CSI-Epilogue: The Sleuth's Handbook Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

MadMin: I attempted to contact the owner of CSI-Epilogue: The Sleuth's Handbook to find out about the status of this cache on August 31, 2009. I have received no response from the owner on the cache page or via email. Because of that I'm afraid I have to archive this cache.

I will be more than happy to review this cache again and (hopefully) reinstate it once you have corrected any issues with the cache. please contact me via ma.reviewer@gmail.com to do so.

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Hidden : 6/24/2007
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:


CSI-Epilogue is a late edition to the CSI series that will take you to a scenic spot and provide information that will be helpful in locating the other CSI caches.

About the CSI series

The CSI series is a collection of caches that derive their name from the popular television program in which the lead character has often been heard to say, "Follow the evidence." Unlike a more traditional mystery cache in which a puzzle must be solved to determine the coordinates of the cache, the CSI series offers something different. Instead of conquering a puzzle, you must follow the evidence to each CSI container. For more details about the series including all relevant instructions, go to the CSI-1 cache page (visit link)


Background

After careful review of the original course offerings and extensive consultation with recent graduates, CSI Lab boss Gil Grissom has authorized the release of new information to aid students currently enrolled in CSI College. As noted on the CSI-1 cache page, the difficulty level of the CSI series would be subject to an evaluation some time after being released to the public. The general consensus is that the course work is more challenging than Grissom had intended.

With the crime rate up, openings in the lab must be filled in a timely basis, and thus a qualified pool of trained CSI sleuths must be available when needed. In order to boost the graduation rate, this new cache is being put into play in which you may obtain a copy of the "Sleuth's Handbook," containing valuable information that should prove helpful to students seeking to earn their lab credentials.

There are two ways students may obtain the handbook. Use the basic data below to sleuth your way to the cache, or use information provided with the CSI Travel Bug (visit link) released to the public at the same time as this cache. The bug contains coordinates to a micro that begins a multi-stage hunt to the CSI-Epilogue cache.

Since this area offers very nice trails, the Travel Bug / multi-cache option is highly recommended. Hopefully the CSI Travel Bug will remain in play nearby, as designated by its mission, easily accessible to all.


CSI-Epilogue: The Sleuth's Handbook

Enjoy a modest hike or bike ride in a very nice wooded area to a scenic spot overlooking the water as it turns to the northwest. There are numerous access points to these woods but you must seek entry from a nearby westerly river between two clear points where the “river bends.” The trailhead presents an immediate fork and you must choose left, heading northwest initially, and then use the "evidence" presented here to determine how to navigate from the fork to the Sleuth's Handbook.

Note: Not far from the designated parking, there is a trailhead that is closer to the cache but that access might be private and the data below won't work if you use it.

Basic Data:

Designated Parking: Room for one or two cars along the road
Size: Small rectangular container
Trails: Excellent for hiking and biking
Proximity to trail: Less than ten feet right of the trail.
Distance from parking to cache: About .329 miles by air, roughly WNW.

If you opt for the single stage sleuthing option to the cache, more than half the hike will be along a wide, well packed trail before you must turn onto a more obscure trail that runs along the river. You'll know you are on the correct side trail if, shortly after you leave the main trail, you must pass under a most fearsome looking “beast” that literally guards the way. This beast is about .271 miles by air from the designated parking.

The Travel Bug / multi-cache option will take you on a longer, loop hike before taking you to the beast and then to the Sleuth's Handbook.

As a note of caution, be aware that three of the stages had been mishandled less than a month after the release of this cache and either went missing or were out of place. Also, since S-4, the final cache is very close to the trail, please make sure it is very well covered when you are done.


The CSI Series

CSI-1: A Stream Runs Through It (visit link)
CSI-2: Leviathan (visit link)
CSI-3: Where Eagles Cared (visit link)
CSI-4: The Crossing (visit link)
CSI-5: More Or Less (visit link)
CSI-6: Boulder Lookout (visit link)
CSI-7: Treehouse (visit link)
CSI-8: The Howling Place (visit link)
CSI-9: Off the Beaten Path (visit link)
CSI-10: The End Game (visit link)

CSI-Epilogue: The Sleuth’s Handbook (visit link)


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