No Guts No Glory 2004 - Race for the Giant Frog Multi-Cache

This cache is rated a 4.5 in terrain and in difficulty because it is summer in Las Vegas and it is a multi cache with many legs. You will be climbing up and down hills and rocky outcrops. There will be little if any shade. You should plan a full day for this one.

Take plenty of WATER !! We suggest you take no less than 1.5 to 2 gallons per person. If you are not familiar with hiking in the Las Vegas summer heat, don’t attempt this cache. This cache is NOT pet or children friendly. You should not go alone. You should tell someone where you are going.

Remember: Take plenty of WATER !!

To get to this cache you will need to make your way to the above coordinates. The easiest way is to drive to mile 22.5 on Las Vegas Blvd. South. At about N35º 53.117 W115º 13.455 you will see a dirt road headed east. You need to follow the road until you get to a road that heads up a hill.

Near the bottom of the hill at about N35º 52.885 W115º 13.013 there is a wide flat area where you can park if you do not have a high clearance vehicle. If you have a high clearance you can drive up that road, otherwise you need to hike it.

The road will come to a flat area at about N35º 52.869 W115º 12.877 where you can park if you don’t have 4X4. If you have 4X4 you can drive the VERY rough and rocky road to the closest parking area to the cache.

This parking area is at N35º 52.945 W115º 12.779 and we strongly recommend everyone, either driving or hiking, make their way to these coordinates. From here you will see a wash on the west side. You will need to hike up this wash to the coordinates listed for this cache. This is the first leg.

After you find the first clue you can head for the second clue. This trek should tell you if you are prepared for the entire journey. (You have only just begun!)

You will be making your way from clue to clue looking for hidden Altoids tins. In each tin are the coordinates to the next leg. There are nine legs to this cache. Below are hints to help you at each leg:

1. BLACK- Find a two headed yucca plant in the wash. The first clue is a black tin hidden in the Y of the plant and covered with a rock. Be careful, don’t get stuck by the lower leaves of the plant.
2. WINTERGREEN - Find the tin in a cairn that has a wood stake in it.
3. RED - Look for the tin in a cubby hole - not the big hole, but close and to the left
4. CINNAMON - Look behind 3 rocks, about 12” long leaning against another rock.
5. APPLE - Look in a cairn.
6. CITRUS - Look in a rock igloo.
7. DILBERT - Look behind a small rock in the roots of a Yucca plant.
8. ZINGO - Find the rock igloo on a rocky outcropping.
9. NGNG - Well hidden in the rocks a bit east.

Remember: Take plenty of WATER !!

The cache itself is a one gallon plastic jar. Enjoy your adventure.

Every geocacher who finds this cache between it's posting and midnight August 18th 2004 will be entered into a drawing for the Giant Green Frog. Here are the rules:

• Find the cache and each of it's legs.
• You MUST post an identifiable picture of yourself at each leg of the cache including the cache itself.
• The picture must show you holding the clue without actually showing the written clues. (As an example, if you find a tin, show yourself and the tin, but not what’s written inside the tin.)
• Everyone who finds the cache and logs the proper pictures can enter, but each person MUST have their own Geocaching name. (For example, if the finder is a two person team and both want to be entered in the drawing, each MUST have their own Geocaching name and log the find separately.)
• All logs must have the correct pictures and be posted by midnight on the night of August 18th 2004.
• All eligible finders will have their name entered into the drawing and one Geocacher name will win the Giant Green Frog.
• We plan to have the drawing at the event cache on the night of August 20th 2004.
• The drawing will be held at There go the FlyinV's
• You do not have to be present to win. If you are not from Las Vegas we will mail the frog to you within the continental US. If you live outside the continental US you will be responsible for shipping.
• There is a special First to Play prize. One of the coveted Yellow Jeep Travel Bugs will be given to the first Geocacher to post all the correct pictures. The bug is not in the cache, but will be hidden just for the FTP....Good Luck!!
• We reserve the right to change or cancel The Race for the Giant Green Frog at our discretion.

  Here is the Giant Green Frog

  

  Remember: Take plenty of WATER !!

  No less than 1.5 to 2 gallons per person !!