All American Cache Multi-Cache
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FTF Congrats to
biojava!!
Did some maintenance today, 1-4-09. The cache is now a multi stage,
multi cache, has two actual caches to swap swag in. The final stage
now has room for swag along with the original log.
Wanted to do another multi and ended up with one that I am very
satisfied with. Complete and you basically will have made a big
loop. 6 stages, all but two caches should be a fairly easy
find.
PLEASE TAKE CARE WHEN SEARCHING THE FINAL STAGE, THERE ARE LOW
BRANCHES TO RUN INTO.
3mi RT, mostly no trail with a lot of rock hopping. Make it to
stage 6 and you have well deserved your #5 difficulty. Be sure to
bring PLENTY WATER, and a lunch might be nice.
Here is a good chance to get a 5 for your stats. There is a terrain
trick, can be made a 3.5-4.0 should you figure it out. Took me 3
hours to plant the hides and run through it, I would guess that you
can beat that.
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A friend gave me this phrase which should be every-one's creed
LNT-(Leave no Trace). Thanks ~eyesofice~
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The first cache is a simple go to with a question that will get
you to the next cache. Please take care in recovering it. Make it
past stage one and you should be home free.
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Each cache works the same way, you will have a question where you
will use the answer to calculate the next point. All but one
question is a date, and all have something to do with America. You
will need to add a decimal point to the center of the year that you
use for the calculation.
For instance, the year 2008 would be used as 20.08. The coordinate
for the next cache will already be complete less the answer to the
question, ie N 40° (??.??) W 122° 07.183 All answers will populate
only the Northing decimal degrees N 40° (??.??) W 122° 07.183 For
instance 20.08 x 0.8500 = 17.068 N 40° (17.068) W 122° 07.183 I
somehow ended up with some extra decimals so round to the 3rd
decimal, Instance 17.5399536 should be 17.540
Please e-mail me if this doesnt make sense. Hopefully it is not as
confusing as I am making it sound. All questions should be easy, I
am not a trivia buff so I tried to keep them as simple as possible.
All but the stage 4 and the final stage are micro's.
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Take a calculator, cell phone, pad and pencil. Hopefully it turns
out as fun as I hope with great views to boot.
Man that is a long winded cache!
Additional Hints
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