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PLEASE IGNORE THE ABOVE UTM'S. THEY WILL ONLY TELL YOU THIS COMPLEX CACHE IS LOCATED IN WESTERN CANADA.
(RE-READ THE VARIOUS CACHE PAGES FROM TIME,TO TIME. WE MAKE CHANGES FOR PURPOSES OF CLARITY BASED ON ANY E MAILS WE RECEIVE).
PLEASE NOTE: WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL E MAILS RE ANNOUNCING OUR POSTINGS OF UTM'S AFTER 30 DAYS THAT A CACHE HAS NOT BEEN VISITED. WE HAVE THEREFORE DECIDED TO ABANDON THIS POLICY.
THIS IS A DIFFICULT CACHE! IT'S VALUE FAR EXCEEDS $2,000.00.
At a later date, TEAM KFWB GPS will give you exact details.
The cache may contain all cash, or cash and other equivalents, like a GPS machine, etc. etc.
Positions you have to get to are located ALL OVER VANCOUVER ISLAND. You're going to have to do 'a bit of travelling'. Many positions will be difficult to get to.
You should have survival equipment, and advise others where you are going for safety reasons. A four wheel drive vehicle is strongly recommended.
There will be UP TO 20 POSITIONS you will have to get to.
You won't be able to just sit at home on your computer pushing buttons! Most positions will be 'adventures in the field'.
You may want to buy, or rent a Satellite phone, as many positions will be far beyond cellular phone range. This cache will be found by only the most rugged of cachers. Don't bring your grandparents on this one!
TEAM KFWB GPS WILL ANNOUNCE EVERY FEW DAYS, NEW POSITIONS OR THINGS TO DO, TO COMPLETE THE INFORMATION YOU WILL RECEIVE TO GET TO THIS CACHE!
O.K. HERE WE GO!!!!!
1) Here's the first position you have to get to: We determined this position with a Trimble Pro XRS, and Omnistar differential (AMSC Western USA - FREQ. 1551.489 mhz). Accuracy is plus or minus one half a meter.
Look for a GPS TAG (orange color, about 2" in diameter), nailed to a tree stump at 351641 East 5463469 North. What is this GPS TAG NUMBER?
2) What is the GPS TAG NUMBER nailed to a dead tree at approximately 346377 East 5471289 North? (Position determined by Trimble Pro XRS).
3) What is the TAG NUMBER on a stake at 419231 East, and 5378083 North?
What color is the stake?
What position is the tag on the stake?
4) Go to 367232 East - 5445900 North. Look for a GPS TAG nailed to the top of a large stump. What is this GPS TAG number?
5) Go to 393130 East - 5438951 North. Look for an orange circle on top of a stump. From here go on a compass course of 293 degrees True (19 degrees East compass declination) for 68 meters. Look for a GPS TAG nailed to the top of a stump. What is the GPS TAG NUMBER?
HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL FIND AT THE CACHE SITE:
THE FIRST TEAM to arrive at the cache site can take the TWO LARGE CONTAINERS that are marked "FIRST PLACE FINISHER".
THE CONTENTS ARE:
** A digital HP camera and charger/software
** A Motorola Talkabout Radio
** A Magellan Meridian GPS unit/software
** Binoculars
** AM/FM Weather Radio
** A Talking Pedometer
** A Digital Dictaphone
** A Mini "Boom Box"
** $1200.00 IN CASH!!
** PLUS OTHER MISCELLANEOUS GOODIES!
THE SECOND TEAM to reach the cache CAN TAKE THE BOX MARKED "SECOND PLACE FINISHER" AND THE ENTIRE CONTENTS INCLUDING:
** Binoculars
** A Motorola FRS Radio
** A Magellan SportTrack GPS unit
**And other miscellaneous items
THE THIRD TEAM to arrive at the cache site,can take any ONE item of their choice from the plastic container (with screw lid). These contents include:
** A Garmin Etrex GPS unit
** An excellent Weather Radio
** Binoculars
** A Motorola Talkabout
** And other items
DO NOT REMOVE THIS SCREW LID CONTAINER FROM THE CACHE SITE.
THIS CONTAINER NOW BECOMES THE REGULAR CACHE FOR FUTURE GEOCACHERS TO LOCATE.
6) VISIT UTM 381909 EAST - 5453282 NORTH. LOOK FOR A FADED GREEN WOODEN STAKE WITH A RED TAG ATTACHED TO IT. WHAT IS THE TAG NUMBER?
7) LOOK FOR A GPS TAG ATTACHED TO A TREE AT 454347 EAST - 5393140 NORTH. THE TAG IS ABOUT SEVEN FEET FROM THE BASE OF THE TREE. WHAT IS THE TAG NUMBER?
8) LOOK FOR AN ORANGE TAG WITH ORANGE SPRAY PAINT ON A TREE AT 454474 EAST - 5392952 NORTH.
FROM HERE LOOK ON A COMPASS BEARING OF 309 DEGREES TRUE (19 DEGREES EAST DECLINATION) -YOU'LL BE LOOKING THROUGH THE TREES. HOW FAR IS IT FROM THE TREE TO THE NEAREST CORNER OF THE FIRST BUILDING (THERE'S A HIGHER BUILDING BEHIND IT)? THERE SHOULD BE A LARGE PILE OF SAWDUST IN FRONT OF THE LOW BUILDING.
#9) LOOK FOR A YELLOW TAG SILICONED UNDER A MAN MADE OBJECT AT 366965 EAST AND 5446291 NORTH. WHAT IS THE TAG NUMBER ?
#10) LOOK FOR AN ORANGE GPS TAG AT 442376 EAST AND 5381781 NORTH. WHAT IS THE TAG NUMBER?
#11) THERE IS A METAL TAG AT 374153 EAST AND 5482588 NORTH. WHAT ARE ITS FIRST FOUR DIGITS?
#12) GO TO QUEEN'S PARK ON BEACH DRIVE IN VICTORIA, B.C. LOOK FOR A BENCH WITH THE NAME RICHARD C. AND MARY M. COLES. FROM THIS BENCH SIGHT AT 23.5 DEGREES TRUE (COMPASS DECLINATION 19 DEG EAST) FOR 595 METERS. THERE YOU WILL SEE A TALL WOODEN OBJECT. GO THERE. LOOK FOR A GPS TAG NAILED TO THIS OBJECT. WHAT IS THE GPS TAG NUMBER? (HINT: MAKE SURE YOU ARE THERE AT THE RIGHT TIME)
#13) THERE IS A MONUMENT TO A FAMOUS SWIMMER LOCATED IN BEACON HILL PARK, VICTORIA, B.C. DETERMINE THE EASTING OF THIS MONUMENT, THEN SUBTRACT THE YEAR (FOUR DIGITS) OF HER ACCOMPLISHMENT FROM THIS UTM. NOW DIVIDE THIS ANSWER BY TEN. WHAT IS THIS NUMBER?
#14) LOOK FOR A GPS TAG UNDER A MAN MADE OBJECT AT 386922 EAST AND 5463798 NORTH. WHAT IS THE TAG NUMBER?
#15) THERE IS A GPS TAG NAILED TO AN OBJECT AT 331083 EAST AND 5463671 NORTH. WHAT IS THE TAG NUMBER?
#16) DETERMINE THE DISTANCE IN METERS FROM THE FLAG POLE IN BEACON HILL PARK (THE TALLEST ONE) TO A FIRE HYDRANT/OCEAN WATER PICKUP BY THE MOST NORTHERLY BOAT LAUNCH RAMP AT CATTLE POINT IN VICTORIA, B.C.
#17) DETERMINE THE COMPASSS BEARING IN TRUE DEGREES, TO THE NEAREST DEGREE FROM THE FLAG POLE TO THE FIRE HYDRANT/OCEAN WATER PICKUP IN #16 (ABOVE).
#18) START AT ZONE 33G 732466.005 EAST, 5410934.663 SOUTH. FROM HERE GO 839296.818181 CHAINS AT 297.7952366 DEGREES. AT THE UTM YOU DETERMINE, YOU WILL FIND A GPS TAG GLUED TO ROCK. WHAT IS THE TAG NUMBER?
#19) GO TO 466868 EAST, 5364191 NORTH. FROM HERE LOOK AT 293 DEGREES TRUE (19 EAST COMPASS DECLINATION) TO A TOWER.
WHAT IS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN WHERE YOU ARE AT THE UTM GIVEN, TO THE MIDDLE OF THE FRONT OF THE TOWER?
#20) VISIT CADBORO BAY IN VICTORIA, B.C. DETERMINE THE NORTHING UTM OF THE CENTER OF THE BENCH DEDICATED TO ALAN AND DIANNE HANNA. NOW SUBTRACT THE EASTING NUMBER(FROM THE NORTHING NUMBER). YOU NOW HAVE A NEW NUMBER. DIVIDE THIS NUMBER BY 127. ROUND THIS NUMBER TO THE NEAREST WHOLE NUMBER. WHAT IS THIS NUMBER
---PLEASE NOTE---
THE TOTAL VALUE OF THIS CACHE WILL BE HIGHER THAN ORIGINALLY STATED.
TEAM KFWB GPS WISHES TO THANK EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE 'BOLD ENDURANCE GEOCACHE' HUNT, INCLUDING THOSE VIEWING THIS RACE ON THEIR COMPUTERS ALL ACROSS NORTH AMERICA.
***PLEASE NOTE***
THE GRAND FINALE OF THIS WILL BE MUCH MORE EXCITING THAN ANY PREVIOUS ONE!! IT WON'T BE JUST A MAD DASH TO THE CACHE. YOU'LL HAVE TO GO TO FOUR OTHER PLACES (IN THE GENERAL VICINITY).
ONCE ALL THIS IS FIGURED OUT, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET A UTM OF WHERE YOU HAVE TO GO TO REACH THE ACTUAL CACHE.
***IMPORTANT NOTICE***
NOTE CHANGE EFFECTIVE 11 AM, DECEMBER 16TH, 2002.
TEAM KFWB GPS HAS RECEIVED HOWLS OF PROTEST FOR CHANGING THE ORIGINAL START TIME, AND HAVING A 'BOGUS' POINT TO BE USED THE DAY OF THE CONTEST. ORIGINALLY YOU WERE TO HAVE THREE LEGITIMATE AND ONE 'BOGUS' POINT TO GET NEAR THE ACTUAL CACHE. THESE WERE TO BE GIVEN ON THE ACTUAL DAY WHEN THE FINAL INFORMATION WAS TO BE RELEASED. WE HAVE CHANGED THIS BACK TO WHAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY. YOU WILL NOW BE GIVEN FOUR LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS OR POINTS. THE START TIME WILL BE PUT BACK TO APPROXIMATELY 9:00 AM ON 'BIG SATURDAY', DECEMBER 28TH, 2002.
WE HAD MADE THE CHANGE TO MAKE THINGS EASIER FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS. ON THE DAY OF THIS CACHE CONTEST YOU MAY LOOK BACK AND SEE THE ERROR OF YOUR WAYS!!!
...AND AWAY YOU ALL GO.....
TO BE RELEASED ‘BIG SATURDAY’, DECEMBER 28TH, 2002 AT APPROXIMATELY 9:00 A.M.
YOU ARE BEING GIVEN FOUR POSITIONS TO GET TO.
#1) LOOK FOR A RED TRIANGLE WITH A CROSS THROUGH IT, PAINTED ON ROCK AT 487660 EAST 5402195 NORTH. FROM THIS MARKING, HOW FAR IS IT TO THE NEAREST CORNER OF A HOUSE WITH A RED ROOF? (BELOW THE CLIFF WHERE YOU ARE STANDING)
#2) LOOK FOR A GPS TAG AT 496554 EAST 5403231 NORTH ATTACHED TO A TREE. WHAT IS THE GPS TAG NUMBER?
#3) LOOK FOR TWO GPS TAGS THAT WILL BE FOUND ATTACHED TO A TREE THAT IS 58 FEET AT 6 DEGREES TRUE (COMPASS DECLINATION 19 DEGREES EAST), FROM UTM 489939 EAST 5401815 NORTH. WHAT IS THE TOTAL OF THESE TAG NUMBERS?
#4) STAND AT A ROCK OUTCROP AT 488025 EAST 5402063 NORTH. SIGHT AT 201 DEGREES TRUE (19 DEGREES EAST DECLINATION) TO AN ALUMINUM COVERED PATCH ON THE CENTER OF THE ROOF OF A SMALL BUILDING. HOW MANY METERS IS IT FROM WHERE YOU ARE STANDING, TO THE ALUMINUM PATCH?
YOU WILL NOW HAVE TWENTY DIFFERENT NUMBERS IN TOTAL, FROM THE ORIGINAL TWENTY QUESTIONS. PRESUME ALL THE NUMBERS ARE METERS. NUMBERS ONE TO TEN WILL BE EASTING NUMBERS. NUMBERS ELEVEN TO TWENTY WILL BE NORTHING NUMBERS. NOW ADD TO THE EASTING NUMBERS, THE NUMBERS YOU TOTAL IN QUESTIONS ONE TO FOUR IMMEDIATELY ABOVE. YOU WILL NOW HAVE A GRAND TOTAL OF FOURTEEN EASTING NUMBERS, AND TEN NORTHING NUMBERS. YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO LOCATE AN OBJECT WITH AN ORANGE TAG ON IT, SURROUNDED BY A PINK CIRCLE. TO GET THERE, GO 481599 METERS EAST PLUS ALL THE EASTING NUMBERS YOU HAVE DETERMINED. GO 5307196 METERS NORTH, PLUS ALL THE NORTHING NUMBERS YOU HAVE DETERMINED. WHEN YOU HAVE LOCATED THIS OBJECT, THE CACHE WILL BE WITHIN FIFTY FEET. WE ARE NOT GIVING YOU A COMPASS BEARING!
GOOD LUCK FROM TEAM KFWB GPS!!
******************** IMPORTANT BULLETIN *******************
TEAM KFWB GPS WILL BE ON 'ASSIGNMENT' THIS WEEK COMMENCING 30TH DEC. 2002 UNTIL 5TH JAN. 2003, AND WILL BE UNAVAILABLE FOR E MAILS, OR TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
ANOTHER MAJOR CACHE IS NEARING FINALIZATION ON VANCOUVER ISLAND, OR VICINITY. THIS WILL BE THE BIGGEST ONE YET - SO WATCH FOR IT - IT'S COMING YOUR WAY SOON!
ALL THE BEST FOR THE NEW YEAR FROM TEAM KFWB GPS!
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