Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments...
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom...
- Shakespeare, from Sonnet 116
Pittsburgh is a great city with lots of spots for geocaches...up, down, and sideways. In honor of the occasion of the marriage of two of our friends which took place nearby, we've planted a cache at one of our old haunts where we hope there will be a jolly good hunt.
Some say that marriage is a bridge to the future, but we think that like geocaching, it's a moment in time visited by many in one long journey. That's a hint.
Beware the edge of doom, however. That's another hint.
The cache is a camouflaged small round tupperware container, well-hidden and within ten feet of a well-marked trail (or path, or sidewalk). One of Pittsburgh's great features is it's a city of three-dimensional paths, so you'll have to figure out which is the correct approach to this one. Let's just say that reading the map is not always the whole story in finding where you are!
The final assault on the cache location requires a very minor scramble of a sort, otherwise this is easy terrain. Do watch out in the park for any plants with pink ribbons on them; these are part of a native species reintroduction program, and you need not get anywhere close to any of them to find the cache.
Please trash out what you can; we hauled out a bag when we placed the cache. We have spent many hours trying to keep the litter at bay here, and your kind geo-assistance is most appreciated.
Initial cache contents include some touristy chatchkas from Monterey, California, a bilingual mini-geocaching letter, the usual log book with a pencil, and a travel bug to start the cache out and provide a bonus for the first-finder. We have a local ally who is doing cache maintenance for us, so never fear; we also got permission to place this from a park docent. Bring smaller items for swapping (this is either a small traditional cache or a gigantic microcache depending on your sense of size).
As with any urban area, night-time access is possible but not necessarily recommended for your safety, and be careful where you stick your hands. The nearby Schenley Park visitors' center has refreshments, restrooms, and information.
Picture hints with spoilers are available for the asking via email. You need not do anything dangerous, illegal, immoral, or fattening to get to this cache, please exercise common sense.
Our geocaching motto -- no tengas miedo, es un juego.