PRESS ON REGARDLESS GEOCACHE Traditional Cache
TEAM KFWB GPS: Archived by the Team.
PRESS ON REGARDLESS GEOCACHE
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RE-READ THE VARIOUS CACHE PAGES FROM TIME TO TIME AS WE MAKE CHANGES FOR PURPOSES OF CLARITY BASED ON ANY E MAILS WE RECEIVE...
IGNORE THE ABOVE POSITION. IT ONLY TELLS YOU THIS CACHE IS LOCATED IN WESTERN CANADA.
BETTER HUSTLE GANG - THIS ONE LOOKS EXCITING!!!
THIS CACHE CONTAINS OVER $1000.00 IN CASH, A GARMIN ETREX VISTA (THE BEST ONE), AN HP DIGITAL CAMERA/BATTERY CHARGER, THREE SANTAS, AND NUMEROUS TOYS AND ITEMS!!
TO GET TO A POINT NEAR THE CACHE POSITION DO THE FOLLOWING:
#1) DETERMINE A DISTANCE FROM THE GONZALES HILL BENCHMARK TO THE NEAREST SIDE OF A TALL WATER TOWER AT 324 DEGREES TRUE (NOTE - ALL COMPASS BEARINGS IN THIS CONTEST, PRESUME 19 DEGREES EAST COMPASS DECLINATION).
#2) GO TO 480107.626 EAST 5367028.231 NORTH. LOOK AT A TRUE COMPASS BEARING OF 328 DEGREES. IF YOU LOOK CAREFULLY, YOU WILL SEE A VERTICAL STEEL PIPE. WHAT IS THE DISTANCE TO THIS STEEL PIPE? (NOTE: WHEN AT THE ABOVE UTM, A GPS TAG SHOULD BE WHERE YOU ARE STANDING)
#3) CHECK OUT A BENCH IN THE AREA OF TEN MILE POINT IN VICTORIA, B.C. WHAT YEAR WAS GEOFFREY ALAN ROCK BORN?
#4) LOOK FOR A BLUE TAG AT APPROXIMATELY 477308 EAST 5362025 NORTH. WHAT IS TAG NUMBER?
#5) GO UP TO MOUNT TOLMIE IN VICTORIA, B.C. LOOK FOR A LIGHT BLUE PLAQUE. WHAT IS THE FOUR DIGIT NUMBER ON THE EXTREME BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THIS PLAQUE?
#6) GO TO APPROXIMATELY 464936 EAST 5379872 NORTH. CLOSE BY YOU WILL SEE A SMALL ROCK, MOSTLY BURIED IN THE GROUND. IT HAS A CRUDE 'X' SCRATCHED INTO IT. FROM HERE SIGHT 79 DEGREES TRUE. HOW FAR IS IT TO A SIGN THAT SAYS "SLOW 4 KNOTS"?
#7) WHAT IS THE GPS TAG NUMBER AT 437818 EAST 5380168 NORTH?
#8) WHAT IS THE GPS TAG NUMBER AT 393173 EAST 5438597 NORTH?
#9) WHAT IS THE GPS TAG NUMBER ON A YELLOW STAKE AT 463892 EAST 5398530 NORTH?
#10) PROCEED TO 476685 EAST 5413883 NORTH. YOU SHOULD BE STANDING BY THE MOST EASTERN OF SEVERAL BLACK LAMP POSTS ABOUT FIVE FEET HIGH. THIS LAMP POST IS ON A COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT. FROM THIS LAMP POST SIGHT AT 104 DEGREES TRUE. HOW FAR IS IT TO A DISTANT OBJECT WITH A SPORATIC WHITE LIGHT? (YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAND EXACTLY AT THE LAMP POST, YOU CAN GET CLOSE TO IT, THEN ESTIMATE THE APPROXIMATE DISTANCE FROM WHERE YOU ARE STANDING, TO THE LAMP POST).
#11) GO TO A GRAVEYARD ON GALIANO ISLAND. WHAT YEAR DID JESSIE GEORGESON DIE?
#12) GO TO BLUFFS PARK ON GALIANO ISLAND. WALK IN A WEST NORTH WEST DIRECTION FROM THE PARKING AREA AT THE TOP OF THE BLUFFS. WALK ALONG THE TRAIL FAIRLY NEAR THE EDGE OF THE BLUFF. (THERE IS NO DANGER HERE, AS YOU'LL BE SEVERAL FEEL FROM THE EDGE OF THE BLUFF. LOOK FOR A LARGE ROCK WTIH A 'BOWL SHAPE' INDENTATION IN IT. YOU'LL BE THERE WHEN, FROM THE LOCATION OF THE ROCK A GREEN TOPPED NAVIGATION BEACON IS VISIBLE AT 230 DEGREES TRUE. HOW FAR IS IT FROM THE ROCK TO THE GREEN NAVIGATION BEACON?
#13) GO TO THE 'GOLDSTREAM INN' (PUB) IN GREATER VICTORIA. LOOK UNDER THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FIREPLACE MANTLE. THERE YOU WILL FIND AN ORANGE GPS TAG. WHAT IS THE TAG NUMBER?
#14) PROCEED TO 459328 EAST 5358752 NORTH. NAILED TO AN ALDER TAG YOU WILL FIND A GPS TAG. WHAT IS THE TAG NUMBER?
#15) WHAT IS THE GPS TAG NUMBER OF A TAG GLUED TO ROCK AT 455596 EAST 5408912 NORTH?
#16) WHAT IS THE GPS TAG NUMBER AT 458724 EAST 5371546 NORTH NAILED TO A MAN MADE OBJECT?
TO GET TO A POINT THAT WILL GET YOU TO THE CACHE, PRESUME ALL THE NUMBERS YOU HAVE DETERMINED IN THE SIXTEEN QUESTIONS ABOVE, ARE METERS. THE FIRST EIGHT ARE APPLICABLE TO THE EASTING. NUMBERS NINE THROUGH SIXTEEN APPLY TO THE NORTHING. ADD THE NUMBERS YOU HAVE DETERMINED FOR QUESTIONS ONE THROUGH EIGHT TO 459342. THIS WILL GIVE YOU AN EASTING. ADD THE NUMBERS YOU HAVE DETERMINED FOR NINE THROUGH SIXTEEN TO 5357661. THIS WILL GIVE YOU A NORTHING. GO TO THIS UTM. IT IS THE TOP OF A ROCK WEIGHING MANY TONS.
TO GET TO THE ACTUAL CACHE (PRESUMING A ROUND WORLD) FROM THE TOP OF THE ROCK GO 11.865705 KILOMETERS AT 71 DEGREES, 12 MINUTES, 21.4036 SECONDS. THE CACHE IS UNDER AN OLD STUMP.
HAVE FUN!
TEAM KFWB GPS
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