The MANLY MAN'S Musch Cache

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N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.???  [] In California, United States

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This cache is stuffed full of things men love!!

BE CAREFUL OF THE RED ANTS AT WP1!! JUST GO IN, REACH OVER AND RETREAT TO GET THE COORDS, DO IT QUICK AND YOU WILL BE FINE! This cache is near a place I like to visit when I go to a campground in Topanga State Park that a lot of people don’t even know is there. Although the real Cache is not in the campground, this is the route that's easiest. There are lots of caches up here, so come in from anyway you like, even spend the night if you like. The quickest way is the Musch Camp Trail at the north side of the parking lot at N34 05.612 W118 35.245 in Trippet Ranch. You will pass a pond, the trail continues off to the right after this. You will cross a small bridge and then continue slightly uphill the rest of the way, lots of stepping up rocks and "stairs". If you do this at dusk to dawn, you will hear the coyotes yappin. The first part of this multi is very close to the camp. There is a very nice restroom at the camp, as well as water, sinks & garbage cans (CITO, hint hint). This is a magnetic hide-a-key with the coords to the “MANS” cache in it. This is .9 miles in, 20 minutes at a decent pace. Walk another 50’ past this to find a beautiful natural desert garden-like area. Be careful of the red ants and a sharp bush on the way though! The purpose of this multi is to bring you to this rare Santa Monica Mountain campground (just in case you came from Eagle Rock). The original area the final stage was going to go in is now closed for plant rehabilitation, so I put it elsewhere. It is about 50’ from the trail. No real bushwacking is required. This part is .3 miles more and another 10 minutes. Figure an hour and a half for this one. Watch for poison oak, ticks, lions and rattlesnakes, I've seem em all here.

I put as much "MANLY MAN" stuff in this camo'd ammo box as I could possibly fit, this thing is almost a full tool kit. This IS a theme cache, so PLEASE stick to the "MAN" theme if you do trade items.
The original cache contains log and pen, The Superman Travel bug , a FTF bag containing $1.00 and a homemade FTF window sticker along with 4 other homemade GC related decals, a camera for the finders to take a pic, 3 various C-clamps, Coke bottle opener, 1 set 3 1/2" hinges, 1 needle nose pliers, 1 linesman’s dikes, 1 50" metro, 1 small padlock, 1 mini-vice, 2 Cito containers, 1 1/2" craftsman combo wrench, 3 Phillips screwdrivers, 1 golf ball, 1 8 pc. Allen wrench set, 1 5 pc. folding Allen wrench set, 1 plastic knife, 1 calculator, 1 Marlboro multi-tool, 1 20a-125/250v locking plug, 1 small flashlight (press on back), 1 faucet repair kit, and last but not least, 1 4 1/2" grinding wheel. Whew!! PLEASE STICK TO THE THEME!! Have fun, take your picture, log your name with the number on the camera and post it if it is full. I will post the pictures and replace the camera!!!!

FTF April 22, 2005 by sr.hikers

Additional Hints ( Decrypt ) 

Decryption Key
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(letter above equals below,
and vice versa)

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(Decrypted Hints)

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Mrs. Mitch in the Campground

Mrs. Mitch on The Bridge

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Cache Logs

November 15 by jbwiden (16 found) Found them both rather quickly. [view this log]

November 7 by interbang1 (726 found) I had always steered clear of this one, leery of fire ants and multi-caches, but turned out to be completely pleasant. What a nice peaceful campsite this is. [view this log]

October 16 by Department of Adventure (140 found) I was unable to log caches for several months, and found this one a while back. I didn't record the date it was found, unfortunately. Thank you very much for the cache! [view this log]

August 29 by pianofab (422 found) I guess I decided that the Spinal Tap challenge deserved a few bonus challenges for today's goal. After aerial investigation I decided to approach "from above", meaning the Cheney trail. Could I make it in 90/100 degree (F) weather? Could I make it when the toxic cloud from the Angeles National Forest blaze looms at the horizon? Could I make it after eating one dozen raw oysters for lunch (which could "backfire")? Well, I could. And I did not even run out of water (3 liters). And the oysters were excellent. I am pleased to report that the cache is in good shape, so much so that the container was almost sealed shut. It took some exertion (which I was not looking forward to) to open it. TNLNSL, and TFTC! [view this log]

June 21 by justinjdoucette (19 found) The first cache was an easy find, but needed the hint. The red ants were every where! Created a waypoint with the second cache coordinates and located the spot, but couldn't find the cache. The hint was a little tricky and did not help. There was a small plastic lizard at ground zero. Perfect location, but couldn't locate the cache...may try again next time... [view this log]

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