California DeLorme Challenge (Southern & Central)
A
cache
by Moose Mob & Associates
Hidden:
1/31/2008
Size:
 (Regular)
Difficulty: 
Terrain: 
(1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
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The goal... to find a cache from each page in the Southern and
Central California DeLorme book. One hundred and ten map pages that
cover Santa Cruz to the Mexican Border in DeLorme's Southern and
Central California Atlas and Gazetteer.
The DeLorme Atlas & Gazetteer is published for all 50 states.
These maps are a favorite among travelers and outdoors-men and are
available at many locations, including online directly from
DeLorme. The goal of this cache is simple (ha!): to find a cache on
each and every page of the Southern and Central California DeLorme
Atlas & Gazetteer. The final cache coordinates can be obtained
by successfully finding a cache in each page of the Atlas.
In order to claim this cache, you must first send me a file
containing the list of caches, one per DeLorme Book page, of all of
your finds. (.GPX is highly preferred, although .LOC format is a
close second). If you send your file in non-GPX format, then please
filter out your non-California, locationless, event and CITO caches
ahead of time for me.) I will review and verify the list. Once
everything checks out, I will then send you the correct coordinates
for the final cache! The find cannot be logged until the physical
container is found and the logbook inside signed.
Based on feedback from and incidents seen with DeLorme Challenges
in other states, some guidelines need to be laid out:
° As mentioned above, the posted coordinates are not the actual
coordinates for the cache. The actual cache may actually be quite
some distance from these coordinates!
° Generally accepted rules, guidelines and conditions for logging a
cache find apply. These must be bona fide caches listed on
Geocaching.com that you have personally (physically) found and
logged.
° Placement of a cache on a DeLorme Atlas page does not count as
finding a cache. Caches found and logged online prior to the
publication of this cache do count towards pages found.
° All cache types count as finds or hides for the DeLorme Challenge
with the exception of events (CITO included) and locationless
caches.
° If a Southern and Central California DeLorme Atlas page includes
space not located in California, only caches in the California
portion count. We will go off of the posted coordinates for a cache
when determining in which state or page a given cache falls.
° Exempt Pages:
- Page 54: Death Valley National Park and Fort Irwin on the
south.
- Page 120: These Channel Islands are all either Military or
National Park. Although there have been Earthcaches placed this
cache was published, we will keep it exempt.
Note: Page 58 now has 3 active caches and is part of the
requirements.
° While the various editions and versions of the DeLorme Atlas do
not seem to gave changed much in terms of page boundaries, the
image above derived from the information in the cache owner's copy
will be considered definitive.
° While you may have others with you when you find the final cache,
only those who have fulfilled ALL criteria for this cache will be
allowed to log it as a find. Find logs by other cachers will be
deleted.
° When in doubt ask—we can discuss it or even seek guidance from
others, but the final decision rests with the cache owner.
° Remember that this is a game and is supposed to be fun!
Again, many thanks go out to Haicoole for the original idea for
this cache and to the other cache owners who have taken the idea
and run with it for their own states.
Please note: The final cache is somewhere in the Castle Mountains,
several miles from the posted coordinates. Also, do not believe the
Yahoo map, this mountain range is not within the boundaries of the
Mojave National Preserve.
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 March 28 by bthomas (13862 found)
Slightly ironic that the first Delorme Challenge I'd complete would be for the other half of my state. I've cached 57 of the 58 counties, and down south, I needed just 14 new Delorme maps. A huge trip with Motorbug would do it: 8 daze, 2600 miles, 8 counties revisited, 100+ caches, the 14 maps. Cached with Geobrowns, DavidT21 & Fisherwoman, TeamPerks, and Fishpoet. In years past, cached other Delormes with TeamAlamo, Ranboze, and the great SoCal4x4geocachers crew. Thanks one and all. This trip, did a SoCal4x4geocachers jeep run up Last Chance Cyn and went underground for 0.4 mile at Burro Schmidt Tunnel. Did my third run on the Bradshaw Trail. Was below sea level twice, at Badwater and Salton Sea. Padded more Fizzy combos: 4/4.5, 2.5/5, 4/5. Did some Golden State Delormes. Got the dreaded Yuma corner, for me, the far side of the moon. Memorable cache locations... Mt Whitney, Teakettle Junction, Badwater, Barker Ranch Goler Wash, D is for Desert Phone Booth, Mojave Road, Amboy (because I absolutely had to get two that dark night), Dangling Wooley at Joshua Tree (cuz it was dumb to twilight rock climb), Pushwalla Trail, PeeWee Desert Lawn Jockey, the dinosaurs at Basement of the Alamo, John Bull Trail at Big Bear, Ranboze's C-119 wreck hike in the Angeles, the wreck hike at Townes Peak Death Vly, flying into Waypoint Cafe at Camarillo, F is for Faultline, James Dean, and of course caches along I-5. Thanks MooseMob!!!
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| March 28 by MotorBug (7768 found)
I told my caching buddies who have seen me toting around the socal atlas around for months that I was NOT working it. I just wanted to pick up a cache on each page I happen to be traveling through, just in case SOME DAY ever came. Well I guess it came when I took my first dedicated socal DeLorme page gathering trip last December.The journey is the adventure of course. While I am very happy to be done, at the same time there are probably a hundred places I would like to visit again and some really great memories of people, places, things and events that I will always cherish. I remain amazed at the beauty and size of this state, and in particular the open land available to the public in the south. Most recently I've taken trips with bthomas, DT21&FW and GeoBrowns as we wheeled around and grabbed pages. Not without their company and encouragement would I be claiming this. And so many of the caches I found had the same signature before I was there-- retiredprof. Really an incredible time and journey filled with wonderful memories. Even if you think you will never do this challenge, tote that atlas around. You never know. TFTC!
[view this log] |  February 10 by RoadRunner (82 found)
** Coordinates Changed From **
N 32° 39.535 W 117° 04.230
Distance From Old: 1447034.3 feet
Let's see who is interested in some real caching adventures!
[view this log] |  January 29 by DiverVan (1723 found)
While I am working on Central/SoCal DeLorme Challenge, I wanted to raise the bar a little bit...For those addicted DeLorme cachers - the Golden State DeLorme Challenge (GC1M0M0) (visit link) has been published. This uses the new CA DeLorme Atlas and covers the entire state!
[view this log] | December 25, 2008 by jahoadi and john (13331 found)
Habu! you make the San Diego Geocachers proud! Way to go!
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Last Updated: 4/9/2009 12:13:48 AM
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