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 November 7 by G_Fours (203 found)
Got a bit of a sinking feeling when my GPSr beeped to indicate I was 20 meters from the cache. It just didn't seem like I was 20 meters from the cache. Some one once said to me that half the fun of a Binthair cache was getting out there to see if you were right. After X meters of bushwhack and ALMOST jumping over a creek (boots and pant legs wet, feet thankfully dry) I definitely didn't want to be wrong. I obediently followed my arrow and sure enough came face to face with the cache. So I can now state with complete confidence that if I was ever attacked by a bear in the woods while caching, as long as I had an internet connection, I could find my way to safety. T-coin and TB L-TB SL, TFTC.
[view this log] | October 29 by Taoiseach (1451 found)
At some point earlier in the Summer, Narcissa and I had a quasi-miserable dnf on this cacheWe erroneously took Bluelamb's advice (Hey, he's usually right...) as to where to approach from, and then were unsuccessful, despite being close. We had missed a few squares (By a few, I mean I could count on one hand the ones we missed), and had Narcissa not hurt her ankle, I think that there's a good chance we would have been able to find it on that first day. On the first day, as we sat on opposite banks of a creek, feebly trying to count squares, I think all of Bluelamb, Model12 and Pibelle received a call. Not a one of them were able to answer our call for help, and we were forced to leave, head hanging in shame. I doubt that we will ever forget that number... As luck would have it, a very observant Narcissa studied the map before we left today, and discovered that there is in fact a much better route in. Today, we took it, and as much as it was far better at this time of year, I wouldn't recommend it in the spring. Our way was a little bit more difficult of a bushwhack, but it was so significantly shorter that it didn't even matter - That being said, it was still a little bit wet. Once again, we found ourselves standing at the bank of the creek. We went down to the place where I had once crossed before (while Narcissa rested her sore ankle), and I again crossed with ease. Next, Narcissa's son came across with almost as much ease. Finally, it came to be Narcissa's turn. As she noted in her log, I'm a fair bit taller than she is, and as a result, me ability to jump a distance is somewhat better. Impressively, she was able to make it on to the floating log without getting wet, but it was in the time that she wanted me to try to pull her and the log closer to the other side. This didn't work, and she got a soaker... oh well... Once across, we made quick work of finding the cache. I maintain that had Narcissa have made it to the other side the first time around, we would have found it then... Oh well... On the way back, we found a much better crossing, and were soon on our way. Our bushwhack back was even easier, and then we enjoyed a nice stroll down the perfectly groomed trail back to the car. Found - 4:00 PM TNLN - TFTC! I write this as a member of the AFC, but at this time I still had one binthair left to go - Maximum Surprise!
[view this log] | October 29 by narcissa (1183 found)
This cache has been on my closest-to-home page for YEARS, taunting me. Taoiseach and I made an attempt at it in the summer, but came up short due to an oversight in our square counting. Turns out we weren't very far away (less than 200m), but further search efforts at the time were derailed by a sore ankle, a water hazard, and fatigue from a long bushwhack through very tall weeds.This time around, we chose a different starting point and enjoyed a well-maintained trail for most of the way (instead of the long grass bushwhack). After a relatively short bushwhack, we found ourselves exactly where we were when we called off the search a few months before. With the help of an old log, Taoiseach gracefully leaped across the water obstacle. Then we carefully handed the wee cacher across. Being much shorter than Taoiseach, leaping across like a gazelle wasn't going to happen for me. I carefully stepped onto the log and tried to roll it a little closer to the opposite bank, then tried to get Taoiseach to pull me closer. That didn't work out so well - I ended up with wet feet, and nearly impaled in the thigh with a stick. But I was across! After another short bushwhack, we spotted the cache from several metres away. Yay! Signed the log, rested for a bit, and headed back. We found a slightly better place to cross the water on the way back, and though my feet got a little wetter, the bushwhack was a little shorter. Three Binthairs to go!
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| October 20 by Keops2008 (943 found)
 BINTHAIR #32 !!! I was only able to solve the math puzzle recently by receiving a small nudge as to how to research the information. I had been carefully counting squares and trusted my answer, the GZ looked plausible. I set out today at lunchtime to make the find, I knew the area from a previous visit and knew it would be a tough bushwhack. So I carefully planned some waypoints and a route in my gps and followed it, I never got wet but the dying grass was taller than me in many sections and I even swallowed some of the fluffy seed thingies that were flying off. In the end I found the cache before I reached my final waypoint, I did not even had to search because my route took me straight to it from the right angle. Having read the previous logs about a nice path I am curious to know where it is! Whoever is lined up for maintenance of this cache you have my admiration! I rescued two GCs that had been there for 5 months. TFTC
[view this log] | May 20 by RP Guiders (996 found)
Happy to be out with Team Vintage today to nab this great binthair cache. The hours spent calculating it's position has all paid off. It seems so easy when you finally get there! L: German coin, T:nothing. Thanks CCC for taking this one over.
[view this log] | May 20 by Pokaroo (1258 found)
Found while out with Team Vintage on a beautiful afternoon. I worked through Portera's solution to make sure I understood how he had come up with GZ. SL TNLN TFTC
[view this log] | May 20 by portera (985 found)
Binthair #25 for me!I had looked at this cache quite a while ago, and honestly had no idea how to proceed with it. I gave it another look on the weekend, and had a bit of a light-bulb moment. A Yes/No e-mail to an AFC member let me know that I was wrong. Darn! And I thought I was so smart. I resorted to the internet, and after much searching found the correct answer which was about 100m more optimal than my solution. Close but no cigar. One of my Team Vintage members had a photo of the sign, and I set to work figuring out how many squares there were, and it was quite a few! I thought I had the right number and had figured out the GZ, and then it came to me that I had missed 4. I re-calculated, and had an even more promising GZ. The outing was planned and I made sure that I figured out the best route to the cache, that didn't require hip-waders or a machete. The weather cleared up, we managed to get a team FTF on our way and had a very pleasant walk to the cache. If we had only resisted the urge to go straight for the cache for the last 80m or so... Took: Nothing
Left: Ho-Hum Geocoin (I thought RitchieD would approve) Signed the log. Thanks for the cache!
[view this log] | May 20 by nosense (660 found)
Found with Team Vintage on a nice spring day. The walk was will planned and the way out would've been better if we didn't take off across the bush for another cache. Another notch in my binthair-found belt. Thanks to the cache maintenance team for keeping these alive. TNLN SL --nosense--
[view this log] |  May 14 by Canada's Capital Cachers (0 found)
LIFE SAVER was transferred from binthair to user Canada's Capital Cachers
[view this log] | April 5 by rysiuk (1033 found)
#670. BH#7.
Now that was a long walk. I was very happy to see the cache were I thought it should be ... my calcs were off by 4m... bang-on I guess.
[view this log] | December 13, 2008 by GeoPiel (1202 found)
Beautiful crisp blue sky morning, with a fresh layer of deep snow. Strapped on the showshoes the first time this year, and started to plod in to where my newly calculated GZ was located. Some great views enroute, and managed to approach a pair of piliated woodpeckers busy making holes reasonabaly close. As I approached GZ, I started to question if I had found the optimal distance... hmm. Searched a bit, and bugger, nothing where I expected.. Squares. Maybe I did the squares wrong. Did some more field projections, and thought about checking a few more places out. Hmmm, what if I just resort to walking-the-line. Perplexed at what I should do next, I though the brute force method would be the most productive. Shortly thereafter, I stumbled into an area that looked like a great binthair hiding spot. Scanning, I had my eurika moment, and the cache was spotted. "OH BABY - YA" I screamed out to not-a-soul, and I headed in to grab the goods. Very winter friendly hide, and well secured. Signed logbook, took victory photos, and left mini toy simba flashlight. Thanks to all for keeping this cache active. Binthair #38.Starting to drive my family a bit batty with my constant doodles of circles, intersections, and theories of what the shortest path might be. So delighed to get this on completed! I have to say, if my life was dependent on finding the optimal route out of the woods after a bear attack, you would be looking for my skeleton!
[view this log] | November 16, 2008 by SigsPig (1339 found)
Light snow, overcast & -1ºC without windchill.
After work today, took a quick look & said yes, the weather isn't that bad. Quick call to one of my Binthair partners only to find out that I was going solo.
Thankfully my partner has a square calculating trick that came in handy again 
My darn boots were soaked by the time I was 200m into my trek but being slightly stubborn, carried on. Never did see a makeshift bridge but didn't need one on the route I picked.
Was starting to wonder how close to the neighboring property I was getting as I know they don't like trespassing.
Once off the path, it was a relatively short bushwack.
T - nothing,
L - pin
Thanks for the hike
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|  November 8, 2008 by GeoPiel (1202 found)
No such luck today.... though I had things worked out well enough to go by and grab a find. Approach looked good, and did not need to get wet when I got close to my derived GZ.... my senses tingled, as this looked like great Binthair hiding area - it even looked like the pictures! Alas, no such luck, after 30 minutes of searching in the area. Going to head back home, re-think this cache: recalculate the squares, and take another pass at this one.
[view this log] | November 1, 2008 by Pibelle (5158 found)
Last week, we went prepared with a formula in hand to calculate the number of squares, but once we arrived at ground zero we were thrown for a loop. My formula wasn't going to help us, so we parked the car and started counting squares. We both came up with the same numbers, so off we sent to try and find the cache. After 20 minutes of searching in pretty easy terrain, we didn't come up with the cache. I knew I had the correct solution for distance, so back to the board for more square counting. Quickly figured out where we went wrong last time and came up with a new number. After confirmation that the number I came up with was very close, we went out with renewed confidence. Most of the walk, which was along a nice trail, was very enjoyable. The bushwalk was a little tough, but we eventually made it to ground zero. Once there, we found the cache within a couple minutes. Thanks for the cache! Pibelle
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| October 19, 2008 by The Fossils (1857 found)
A bit of an adventure for this one. It would have been a lot easier if we had done the projection from the correct coordinates, so that added about 500 or 600m extra bushwhacking. Ended up building a little footbridge over the creek, which put us on the wrong side. More bushwhacking. Etc... It was really a great relief to find the cache (8/8 Binthairs today). T - Ambulance badge; L - eraser. Thanks, The Fossils
[view this log] | September 6, 2008 by GreyingJay (1307 found)
While out caching with Esiban, kashtin, opichi, rossmtbiker and shadow, we got completely soaking wet doing some other caches in the area so we figured we may as well grab this one as well. I'd taken a good look at the puzzle and admit that I too used a little bit of web searching to help with clues to the solution. The math was fairly straightforward in the end, but getting there in this weather proved to be a real chore! When we finally found the container, I took nothing, but left a DVD movie. Thanks!
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| September 6, 2008 by shadow_44 (328 found)
Found with Kashtin,GreyingJay & opichi
TNLNSL-TFTC
[view this log] | September 6, 2008 by kashtin_13031 (1213 found)
I had already found this cache so I just picked up the Unite for Diabetes TB.
[view this log] | September 6, 2008 by opichi (1221 found)
Found with Kashtin,GreyingJay & Shadow_44
TNLNSL-TFTC
[view this log] | July 30, 2008 by npsh (636 found)
I had this one solved, but reading the logs was a bit daunting. Since I was alone and it was raining I figured I'd give it a shot. I wouldn't bring anyone I cared about here. It sucked, but I was in and out in 45 minutes, soaked to the bone. Surprisingly, there were really no bugs until the final when I stopped. I left a paramedic patch and diabeetus travel bug in keeping with the life saver theme.
[view this log] | July 15, 2008 by GPComd (1384 found)
A week after my first attempt&DNF - a week wiser. Found my error in the squares. Selected a much better route into the GZ area. Coords were close enough for government work, and had the cache in hand.Thanks to the PFSMCC for making a great trail through the 6 foot weeds last week. It gets you through to the woodline, after that, you're on your own. GPC
Binthair #22
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| July 10, 2008 by kashtin_13031 (1213 found)
Found it with Esiban, rossmtbiker, GarminGal, Ottawabirdbrain, Tanglebones.TNLNSL
TFTC
[view this log] | July 10, 2008 by Garmin Gal (673 found)
Wow - what a journey to this cache. I was reminded of the value in patience and persistence. After we DNFed on Saturday, I kicked my research activity into overtime, resorting to questioning strangers on the bus if they had ever heard of a puzzle like this one. I spent much "borrowed" time googling for some kind of hint in the right direction... and it paid off! In a funny twist of fate, rossmtbiker stumbled across the same solution on the same day - some things are just meant to be, I guess. Tip of the hat to Fraggleclone for his very close solution. It was almost anti-climactic to find this cache - though it was great fun in the company of ottawabirdbrain (and wife - apparently an accomplished puzzle-solver herself), Esiban, kashtin13031, rossmtbiker and Tanglebones. I'm sure I will miss this cache...what else will keep me awake at night now?
TNLN
TFTC
#277
(binthair #24)[This entry was edited by Garmin Gal on Friday, July 11, 2008 at 8:10:56 PM.]
[view this log] | July 10, 2008 by Tanglebones (551 found)
A week ago, with confidence high, we went out into the bush to bag a binthair. Without resorting to George Bush's "The Google" to solve this one, I was very confident about the distance, not seeing any possible way to get a more optimal solution. When we logged DNF's after several hours bushwhacking, though, I was disheartened and (unfairly) felt it must be the bearing that was out of whack. Bad old bearing!It turns out the calculated bearing was absolutely spot on - and so was the distance. Almost. The slightest variation in an otherwise accurate solution meant we were looking 150m away from the actual location, even though the theory was almost perfect. Almost, but not quite - and a valuable lesson in optimal path mathematics. It is indeed sweet to have this cache in the rear view mirror - primarily because it was taking over more and more synapses of my brain as day after frustrating day passed. Bad old binthair. Gratz on 100th multi, Esiban. Many more of them. T: Diabetes TB
L: Pablo the Spider TB TFTC. - TB
[view this log] | July 10, 2008 by rossmtbiker (1423 found)
The first of three cache finds this evening. Found it with Ottawabirdbrain (and wife), Tanglebones, Esiban, Kashtin, GiGi, and my trusty dog Samwise. On Saturday the PFSMCC headed out very optimistic but came up short. This week, with a bit more fevered search on the internet, three of us came up with the solution to the distance independently. I was a little anxious about our square count, especially having read the logs about "missing squares" and "what constitutes a square", but I'm happy to report that my square count was correct all along, nothing tricky there. We selected a better parking spot, and although the hike was long and the weeds were tall and thick, our feet stayed dry. When we arrived at GZ, we all waited for Esiban to find the cache as it was her 100th multi. I think we all spotted it before her, but walked around acting nonchalant until she spotted it and logged us in. We then celebrated with ginger ale, coke, chocolate chip cookies, and mini-doughnuts (bet you can't eat just one). Sam even grabbed a cookie after Kashtin left them within his reach. This was a very frustrating cache to solve, but we did have a lot of fun getting it tonight.
T-Jeep TB
Thanks!p.s. I forgot to mention, Tanglebones was soooo close with his derived solution, that he reached on his own. I am amazed by that man's puzzle skills.
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| July 10, 2008 by ottawabirdbrain (549 found)
#255 - Found at 7:15PM with M, tanglebones, esiban, rossmtbiker, sam, Kashtin_13031, and garmin gal.After a long hike through the weeds, we found this without too much difficulty. The distance was right where ross's solution predicted (and tanglebones had done a much better first half of the path than I before we got agreed on this other solution). Congrats to esiban on 100 multis. Left a geonickel.
[view this log] | July 10, 2008 by Esiban (1635 found)
After striking out on Sat., we re-worked our math and came back ready for bear, so to speak. There is a definite geo-trail along there now as rossmtbiker, Tanglebones, Garmin Gal, ottawabirdbrain, Mrs. ottawabirdbrain, Kashtin_13031, and myself trekked in to find this one. We were so close on Sat., we were so close! Armed with our new calculations, we found it rather quickly this evening. And what a good feeling too as this was my 100th multi-cache found! After a celebration with bubbly, cookies, mini donuts and licorice, we headed back out again.Exchanged TBs. TFTC
[view this log] | July 8, 2008 by GPComd (1384 found)
I thought I had this one figured out, But obviously not. Approaching from the northeast from another cache is not a good idea. Nope, not at all. It's 350m of 'worse than aldernate route, the kind you find at 0300 in Highview Tower here in Petawawa' brush and weeds and deadfall. Then you have to go back, because that's where you parked. Next time, I'll come in the other way.I know the puzzle distance is good, it has to be the squares. I got to a plausible GZ, but absolutely no geotrails around it in the 5-6 foot high grass. With a find a couple of days ago, there'd be something. I did my looking schtick anyways, but came up with bupkiss. I tried to take an easier route out, but it made no difference. I was done like dinner when I finally got back onto the trail. Not a good batting average for Binthairs today, only managed to complete 2 of them. GPC [This entry was edited by GPComd on Wednesday, July 09, 2008 at 7:04:12 PM.]
[view this log] | July 6, 2008 by DCMG (431 found)
OK, so I was sure I had the right answer, but alas, my projection took me somewhere I'm pretty sure I shouldn't have been, as I found the fence and signs on the way out after DNFing at my projected coords. Decided that I must be too far, I Walked The Line backwards and after a couple of detours ... there it was hanging just where it is supposed to be. Oh well, all is fair in love and binthair caches. T model12 pathtag, L TB. TFTC binthair....so, of course, I get home and do some further web research and find after the fact the correct answer and hence distance. Why couldn't I find that before I went out? Doh! [This entry was edited by DCMG on Sunday, July 06, 2008 at 9:10:15 PM.]
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| July 5, 2008 by Tanglebones (551 found)
What Rossmtbiker, Garmin Gal and Esiban said. The thing is, we have confidence in both our distance and bearing calculations - everything makes sense, except no cache waiting for us. Most vexing.- TB
[view this log] | July 5, 2008 by Esiban (1635 found)
What rossmtbiker and Garmin Gal said. Try as we might, we were unabe to find this cache today. Back to the drawing board....
[view this log] | July 5, 2008 by Garmin Gal (673 found)
Ross pretty much said it all...no joy in Mudville today.  Back to the drawing board...it's only a matter of time now!
[view this log] | July 5, 2008 by rossmtbiker (1423 found)
Went out with a small contingent of the PFSMCC: Tanglebones, Esiban, and GiGi. I think we counted the number of squares correctly, but my solution wasn't optimal as Tanglebones derived one that was about 200m closer than mine. We aren't certain we have the correct optimal path as none of us found it on the internet. We even tried walking the line a bit, all to no avail. We'll take another look at our derived solutions and math and try again.
[view this log] | April 27, 2008 by hidnseek (1216 found)
Nice to know my GZ was dam close and the cache was quickly found. The walk in was dry and the hunt was great. Been sitting on my cords for ever as the area was a little far for me til this weekend when I rented a car to finish the binthairs off. the stillness of caching alone was wonderful. Many ask me how to figure the distance, helps when your cousin teaches Math at the University level, (though at first he got it wrong)[This entry was edited by hidnseek on Monday, April 28, 2008 at 3:34:34 AM.]
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| March 25, 2008 by pilgrimofthemind (635 found)
Bibbits and I had been discussing this cache a fair bit as of late but like everyone else it took a while for the hiding squares to reveal themselves. We even walked a bearing line one night which turned out to be WAY off. It was still a good adventure though!After a few pints at the Meet and Eat tonight though, some sketches on some graph paper, and some numbers flying around, we had a couple of new spots to check we were ready to go. Bibbits and I headed out after the event, threw a beer into our pack and headed off on a nice night. Too bad it was cloudy as there was supposed to be a full moon. The flight path right over head though provided much to watch in the sky though. Anyway, we located the cache and celebrated with some photos and the pint. Beautiful area, hardly any bushwack at all if you take the right path. It was a great night to grab it. TNLNSL!
TFTH!
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| March 25, 2008 by Bibbits (2918 found)
Wow
Finally its off the list, and what a long one this turned out to be for me.
I think I first started counting those damn squares a year and a half ago.
Once I had a theory but no luck, all I got was my feet wet. Then another time I walked the line but with the wrong bearing…..and it was a long line….long
Well today I counted then counted again those damn squares. I thought I had a good bearing BUT after going to the meet & greet tonight and after many smiles, nudges, kicks, grins, smirks and laughs I figured I had a better idea.
Well Pilgrim & I headed out (again) in search of a Lifesaver. And what do you know there was right in the second place we looked!
Great time of the year to find this one, kept our feet nice and dry but not for long…..
Swapped coins
Thanks Binthair
Bibbits
[view this log] | February 29, 2008 by Nozzletime (8377 found)
FINALLY!
I think this it the fourth of fifth time in here.
I couldnt count squares right, do math right or even figure the optimal path.
Today I came back with the latest solution.
It didn't work but I decided I might have made an error in the distance so I walked the line.
I eventually found it.
I am glad to be able to cross this one off the list, but I still have some work to do to figure out the optimal path.
Thanks
Nozzletime & Smudge
[view this log] | December 16, 2007 by RitchieD (351 found)
If you want this cache, just follow my foot prints right to the it. But hurry because it is snowing with a prediction of 40 cm of snow. Congratulations to the first few to find this cache; I suspect it was a lot harder then now. There are so many clues in the logs and pictures that I knew what do to correctly. Do your homework for this one. Yesterday, I headed out with what I thought was the correct coordinates. A long easy hike took me to an area that I knew I was off but close. If it wasn't -16 C with a wind chill and starting to get dark, I would have walked-the-line (arc). I walked back to the car thinking about squares. Last night I found some more hiding squares and came with new coordinates. With a forecast for heavy snow today, I thought either I get this morning or not 'till spring. So off we went, and this time success. I found the cache within about 10 seconds of GZ. Coordinates were bang on. TFTC L: My new Alberta Geocion
T: Nothing but snow in my boots and gloves.
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| October 13, 2007 by Jman & Magoo (2187 found)
With dadndaughter, this was truely a treat, even though we got soaked.By the end of it, besides looking for a Blackberry that decided it wanted to play hide & seek, my GPSr was launched through the air after getting hooked up and being ripped from around my neck and then I bent and snapped in half my walking stick. Note: always cache with somebody that has a cellphone AND your number, because you won't remember it when you need somebody to call you, after all how many times do you call yourself? Near the end of the trek, I was hoping a bear would could crashing out of the woods and maul me (grizzly or otherwise), but then success. TNLNSL TFTC.
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| October 13, 2007 by dadndaughter (4864 found)
Found at 11:00 with jman007. Armed with the correct bearing and several calculated distance possibilities, we headed off into the woods. We encountered almost every type of terrain accompanied with a steady drizzle. The big bonus was NO BUGS!!!!! We were soon fairly wet from the precipitation (not from falling into a water and mud filled ditch). We bushwacked past two of the potential GZ's and as we approached the 3rd, I had that Binthair tingle. It just felt right for a cache location. And there it was!. Celebration ensued.
As we were logging the cache, jman007 announced that to add to the challenge of this mornings hike, he no longer had his Blackberry attached to his hip. We get to bushwack back along our doglegged track (instead of following the nice path we just located) to try to find a needle in a haystack with no known wp! Every seen how a person reacts when they don't have their Crackberry? Fortunatly, I had a cellphone with me and after calling, listening, walking 50 meters, and repeating this exercise 5 times, he was reaquainted with his beloved Blackberry. We then returned to the path and had an ejoyable relaxed (non bushwacking) walk back to the vehicles.
TN
L lock
SL
TFTH
[view this log] | September 29, 2007 by Mr. Packrat (3794 found)
as far as bushwacking is concerned I think maximum surprise is harder even though I haven`t found it yet.
TNLN
[view this log] | July 29, 2007 by Binrat (3359 found)
I think I will rent a helicopter the next time we head out for a Binthair.This was the most bushwacking I have done in a long time. I tripped, stumbled, fell, got poked, etc, all the way to the cache. My only question is where is the easy way in? Took the Green Jeep and left something behind. Binrat
[view this log] | July 29, 2007 by wareed (1065 found)
1600h. FINALLY! Without question, this cache has been my toughest binthair cache. Wayfinder Zukon and I have a common associate we sometimes call upon when we get stumped on puzzle caches. I spurned our associate's assistance on my first three outings. After three attempts with no luck, I relented and our associate helped complete the puzzle. I've learned more than I ever wanted to know about how to count squares. And when binthair says, "non-intuitive" he means it! (And that's why one has an associate to call upon under these circumstances.) Armed with what I was sure were the correct coordinates today, Binrat and I returned. What a bushwhack to reach this cache. Both Binrat and I want to know how the devil Search 4 reached this cache and got back to his vehicle in 30 minutes. We searched and searched but couldn't find any sign of the helipad he must have used to do so. ;-) Only because of wandering aimlessly trying to avoid the long weeds did we stumble upon the cache quite a few metres from the computed coordinates ... and before we even reached GZ. Bonus! I'm glad to have THIS one completed. Not one for the faint-of-heart to attempt.
T - keychain, L - Star Wars collector pin
TFTCOn June 10, 2007 wareed wrote:
1715h. Okay, I knew this one would be tough when Search 4 had to make two visits (anyone that can solve "Con Currency" while sitting in their vehicle earns my deepest admiration and respect.) Last Sunday, I headed out to search for the cache. I was pretty sure that I solved the optimal geometric trail. But I had some doubts about binthair's interpretation of what constitutes a square. After an hour's search, I gave up. I took another view on square count and today I brought Binrat along for good luck ;-) We headed off for my new projection but gave up before getting to GZ: the underbrush was just too dense and too wet to be a legitimate contender. We returned to my search area of last week. No luck today. Driving home, I had another idea of what constitutes a square. I'll return again when I'm more confident that I'll be in the correct search area. Or, failing that, I'll walk the line! [This entry was edited by wareed on Sunday, July 29, 2007 at 3:45:51 PM.]
[view this log] | July 25, 2007 by Due-North (386 found)
This one had been sitting on my 'go grab it' list for way too long, and after scooping 2 Binthairs I thought it was going to be quick to get a Binthair hat-trick today. Boy was I wrong. Although my coordinates turned out to be fairly close, the route I took to get there was anything but! It seems that the recent rain increased water levels in the area, which led to way too much backtracking and bushwacking through some very tough shrubs. I think that Alder-nate Route was a cake-walk compared to my path! Deerflies and mosquitoes, along with 30+ degree heat didn't improve the overall experience. Finally reaching the car, my clothes were completely soaked with sweat, blood, and tears of joy that I'm not heading back in there anytime soon! I'm glad this was the final cache of my Binthair hat-trick today, because I don't think I would have tackled anything else after this one.
Took nothing, left Jeep TB.
[view this log] | July 12, 2007 by kcote (1422 found)
#341
It took us 4 days of searching the trails to find the cache. We were fairly sure that we had the distance calculated correctly but every time we counted the squares we ended up with a different result. All told we parked in 4 different places, walked nice and not-so-nice trails, bushwacked through heavy bush, whacked our way through patches of wet ferns, and other patches of stinging nettles, crossed one beaver dam, stepped across a stream or two, got rained on, and finally found the cache. We certainly got our exercise on this one!
T - a geocoin
L - a Twoonie
Thanks for the challenge! Another Binthair done!
[view this log] | July 7, 2007 by Binrat (3359 found)
We went to extremes today with no luck, we will return.Binrat
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| May 11, 2007 by Search 4 (2261 found)
We started working on this one a while ago by visiting the sign, quickly counting the squares and then surfing the internet to find help with the optimal path. I used to think that the Geocaching forums could get a bit nerdy but then I started reading the discussion boards for people that do geometry problems for fun! Anyway, I went out yesterday to find the cache and ended up spending 2 hours fighting the bushes and trees. I came home defeated and then decided to start all over again. I was mad at myself when I realized that the square count was wrong. That was supposed to be the easy part! Anyway, my time spent in the area yesterday can be viewed as an area recce as I was able to find the cache today in 30 minutes (including the bike ride from and back to the truck). Geocaching is a lot easier when you look in the right spot. Took nothing, left a Geocoin and a really good recipe for fudge that I got from a Bar2Bar cache.
[view this log] | May 8, 2007 by Bicycleman (679 found)
I didn't see a bear but I did see a deer before he saw me. This is definitely not a drive-by cache although in the end I could have done a large chunk of it on the bike. I was so thankful that the bugs have not fully arrived.Yes I was surprised that I found it as the solution is not one that most people have ever really thought about or experienced. I applaud NeoDorset for finding it by walking the line. I don't have the confidence that I could walk the line to the tolerance needed to find the cache. And where do you stop if you don't find it? All in all a very positive learning experience. Took a set of screwdriver bits, left a roll of electrical tape.
[view this log] | April 21, 2007 by NeoDorset (1500 found)
I have to admit to never finding a solution to the puzzle for the distance. The bearing was easy enough, and I set out today to "walk the line" (in one way or another) and ended up walking to the cache quite easily (with a little help from an aerial view of the area). I expected much more trouble from all the water hazards in the area, but only had to cross one small one on my route, which didn't even get my boots wet! Took some stickers and left a new HotWheels "Double Vision" (bizarre car). Also replaced the ziplocs, which had holes in them, although the cache was nice and dry inside.
[view this log] | April 17, 2007 by model12 (7203 found)
10:53amDid the calculations after gathering the information needed last week. A confirmation that I was in the right area caused some more calculating. Then this morning I decided to try a route I had previously been on. Of course I ended up on the wrong side of the very wide creek! But there is a beaver dam *almost* all the way across it, and I tried my luck today. Everything got across dry with the exception of my right leg, which decided all on its own to go swimming up to the knee... After 5 minutes of dumping water out of the boot, and re-dreeing, I headed off the last 100 metres following a handy benchrail. Another creek! This one was much narrower, and it too had a handy dam across it, so no problem here. The cache was in hand a few minutes later as I walked my projected line. T a pin and a keychain
L a model12 pathtag, an eraser & SL
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| April 6, 2007 by penguins lament (3108 found)
We'd already had a cold but eventful morning of geocaching with our milestone 800 find and 2 binthairs under our belt, but Rockhopper really wanted a Binthair hat trick for the day and we'd calculated the coordinates for this one a couple of days ago. Now normally at this point Adelie would be giving Rockhopper "the look"... Little Blue was cold, hungry and tired and these Binthairs aren't very kid friendly. It was past noon already and soon it would be naptime. But on Thursday Rockhopper had sent a link to Adelie... a link to Kirok's Binthair Challenge site. ARGGH! [At this point a little message to Kirok: Curses on you from Adelie... many thanks from Rockhopper! *grin*] Yes, the website did stir some competitive feelings that were very much conflicting with the motherly protectiveness feelings... so after a bit of hmmming and hawing it was decided that a brief lunch break at Kelsey's would warm us and feed us, and hopefully Little Blue would then be ready for another treasure hunt... or at least a nap in the back carrier.Bellies filled and toes warmed we were on our way again. Unfortunately we'd left the printouts with the logs in the car but Adelie was fairly certain that there was mention of a small path that if not found would necessitate one whopping bushwhack. We discovered several things: that Adelie will always take a path, even if it means a longer walk, and Rockhopper will always take the direct route, even if it means dense undergrowth and creeks galore. We also discovered that Little Blue has acquired an overnight ability for bushwhacking... at 2 years old, she now instinctively covers her eyes and lowers her head into the back carrier whenever the brush gets really dense. After several failed attempts Adelie's "look" appeared again and we went back to a tiny footpath we'd passed by earlier... and after another quick "shortcut" attempt by Rockhopper before being herded back onto the path, we finally got to 'ground zero'. This is where the doubts set in... cause the cache was nowhere to be found. It was so frustrating cause everything fit too well to be wrong. We recounted squares and came up with the same answer. Rockhopper started searching trees and crossing creeks desperately while Adelie tried to keep Little Blue entertained. (Did I mention it was cold?!) Finally, Adelie decided it was time to give up the hat trick and head home to recheck our calculations. So we slowly started heading out and then Rockhopper had a hunch and asked for 5 more minutes... and before the 5 minutes was up Rockhopper was hopping out of the bushes with the cache in hand. Amidst praises of being such a 'super trooper', Little Blue enjoyed getting 2 new treasures and the rest of the way back to the car was accompanied with squeals of "I'm SUPER!" ("yes, you're super..."). Little Blue's last words tonight as she went to bed were "Bushwhack. Super." :) Took: aquarium and ball
Left: connect 4 game and transformer TFTC and thanks for the challenge!
Rockhopper, Adelie & Little Blue
(Team Penguins Lament)
Find # 803 and the third Binthair of today's "Hat Trick"
[view this log] | March 18, 2007 by Dan_the_Hutt (214 found)
#161 The creek barely supported my weight this morning. Again, I was determined after x previous visits to walk the line and find the cache this time. Found it in the first place I looked (2 binthair's today like that!) It looks like they are clearing the forest nearby, but it will not affect the cache. Took an emergency blanket (in case I fell through the creek on the way back) and left a "Bear" key chain! TFAFC binthair!
[view this log] | January 10, 2007 by g0blin (605 found)
Found it with 5davee!
As he said, major soakers took place!Took: Frog Bouncy Ball
Left: Spongebob Bouncy Ball
[view this log] | January 10, 2007 by 5davee (2366 found)
FINALLY!! I've been working on this one for at least 6 months, and today I can finally mark it as FOUND. I found it with g0blin over lunch hour. With the help of g0blin and GOOGLE, I was *finally* able to get the proper optimal path for the problem. I don't think I would have *ever* found that solution. First we tried to bushwhack to the cache. That proved to be a very bad idea. We eventually hit an impassible obstacle and each ended up with a soaker to the knee. We gave up and were bushwhacking bad to the car when we stumbled onto another path. We figured we had spent enough time on this that might as well give it a try. The path led almost directly to the final cache location! I'm happy to finally get this one off my To Do list. Now it's on to "In The Square" T : Screwdriver keychain
L : Pussy cat
TFTC/MPLC binthair #12 of 40-something.
[view this log] | October 13, 2006 by 5davee (2366 found)
I tried to bushwhack to this one from the south today. *That* is definitely not the way to go. The weeds and grass are 6' tall and extremely thick.I think that time one is going to have to wait for the winter, then I can xski in.
[view this log] | September 26, 2006 by 5davee (2366 found)
I thought I had this one figured out, but one of my calculations must be off. When I go to *my* waypoint, there's nothing there that looks like what's in the photos in the log. Oh well, back to the drawing board.
[view this log] | September 16, 2006 by Kirok (1357 found)
#319 - Wow. It's nice to finally get this one off my list. Like some others, I found the solution to the puzzle some time ago using a few creative web searches. After snapping a pic of the sign back in early spring, I sat down and worked out a set of plausible coordinates and added them to my todo list. A few weeks ago when I kicked into binthair overdrive, I headed down a nice easy trail to bag it. Too easy in fact. My final coordinates were clearly wrong, as I didn't find a container and the surroundings didn't match any other log photos I remembered. Despite having already solved a squares counting puzzle, I had missed some this time around. With much better coordinates in hand, I set out again. Some nasty bushwhacking lead me to the shores of a creek I dared not traverse, so I bailed. While I had read that many others had to cross a few water hazzards, the 1.5 terrain rating on the cache page lead me to believe that binthair had cleaverly hidden it along a nice trail that was simply not obvious. So, for the past week and a half, I've walked just about EVERY trail in that blasted forest (and should have been collecting tags for DE's tic-tac cache, but alas) trying to find the 1.5 terrain rated trail. I failed. Today, I threw caution to the wind and simply went for it down the trail with the smallest water hazzard to the cache. Only four steps of shin high water and 100 meters of real bushwhacking and I had it! The 1.5 terrain must be in winter only. With plenty of water and scratches to show for my success, I sat down in the home theatre with 3 fingers of a fine port and savoured my victory while watching a flick. On the markee tonight - "The Edge" (visit link)
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| July 5, 2006 by dedale (1706 found)
At first I thought I had the « optimal solution » involving a multi-legs search pattern. Mathematically it was correct but not geometrically, PMassi showed me his, definitely much better (should have read Binthair`s hints). He also told me he did not find the container… no way I going there if we are not certain of the solution. But PMassi was very close, looking at his geometry … what if … did the mathematics to find the “best” solution and Eureka!!! I love these kinds of puzzles! Thanks Binthair!!
[view this log] | July 5, 2006 by pmassi (1183 found)
I did an attempt two years ago (I guess I was afraid to try it again). Earlier this year, I talked to dedale about this cache so he could also solve it and team up for the leg part. One day, he tells me he has the solution, so I show him my drawing... only to learn he didn't have the optimal algorithm! Doh! I just assumed he had the good one right away! We didn't have any time to go finish it and postponned until we both had some spare time (that was 4 or 5 months ago!) Then, a few weeks ago, he wrote me a short email saying he had an even better solution... Darn! That's why I couldn't find it on my first attempt... And by not a neglegible distance, much more than the GPS accuracy.Finally went on the field today to validate the coords, and indeed they were good this time. I found the container only 2m from them. Lots of flies on the first portion of the walk, lots of mosquitoes when loging. And it was a MAJOR bushwalk for the last hundred meters. The container in is excellent condition, log book is half full (or empty for the pessimists!), still has room for a few years. Glad I finally finished this cache, it has been on the top of my TODO list for way too long. pmassi & dedale
[view this log] | May 17, 2006 by cron (3384 found)
#423 17-05-2006 12h18Took another day off to complete caches in this area while there's not too many mosquitoes (at least, I can still wear long sleeves, so they have a smaller impact on my day). Yes! Again, I thought this one would be way harder than what I encountered on the terrain. My feet were all wet (my Gore-Tex boots don't even have 6 months! Don't buy this brand anymore...), so I thought I could go in water if need be... But I finally managed to find my way without putting my knees in water! And the cache was there waiting to be found (attached to the tree: very good idea to preserve binthair caches). TNLNSL
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| December 18, 2005 by Dan_the_Hutt (214 found)
I checked my first calculation and it wasn't there, so I resorted to following the bearing. That didn't help either. I noticed that someone else did the same thing today.[This entry was edited by Dan_the_Hutt on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 at 6:02:01 PM.]
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| November 19, 2005 by Mattawa (1068 found)
It took us a few tries to get this one right and the combined observation skills of the Mudlark Posse. Thanks you Geosquid for explaining to me the geometry of the shortest distance search... I guess I would have probably bled out before I found my way to safety. Great, challenging cache. TNLN TFTC
[view this log] | November 19, 2005 by danceswithwords (616 found)
Found this with the Saturday Morning Breakfast Club (A.K.A. The GeoMob). My part in all this was as offical animal spotter and tree identifier. I left the math, square counting and reconnoitring to the experts.
[view this log] | November 19, 2005 by mudlark (1735 found)
Thanks to the combined efforts of GeoSquid, Bluelamb03 and +m+mm we bagged Lifesaver as our third cache of the day. GeoSquid was a big help on this one applying his skills with Adobe Photo Shop, if memory serves correctly, to get the right count for the squares. Quite the trek into the final cache location. Definitely one to be done out of mosquito season! TFTC!
[view this log] | November 19, 2005 by Greely Grizzly (1742 found)
Found this date with the GeoMob. This was the second Saturday we had gone after this one. We found the first waypoint last week, but, who knew. You can go crazy counting squares and squares are everything in this puzzle. MM&M came up with the ultimate correct count and having the right bearing and distance made all the difference!. The Mob closed in and the cache was history.
TNLNSL. Thanks for the Cache.
[view this log] | November 19, 2005 by meadow_muffin (1304 found)
Found it with the Meadowlark Breakfast Club. Found it through a communal effort to whici, I must humbly admit, I contributed zip. Nice walk and clever cache.
[view this log] | November 19, 2005 by bluelamb03 (6279 found)
Got it at 1005 hrs with Mudlark's Saturday Morning Caching Club! (m&mm, geoSquid, Mattawa, Greely Grizzly, Dances with Words, Meadow Muffin, Mudlark and I attending this morning.)Thanks to m&mm, who found the original puzzle on the net, we had the correct 'optimal path', and thanks to geoSquid we had the correct number of squares to calculate the bearing with. The projected co-ordinates were in a very familiar spot so we set off down the trail with great confidence. It was an easy find after a great hike. I took nothing from the cache, but left a 'Bluelamb' and a Home Depot pin. Cheers, Bluelamb03
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| November 19, 2005 by m&mm (184 found)
Cache 3 of 4 for Mudlark's morning crew. This one would have been quite the bushwack following the optimal path to safety (especially if bleeding). Fortunately, none of us bled and we took a more direct route. Geosquid's square counting ability was second to none and saved the day. Stream crossing is definitely the order of the day for this one, but makes for very nice scenery. The cache was found relatively easily once in the area. I'd also like to apologize to 'Dances with words', yes, it was a porcupine in that tree, I won't doubt again and I bow to your animal recognition skills *grin*. TNLNSL
TFTH
M
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| November 19, 2005 by geoSquid (470 found)
#186The Saturday Morning Geomob plotted and calculated last night, deciding to settle on my counting of the squares (uber photoshop skills) for the first of three potential runs at this cache. It turns out to have been the right choice, and we found the cache after the appropriate length hike. The cache was found quickly when we arrived at the expected coordinates. TNLNSL. Thanks!
[view this log] | November 12, 2005 by bluelamb03 (6279 found)
Mudlark's Saturday Morning Caching Club (Mattawa, Mudlark, Greely Grizzly, BTR (aka DQ), Sparhawk, Meadow Muffin, Team m&mm and I attending this morning) struck out! After finding "Belly Button" and "Measuring Sticks" I had some hope of finding this one as well, but after thirty minutes of counting squares and debating optimal paths my doubts returned redoubled! I only participated in the first effort at this cache before I had to leave for work! Oh well, a target for the next meeting...Bluelamb03
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| November 12, 2005 by m&mm (184 found)
Going for cache 4/4 today. Mudlark's geo-mob was stumped by this one. We found the sign relatively quickly, but used one of the given, non-optimal ways to calculate it. Are count of squares was also woefully low. Our first attempt brought us to the middle of a fragrant swamp. Our next attempt was next to someone's house on the highway (didn't spend too much time on this one). At this point the mob had to disband due to other non-caching engagements. Three of us continued on with a final idea, which turned out to be in a farmer's field (drat!). Looking at the picture of the sign, I believe I now have the proper number of squares (including a tricky one). Couple this with another fact of the puzzle, and there's only 1 possiblity left (with the help of google earth), which will be done another time (as all that bushwacking today has left us a little sore). Look forward to testing my theories on this one.M
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| November 12, 2005 by Greely Grizzly (1742 found)
This was to be our 3rd Binthair of the Day, but time was running out, and mental skills were webbing.What exactly constitutes a Square? Can a square by part of another Square? Can squares join to make more squares? Squares, squares, everywhere a square. Can a square be part of more than one combination square? Does size really make a difference? What exactly is D, and isn't Pie round? not Squared? The only thing we got right on this one, was apparently picking the worst optimal trail (twice) which takes you into intense bush for the fun of it. It will have to wait another day. All the GeoMob together couldn't do this one today. Greely Grizzly
[view this log] | September 7, 2005 by Dan_the_Hutt (214 found)
Passing by after finding binthair's Kiss the Ring cache. No way that I can bike in today.
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| June 9, 2005 by r2g2 (64 found)
The solution seemed so good, that I rushed to see the sign and project the waipoint. I gave up the search some time later. Good night sleep helped me concentrate again at the drawing board. DOH (visit link) I did a relatively good job minimizing the distance but failed to realize something obvious. Back in the woods I managed to cross only one water obstacle, quite narrow today. The cache was waiting dry and full of goodies. Took a bug, left a "Canada" pin.
Great puzzle, nice walk,even skeeters decided to slow down today. Thanks!
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| May 24, 2005 by Nozzletime (8377 found)
ARRRRRGHHHHHH!!!!
A darn typo!!!
I was looking in the wrong spot!!!
[view this log] | May 22, 2005 by Dan_the_Hutt (214 found)
DNF on a night raid. A lot of great spots to hide a cache where my calculations led me to, but alas even 1,000,000 candles didn't illuminate the spot. I will assume my bearing is right and "extend" the search during the day. [This entry was edited by Dan_the_Hutt on Monday, May 23, 2005 at 6:54:58 PM.]
[view this log] | May 21, 2005 by Nozzletime (8377 found)
I tried my luck again with more accurate numbers.
Well I thought they might have been more accurate.
The tupperware is still eluding me in this area.
Not too many more bearings or distances left to check.
hopefully the mosquitoes won't be out with as much force the next time.Nozzletime & Smudge
[view this log] | April 15, 2005 by binthair (615 found)
Hee,hee!
Nozzletime up to his knee!
In icy water
In some place he shouldn't ot'ter! Cheers! binthair
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| April 11, 2005 by Nozzletime (8377 found)
OK so I didn't have the optimum route, not even close. but to be honest it was one of the best no finds ever.
Even when my little ice island snapped and I wound up in the icy water up to my knee.
Back to the drawing board
Nozzletime & Smudge(Maybe I should do the math for this one)
[view this log] | March 25, 2005 by The Burrow (3429 found)
#438 Found it on March 25, 2005, with Pepperway hot on my heels. Took a whistle and the Inspector Clouseau TB. Left a waterglobe. Thanks, Binthair, for another nice walk through the underbrush. The Burrow.
[view this log] | March 25, 2005 by pepperway (371 found)
Followed on the heels of The Burrow to place a TB in this cache. No new finds in almost a year, till now.
[view this log] | March 19, 2005 by Roswell.fr (581 found)
In the area on a "secret mission", I checked the cache again today (in fact, I had to find the solution again, which was not easy). It's in very good shape and waiting for more finders!
[view this log] | April 25, 2004 by chimo (166 found)
Unfortunately this cache has been pilfered again... No just kidding - everything was high and dry.I did the math on this several months ago. It's been on my gotta do list since. The coordinates were bang on. On my way in I noticed a couple "parked" in a small 4x4 on the other side of the stream. They asked me of I was lost - I said no. I managed to stay feet dry doing my water crossings. The cache was still well attached in its hiding place. I made no trades. Thanks for the math challenge, binthair! Cheers, Chimo
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| March 28, 2004 by chimo (166 found)
Did the math on this a long time ago. This is certainly on my hit list. Perhaps after I find my "Belly Button". Cheers,Paul
[view this log] | March 28, 2004 by julesd (425 found)
Had a stab at this puzzle some time ago but I couldn't figure it out so I gave up. Then this weekend I found the very same puzzle (somewhere - I won't say where) - with solution!So this morning I headed off to find the cache. Found a couple of trails leading in the general direction and picked the one I knew from a previous cache (should've taken the other one). Made it across the stream without getting my feet wet and got down the trail without sliding off the wet ice (though there were some close calls). The final bushwhack to the cache was a bit tough but the cache was not hard to find. It's in perfect condition. Signed the log and headed back to the car. On the way back my leaping ability wasn't as good and I got a soaker. Got back home for lunch and a new pair of socks then off again for some more caches! Thanks! Jules. [This entry was edited by julesd on Sunday, March 28, 2004 at 3:31:33 PM.]
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| December 29, 2003 by mlord (1172 found)
GC#348
Found it after a late start today at dusk (4:26pm), in the rain. Binthair will be happy to know that logbook #3 is holding out fine -- this is the only cache I know of where each finder gets a pristine new logbook to sign!Took the TB and a compass, left a set of drivers. Cheers [This entry was edited by mlord on Monday, December 29, 2003 at 2:52:25 PM.]
[view this log] | November 24, 2003 by binthair (615 found)
Dropped off the Survival 101 (heh,heh) travel bug while doing cache maintenance.
Maybe you'll need it to find your way back to the path .... LOL! Cheers! binthair, wife, and dog
[view this log] | November 24, 2003 by binthair (615 found)
Did some cache maintenance on the cache today after Roswell.fr's find
and sad story of the sad cache condition!!  Retrieved the 2 soaking wet log books and replaced them with a brand new one.
The container has also been replaced with a camouflaged peanut butter type jar;
that should keep those tricky racoons at bay! 
Also restocked the cache with a bunch of new
trade goods ... and appropriately... a Survival 101 travel bug!!
Who will be next to save themselves from the bear!
Oh yeah! There were moose droppings pretty close to the cache.
Cheers! binthair, wife, and dog
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[view this log] | November 22, 2003 by binthair (615 found)
Way to go Roswell.fr, I knew you could do it!
Congratulations on the find and pieces thereof!Zartimus may think it's funny, but I don't .
It means another cache repair trek for me.
Too bad Zartimus didn't have the doubtful experience
again of arriving at a 'coon-trashed cache ...LOL! Time to buy some FULL ammo boxes! And go out hunting!!!! Groan! binthair PS: The missing Benches and Bearings logbook!!! heh,heh!
Reminds me of the logbook for Sleepless ending up in The Four Tall Ones!!
Hilarious!!! 
[view this log] | November 22, 2003 by Zartimus (397 found)
Maybe the Bear got to it!That is funny. I'm not sure what the local Racoon population has against Binthair. They love showing off their opposable thumbs by destroying his caches. Maybe it's that particular brand of yogurt that drives them to do it! I suggest chained-down ammo-boxes for all of your hard caches that go a while between finds Binthair.. This is another one of yours that I have yet to find! Gotta get on that!
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| November 22, 2003 by Roswell.fr (581 found)
A long long time ago, in spring, I tried to find this cache with the wrong answer to the puzzle. Obviously, I didn't find it and came back home very wet and dirty. Very recently, I sent an email to Binthair to check my answer, and decided to give it another try. I found a better solution one night but still not the optimal one. I tried again, worked on 2 functions, tried to find their minimum and finally found the optimal path. That was not easy and required good old trigonometry.The walk to the cache was very pleasant; I had to cross 3 streams, but would have avoided 2 of them if I had chosen a better entry point. I'm not sure the remaining one was avoidable. My rate for the terrain would be 2 or 2.5. When I was about 100m from my goal, I started to see an isolated group of trees and was more confident in my coordinates. The cache container was easy to find, but not the goodies  . To tell you everything, I found the lid first, on the floor, then the container, in its nest, full of ice and wooden sticks. Then, I found a couple of goodies, zip-lock bags and the log book in the surrounding bushes. Most of these things were chewed, as you can imagine. I put them back in the container, and added a booklet and a pencil of mine to replace the wet and dirty log book. I had no zip-lock bags with me, so cache maintenance is required and urgent. The goodies I found are: a geocaching compass, a toy car, a trumpet and a stapler. The title of the log book was "Benches & Bearings". I wonder how it flyed that far. It was a very entertaining cache, with a very mathematical puzzle, nice walk and good hiding place. I recommend it. It may be wise to check your answer to the puzzle with Binthair before trying to find the cache. Thanks Binthair!
[view this log] | March 11, 2003 by binthair (615 found)
Hey! What could be more fitting than pepperway being the first to this cache and finding his/their own bell....LOL!Congratulations to team pepperway on solving a rather difficult puzzle and getting there first! I know for sure that snowshoes were a good idea today! Don't worry about anybody following the tracks...it's bound to snow a lot before anyone else solves this puzzle cache. Cheers! binthair [last edit: 3/11/2003 7:24:58 PM PST]
[view this log] | March 11, 2003 by pepperway (371 found)
We have not had a first find on a binthair cache in a long time. Well I worked the math, came to a few false conclusions but eventually found the cache. We picked up the bell. It was only fitting that we find this bell on one occasion. Kim signed the log while a trade was made, whistle for compass, I think. Great cache puzzle and location. Thanks binthair. Snowshoes were a must on this one. There are tracks to follow for the next visitor.[last edit: 4/15/2003 7:58:18 PM PST]
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| March 6, 2003 by binthair (615 found)
Another 'Additional Hint' has been added. Cheers! binthair
[view this log] | March 4, 2003 by Captain Hook (546 found)
bla bla bla bla !!!
So whats the number for a good Translator ?This had me spinning just reading it. Sounds like goind down the drain..... [last edit: 3/4/2003 5:46:47 PM PST]
[view this log] | March 1, 2003 by binthair (615 found)
An additional hint and a picture have been added to give an idea of some possible strategies that could be followed, but are non-optimal. Your task is to find the OPTIMAL strategy.Cheers! binthair [last edit: 3/1/2003 7:28:08 AM PST]
[view this log] | February 26, 2003 by binthair (615 found)
Thanks to a suggestion by Zartimus, I have added a link on the cache page to a National Capital Commission pamphlet entitled The Black Bear and You. It's a highly recommended read before heading out into the woods.Cheers! binthair
[view this log] | February 26, 2003 by binthair (615 found)
Heh,heh! I see that Zartimus is up to date on the latest caching apparel!
I thought Troy Hurtubise was another of your pseudonyms, Zartimus!!!...LOL!
I saw Project Grizzly on TV several years ago. It's hilarious!! I believe you can rent it on VHS. If you look closely at the credits, you may be able to see Zartimus's real name mentioned!!! Cheers! binthair
[view this log] | February 26, 2003 by Zartimus (397 found)
I'll be sure bring my Ursus Mark VII Indestructible Bear Suit!
(visit link)
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