12-21-12: Apocalypse, New Age, or new day? Traditional Cache
4 the Fun of It: Stopped by to check on this cache. Although the cache is on road allowance, the area fences are posted no trespassing. Will archive this one; it will open up other spots in the area that would be better suited for a cache.
12-21-12: Apocalypse, New Age, or new day?
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This cache has been placed in response to the phenomenon about events believed to occur on about December 21, 2012.
From the 2012 Phenomenon on Wiki: "The 2012 phenomenon comprises a range of eschatological beliefs according to which cataclysmic or transformative events will occur on 21 December 2012. This date is regarded as the end-date of a 5125-year-long cycle in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar. Various astronomical alignments and numerological formulae have been proposed as pertaining to this date, though none have been accepted by mainstream scholarship.
A New Age interpretation of this transition is that the date marks the start of time in which Earth and its inhabitants may undergo a positive physical or spiritual transformation, and that 21 December 2012 may mark the beginning of a new era. Others suggest that the date marks the end of the world or a similar catastrophe. Scenarios suggested for the end of the world include the arrival of the next solar maximum, an interaction between Earth and the black hole at the center of the galaxy, or Earth's collision with a planet called "Nibiru".
Scholars from various disciplines have dismissed the idea of such cataclysmic events occurring in 2012. Professional Mayanist scholars state that predictions of impending doom are not found in any of the extant classic Maya accounts, and that the idea that the Long Count calendar "ends" in 2012 misrepresents Maya history and culture. Astronomers and other scientists have rejected the proposals as pseudoscience and a hoax."
The cache is a small camo'ed lock 'n lock. Please close the container, and re-hide carefully. There is a first-to-find prize.
If there is a collision with another planet, the cache difficulty and terrain rating will be adjusted accordingly.
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