Grin N Bear Traditional Geocache
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I am not! Grin and bear. (Inside joke for 2003 FTF).
NOTE: LISTED COORDINATES ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE CACHE LOCATION. The listed coordinates will take you to a daylight astronomical phenomenon, surrounded on four sides by UC property. On the shortest day of the year, at 10:30 a.m. PST, something will point the way here. It ís less than a 10 minute walk from a parking meter. See? Enough? Okay, okay, okay... Like I know how to make a 4-star. The small hand originates 800 feet away, and comes up about 100 feet short on the shortest day. On the longest day of the year, at 11:45 a.m. PST (12:45 PDT), the small hand points in the same direction, but it ís only about 90 feet long. You can use the Naval Observatory’s Sun Alt-Azimuth table, Form A. The place name is Berkeley, California. Put that inside the box. http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/AltAz.html Astronomical Applications Dept. U.S. Naval Observatory BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA W122° 16', N37° 52' Altitude and Azimuth of the Sun Dec 22, 2003 Pacific Standard Time Altitude Azimuth (E of N) h m o o 10:00 21.8 148.5 10:10 22.8 150.8 10:20 23.7 153.0 10:30 24.6 155.4 At about 10:30, the correct "back bearing" is reached. Trivia about the UC Berkeley campus: http://www.skyscrapers.com/re/en/wm/bu/130231/ http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/kap/gallery/gal013.html If my clues don’t make sense, maybe it’s because I haven’t used this stuff since graduating from college. The cache is a sign-only mint tin. BRING A PEN. Hint: 155 is south southeast. Hint 2: If you find the right bear with an itch, scratch its back.
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