Grandfather Swinging on a Bridge EarthCache
Grandfather Swinging on a Bridge
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Mother
Earth will take your breath away with her raw natural beauty. You
are standing high above the mountain at this spectacular
geo-location enjoying an unbelievable creation....
GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN
There
are 50 steps to climb so bring your hiking shoes and
water.
A
unique and magical glimpse of Mother Earth at her finest can be
found at this location. This incredible formation of rock was named
Grandfather Mountain by the pioneers who thought the ridgeline
looked like a man peering into the
heavens.
This
rock mass once lived below the rivers located on now, North
Carolina, 1.2 billion years ago. However, a collision of two
continents, North America and Africa, caused older Precambrian rock
to become pushed upward over top newly formed rock, forming what is
now known as Grandfather Mountain.
Many
millions of years later, the Precambrian rock weathered and
transformed causing the younger rock, a mere 730 million years old,
to come back into view. In other words, younger rock found a fault
line to climb through the older rock.
As you
stand at this unforgettable site, you are witnessing the old and
the young blending and growing together over eons of
time.
At this
location you will have the ability to walk across the Swinging
Bridge that swings over one mile from the rock formations below
it.
To
receive credit for this cache:
a)
Take a photo of you, your family, or friends at this location and
upload to the cache listing.
b)
Walk to the middle of the bridge while it is swinging so very far
above Mother Earth and read the green banner painted just below
your feet. Tell your fellow cachers exactly how many feet that you
are standing above sea level at that location on the Swinging
Bridge at Grandfather Mountain.
c)
Please e-mail me the name of the rock that was pushed upward to
form Grandfather Mountain.
Now that your Earth Cache task is completed, be sure to
ENJOY the awesome 12 miles of nature trails, museums, and exhibits
on this magical
Mountain.
Don't
forget to bring the furry kids. They are invited.
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