GCDBBC The Taker (Traditional Cache) in California, United States created by dr.bob

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Marko Ramius: I'm sorry, but this cache was one of a list of caches identified by the Cleveland National Forest land managers as being too far off trail. This is the message received:

[i][b]Its been awhile sense I've had to contact to you. In case you don't remember, I am a volunteer with the Cleveland National Forest. The Forest staff have identified a few caches that they want removed to prevent resource damage.

They have really started cracking down on Geocaches that are "off the trail" because of the high fire danger and dry season.

They do NOT want to outright ban Caches in the forest because they know it brings visitors. However, in the past they where allot more lenient on what they considered OK. The new directive is that if you have to leave the trail to retrieve it they want it removed.[/b][/i]

Thank you for your understanding.

Marko Ramius
Volunteer Cache Reviewer

GCDBBC ▼

A cache by dr.bob Message this owner

Hidden : 2/21/2003

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Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Elevation 4604'; Located near Trabuco Peak, which is a vertex of the county line between Orange and Riverside Counties.

Well, I've bagged my third peak of the Santa Ana Mountains with a geocache. Trabuco Peak is the third highest peak in this range. It can be identified by a single tree at the summit ---> My other two 'caches which bagged peaks in the Santa Ana Mountains are the Bedford Peak Stash and Los Piños Peak. Most caches, like most people, are both 'givers' and '*takers*'. That is, when you visit them, you take something and leave something to memorialize your visit.
The Taker, however, is just that: a taker. This cache originally contained only a Logbook and a pen. Visitors are asked to only 'give' to The Taker. Please do not take anything out. And because the Taker is in a very large ammo can, it can take multiple items, if you wish. To get to the Taker, I parked with a Wilderness Pass at coordinates: N33º39.711 W117º26.891, which made for a rough and rocky 11.1-mile round trip . I had to abandon my bicycle for the last 600 hundred feet for a scramble up to the peak. Be careful here; it is quite steep in some places.
There are three benchmarks at the summit, and the Taker is located closest to the benchmark pictured here. It is hoped that someday, if the Taker receives enough, it may become both a 'giver' and a 'taker', or maybe even just a 'Giver'. (May we all become better givers.) But until that day, this cache shall remain 'the Taker.'