Don't Hit "The Wall" Traditional Geocache
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If you are well prepared physically and well hydrated you will run right through "The Wall". Grab the cache on your way.
The Boston Marathon is the world's oldest annual marathon and ranks as one of the world's best-known road racing events. It is one of five World Marathon Majors.
Heartbreak Hill is an ascent over 0.4 miles (600 m) of the Boston Marathon course, between the 20 and 21 mile marks, in the vicinity of Boston College. It is the last of four "Newton hills", which begin at the 16 mile mark.
The Newton hills confound contestants (out of proportion to their modest elevation gain) by forcing a late climb after the downhill trend of the race to that point. Heartbreak Hill itself rises only 88 vertical feet (27 m), from an elevation of 148 feet at the bottom to an elevation of 236 feet at the top, but is positioned at a point on a marathon course where muscle glycogen stores are likely to be depleted—a phenomenon referred to by marathoners as "hitting the wall”.
The nickname "Heartbreak Hill" originated with an event in the 1936 race. On this stretch, defending champion John A. Kelley (Check out GC2J251) caught race leader Ellison "Tarzan" Brown, giving Brown a consolatory pat on the shoulder as he passed. His competitive drive apparently stoked by this gesture, Tarzan Brown rallied, pulled away from Kelley, and went on to win—in the words of Boston Globe reporter Jerry Nason, "breaking Kelley's heart.” (Thanks to Wikipedia)
Now it’s time to see if you can find this cache. We don’t want any “broken hearts” with this one. I’m not a big fan of nanos but had to compromize on the container size to place it in this location.
If you try to find this on Patriots Day (April) you will have lots of company. BYOP and use stealth. Cache Happy!
Gratulation GW0143 an seinem ersten, zu finden
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