locate in sequence. The paces I took between the trees is listed
along with the tree numbers. I used a telephoto setting when taking
the shots. The proper perspective for accurate viewing is between 1
and 1.5 feet from your eyes.
To begin your search you will need to circle around
where you uncovered the first container and look for tree 1. I took
the picture of the next tree while standing close to the one
preceding it. To help you to know that you are close to each
numbered tree I placed a loop of thin iron wire from 5 to 6 feet up
within 15 feet or less of the marked tree.
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