Aux10: I have removed the cache and since I don't feel like experiencing that ordeal again anytime soon I'll re-hide it in a different location next time. A location where less thorns and brush are involved probably. The can it's self is ok but it looks like the gasket has seen better days. Seven years and 165 finds later the cache feels like it's time to retire. The log book seems to have survived thanks to the use of Rite-in-the-Rain paper. I'll dry it out and look through it later.