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Unknown Cache California DeLorme Challenge (Southern & Central)
A  cache by Moose Mob & Associates       Hidden: 1/31/2008  
Size: Size: Regular (Regular)      Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5      Terrain: 2.5 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)

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In California, United States

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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!

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 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!

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 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!

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 December 25, 2008 by jahoadi and john (13331 found)
Habu! you make the San Diego Geocachers proud! Way to go!

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Current time: 11/21/2009 5:11:04 AM
Last Updated: 4/9/2009 12:13:48 AM
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