This cache is meant to take you ALL the way around the hiking
trails.Here's one that will take you to the NE Corner of the park.
Why not take the full tour? Or, as the theme implies, take the full
voyage throughout the park.
What's with the Name of this cache? A little bit of the R.M.S.
Titanic history is how I came up with this name: As most folks
know, the R.M.S Titanic sank on her Maiden Voyage across the
Atlantic on 4-12-1912. She hit an Iceberg, and the "Unsinkable
Ship" went down to the bottom of the Atlantic in under 3 hours.
When that Fateful Iceberg was spotted by the Look outs and was
called into the bridge, the Orders were given for "Full Astern!"
and "Hard a Starboard!" The Intent of these orders was to steer
clear of the iceberg (turn Left! ~ in Tiller's Terms) and also to
slam on the brakes. Now, boats and ships Have no brakes, so the
only way to do that (slam on the brakes) is to engage Full
Astern/Reverse of the engines.
IMHO, I think the Combination of those two Orders are what
caused the Titanic to face her Doomed Fate. Had the crew chosen One
or the Other of those orders, Titanic would have lived on to her
full life. Hard a Starboard (while keeping Full Ahead) would have
maybe steered the Titanic clear of that iceberg. Full Astern
(slamming on the brakes... of a Ship) and staying head on with the
iceberg would have indeed resulted in a head on Crash. But the
Titanic would have survived with only one (maybe two) compartments
flooded. Instead, she broadsided the iceberg and flooded more than
the 4 compartments allotted that would have kept her a float.Thus,
she was lost.
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I used a new idea for hiding this cache while thinking about the
Titanic.Full Astern is the captain's orders for Full Reverse on a
ship. And Reverse is really how I've hidden this cache! I looked at
the map first,chose the coords for the cache and set them as a Way
Point in my GPSr. Then I went to the Way Point to look for a place
to hide the Micro. While I was at GZ, I made sure that I wasn't too
near to the RR Tracks or any other caches in the same park. In
effect, I went Full Astern to make this Hide. Or...Reverse.
You folks will have the benefit of looking for this one Full Ahead!
Or All Ahead Full. The orders on a ship for Full Speed Ahead! Enjoy
the Hunt and the hike/voyage that will take you here.
Attributes for the
Cache:
Park/Trails Hours:
6:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Oct. - Mar.
6:00 AM - 8:30 PM, Apr. - Sept.
Porta Potty Restroom Available "In Season"
(I'll adjust the Attribute accordingly)
Happy Caching, and Enjoy the Hunt!!
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