Airport Flats Compass Course Multi-cache

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Hidden : 7/24/2005
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

On what is, perhaps, some of the flattest land for miles around, the course leads you from open ground to small openings within a small stand of trees. 480 feet from start to finish makes this a quick, low impact way to learn, teach or knock the dust off your compass skills. In the late 30's and early 40's there was a grass landing strip on this property which predated the existing Solon Springs Airport to the north.

If you follow the instructions, take accurate bearings and measure carefully you will find that using a compass is as easy (sometimes easier and generally MORE ACCURATE than) using GPS.

The cache container is a long PVC tube painted green.
You will need to bring a compass and be able to measure distance. Measuring tape or string, pace counting, pedometer or GPSr function are a few of your options.

1 Go to N 46* 16.212 W 91* 52.226
South of you is a prominent Red Pine and at a bearing
of 277* is a lone Jack pine.
Move to a position which is 290* off this Red and 320*
off of that Jack. In other words, imagine a line
extending from the trunk of the red pine at 290*
and another line extending from the trunk of the
jack pine at 320*. Where these two imaginary lines
cross is where you want to go.

Standing at this point shoot back azimuths to the trees
you used to get here. A back azimuth is simply 180* off
the direction you came. Your back azimuths are:
Red Pine - 110*
Jack Pine - 140*
You are now biangulated to a position which is probably
within a foot or two of the start point.
Adjust your position so there is another sturdy Red pine
at 230* and the other two trees are still at 110* and
140*.

You are now triangulated at the starting point of the course. There is a small deadfall West of you. If the last person to do the course had left footprints you would be standing in them now.

Each of the following bearings has an object of some kind to walk toward so if you don't see a tree or stump or something to aim for at the given bearing you probably moved a little too far or not quite far enough on the last leg.

2 Bearing 355*, move 75 feet.
3 Bearing 90*, move 100 feet.
4 Bearing 55*, move 110 feet.
5 Bearing 90*, move 65 feet.
6 Bearing 135*, move 100 feet.
7 Bearing 255*, move 30 feet.

For a primer or refresher on using a compass to navigate, here are a couple web pages to get you on course.
(visit link) Simple Basics
(visit link) Excellent Details

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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