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 October 14, 2009 by Lucky T (2589 found)
When Clubmud and I were offered the opportunity to be thrown off a cliff we just couldn't pass it up! This cache is one of my all time favorites. Nice hike to the cliff, beautiful view from the top, a challenging cache to retrieve and some good company to share the adventure. Had a great time - thanks Esko! SL.
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October 14, 2009 by Clubmud1 (3199 found)
This cache was more fun than a 62 year old cacher's heart can take --- almost. What a kick! Thank you EskoClimber for an experience I will never forget. A beautiful day caching with LuckyT, seeing the colors of northern Minnesota dangling on a rope 60 feet in the air. What an experience signing the log. TFTC and rappelling lesson. SL
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May 17, 2009 by ghost640 (1363 found)
Wow - what a day! I asked EskoClimber if he'd help my 13-year old and I do Cliff Hanger for my 1000th cache, and said he'd be happy to "throw us off a cliff", as he put it. In reality, he set us up with all the gear, gave us a full lesson on the equipment, ropes, anchors, knots, and all that cool climbing stuff, and THEN he threw us off the cliff. Three anchor lines and a double rope, we were really about as safe as can be - but it still involves going down backwards off the top of an 80 ft rock face. Esko and I went down together, with him managing my line. The 1st steps were pretty spooky - once the system was weighted and I was standing off on the wall, the whole thing started to make sense and I worked my way down to the cache site. The cache was maybe 8 feet off my vertical line, so I had to sashay (not a technical climbing term) over to the container. It was held in place by an anchor, and it was a bit tricky to tie off on the anchor to free up my hands to open the container and sign the log. I was determined not to drop the cache, log or pen, and managed to complete all that and swap coins. The last step was to replace the cache and disconnect from the anchor. That went great until, when I had my full weight up against the anchor, it broke loose from the wall. I went swinging off the wall like a pendulum, and the cache, of course, went tumbling down. This was, um, disconcerting, but I kept my feet on the wall side and recovered quickly (turns out later that Esko kept me faced toward the wall - that was a good thing, I don't think I'd have liked spinning around in open air). Anyway, that was all safer than it might sound - and actually kind of fun, except now the cache is on the ground - at that point, I rappelled the rest of the way down. So we retrieved the cache and hiked back to the top where Evan was waiting. Ev said he was game to try this (wow, can't say I'd have done that at 13!). But now Esko now has to rappel down a 2nd time to replace the cache, and Evan has to sit at the top all roped up waiting for the ''rappel on' call. It's really not good to spend too much time thinking about these things, but Ev went off and did the whole thing far more elegantly than I did - wow! Anyway, it was a spectacular day, and I can't thank Esko enough for taking us out and his amazing technical knowledge of climbing. I'm gonna send him some batteries or something. ******TFTC!
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 October 30, 2008 by Dnalsi (1454 found)
Note to return TB to cache. Accidently "picked up" the wrong one. Opps!Note: the Courtneys Signal Geocoin - March 06 is not in this cache. [This entry was edited by Dnalsi on Friday, October 31, 2008 at 3:44:28 AM.]
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October 30, 2008 by Dnalsi (1454 found)
What a perfect fall day to be outside!
My son and I parked in the gravel lot on the N side of Beck Rd under the huge power lines. I forgot to check the cords, but it has a billboard for climbers. The trail is very obvious leading into the woods from there. Immediately into the woods, the trail began going up. Be careful you don't trip on the little tree stumps cut about 3 inches off the ground in the trail.
You quickly come to the RR tie steps that let you climb to the old RR grade. There is a sign at the top, pointing you to Ely's Peak. A short walk on this very high, gravel RR bed brings you to a tunnel. What a really cool tunnel! The wind was really strong in there. We explored it after the climb - looking for "Dark Passage".
The trail we took to the top went up the Right side of the tunnel. Some easy scrambling and a couple stops to take "photos" (OK...me gasping for air...lol)
What incredible views. I had no idea this was here.
Once we got near the top, we hit the main hiking trail which was very obvious, even marked with blue stripes..??
This led us up more, where I quickly spotted the big boulder that sits above the cache site.
There was some water seepage near the boulder, so be careful on the rock. It can be slippery!
We anchored our ropes and my son quickly spotted the cache. I held him with the safety rope while he retrieved and placed the cache.
It was kind of wet inside, so I dried it out, replaced the log baggie, recorded the geocoins, and grabbed Cache Me If You Can.
There was a pencil sharpener, but I did not see a pencil (we might have dropped it ?) so I replaced the pencil. There is a pen also. Container is in great shape. Again, this is a wonderful place to bring the family. I plan to return with my wife and have a nice hike, super views and a picnic. We saw several other hikers which surprised me for a Thursday.
A big Thank You to Esko Climber for bringing us here. Finding places like this is why I enjoy geocaching.
See the photos.
[This entry was edited by Dnalsi on Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 5:15:14 PM.]
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