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Wah Wah Stash — Geocache of the Week
- Traditional Cache
- GCA8
- by Jerry Brockmeier
- Location:
- Utah, United States
- N 38° 20.519 W 113° 37.188
Can you imagine sitting stock-still in one place on a pile of jagged rocks for five minutes?
That’s exactly what GCA8, “Wah Wah Stash” has been doing for nearly 16 years.
If the short GC code of the cache doesn’t give it away, its title will give some clue as to how old it is. A Tupperware or ammo can hidden in the woods in the year 2000 would have been called a “stash” rather than a “geocache”. The latter term eventually won out, which is why most of us say I’m going geocaching rather than I’m going stash-hunting nowadays.
Wah Wah stash was hidden high in the Wah Wah Mountain range in southwest Utah on November 4, 2000. This puts it in the top 100 oldest active geocaches in the world. It’s elevation is listed at approximately 7,500 feet (2,286 m). While most cars are able to navigate the road up to the cache, the hike up is a worthwhile experience.
Although the container is an unremarkable ammo can, Wah Wah Stash is a valuable example of a cache that’s worth a visit not simply because of it’s age—though many geocachers use it to fill in the November 2000 square in their Jasmer grids—but because of the spectacular beauty, geological and human history of the surrounding area. On the way to the cache you’ll see old mine shafts (watch your step), and even log cabins and other structures dating back over 100 years, still standing.
According to the cache page, “The rock history dates back as far as Jurassic and is the only known ancient rock left in the Great Basin. Very large trees and huge tree trunks not normally found in Utah are everywhere.”
This cache is good for:
- Hikers, wildlife lover, cactus enthusiasts
- Historical structure junkies
- Rare-cache hunters
- Jasmer-challenge competitors
- Geocachers who’re looking for a beautiful, secluded location to propose to their partners
- Rattlesnakes
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Happy 100th Birthday US National Park Service! Let’s Celebrate with a GeoTour!
DID YOU KNOW that in the year 1916:
- Woodrow Wilson was President of the United States
- A carton of milk cost 33¢
- Women won the right to vote
….and the National Park Service (NPS) was born? That’s right. Since August 25, 2016, the NPS* has preserved America’s special places, “for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations”. To celebrate this impressive milestone, the NPS is sponsoring a Find Your Park GeoTour to engage communities and help people discover nature through geocaching.
The Find Your Park GeoTour launched with 61 geocaches, and now it’s up to 87. Will we get to 100 by the end of this year? We hope so! In the meantime, here are five fantastic geocaches from the GeoTour to peek your interest: Continue reading →
Trollhaugen — Geocache of the Week
- Traditional Cache
- GC37KA1
- by roadboss123
- Location:
- Washington, United States
- N 48° 14.554 W 122° 14.797
Have you ever had the feeling while out in the woods caching that someone was watching you? Maybe someone was!
The text at the top of the “Trollhaugen” cache page is a warning to some, a siren call of adventure to others.
To find this cache, park your car along old Highway 99, not too far north of Seattle. Get out, and as quickly as humanly possible follow the GPS into a very green, seemingly empty stretch of forest. There you will make the same surprising discovery which the owner of this geocache once made: the Trollhaugen House.
Inside Trollhaugen you’ll find at least one big-nosed surprise… but this is no place for spoilers!
The Cache Owner, roadboss123, came up with the idea for the cache after finding a cache with a similar setup in Ohio — though the woody location for Trollhaugen was roadboss123’s own adaptation.
“There’s not a lot of maintenance involved in the cache for the most part, everybody’s been good about keeping it as they found it the only problem seems to be not logging coins but that’s a problem for all of Geocaching.”
With 273 favorite points, this cache is one of the most highly-favorited in the area, and it’s definitely worth a visit… even if you’re a little bit afraid of trolls.
Creative caches like this one are a joy to find. The Cache Owner knows this firsthand: “All of my favorites are ones that took me somewhere I’ve never been or to something that I never expected.”
Continue to explore some of the most amazing geocaches around the world.
Check out all of the Geocaches of the Week on the Geocaching blog. If you would like to nominate a Geocache of the Week, fill out this form.
7 Ways to #GetOutdoors for a Souvenir
On Saturday, June 11, 2016, anyone can earn the Get Outdoors Day souvenir! To do so, find any geocache or attend any geocaching event.
With over 2.5 million geocaches hidden around the world, you’ll have to make some choices. And choices are hard! To help, here are 7 ways to combine geocaching with another outdoor activity!
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