Breather Traditional Cache

>>>> 9/15/07: In good shape... thanks.

TREKKING AIDS:

• DRYCREEK TRAILHEAD AND PARKING: N 40° 28.962 W 111° 45.031
  
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• STAY TO THE RIGHT AT THIS POINT ON TRAIL FOR EASIER ACCESS TO RIVER CROSSING POINT: N 40° 30.159 W 111° 43.380. If you go left, you're in for a hellacious bushwhack.
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• SAFE CROSSING POINT ACROSS THE RIVER TO THIS CACHE: N 40° 30.376 W 111° 43.141. It's a safe 3 foot jump. This will be less of a player if the spring run-off is not in progress. If it is, this creek can be a dangerous river.
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• CACHE ORDER SUGGESTION: After logging Abbey's Rescue, do Cougar, Stayin' Alive Too, Wild America, then Moxie. You will double back a bit on this order but the best line to go up is towards Cougar cache.
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• SUGGESTED EQUIPMENT: Long pants, gaitors, pair of good hiking poles, 1.5 gallons of water, Gatorade or other electrolyte mix (some in party may need this bad as they didn't hydrate and this can prevent dizziness or fainting), first aid kit, cell phone (you'll have coverage), extra batteries (everyone always runs out up here), good sturdy and broken-in hiking boots (no tennis shoes; one cacher had them and her feet bottoms got badly bruised and beaten by the trail rocks).
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• DOGS: Your dog will have to be in great shape and "mountain-qualified" i.e. be able to negotiate and tackle heavy brush, rock jumping, boulder scrambling, and steep, smooth rock face climbs with confidence. If they aren't up to it and experienced in this, I suggest leaving them at home unless you want to carry them out. Even an in-shape dog will be exhausted after your hiking day is over. Also your dog should be trained and well-mannered around horses (i.e. no barking, chasing) as you can encounter many on the trail.
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• TIMING: With a leisurely and enjoyable pace, plan on being on the trail 11 hours to log all the caches up there.

CoolCache's Dry Creek Trail Caches: Hitting all of these will take most of the day... start early! Several other good caches are in the area too making your visit up here productive. Finally all my upper caches are rated 5/5 to reflect the effort involved even though they are all easy finds once there (as it should be!)

• Stayin' Alive Too!
• Cougar
• Wild America
• Abby's Rescue
• Breather
• Fallschirmjager
• Moxie