Do you love Team KFWB caches? Do you hate them? Maybe somewhere in between? Regardless, the Team caches make up part of Vancouver Island caching history. It was quite shocking in 2011 when the Team abruptly announced "no longer geocaching" and archived all of their caches. Fortunately many of these caches were adopted by local cachers and these iconic caches live on today. Not much was known about the Team back then and who they were still remains a mystery today. Now onto this cache, read the full description, and then go get it...
GO TO 466487 EAST, AND 5370603 NORTH. THIS WILL BE YOUR FIRST POSITION. ON A MOSSY OLD TREE YOU WILL FIND A GPS TAG. FROM POSITION NUMBER ONE SUBTRACT 306 FROM THE GPS TAG #. THIS WILL GIVE YOU A NUMBER. CALL THIS NUMBER 'DEGREES', AND ADD IT TO 51 MINUTES, 46.6198 SECONDS. MEASURE THE DISTANCE FROM THE CENTER OF A BENCH ON TEN MILE POINT IN VICTORIA, B.C. ON THIS BENHCH IS A PLAQUE THAT READS “GEORGE GUNNISS, MAYOR OF TEN MILE POINT” TO THE CENTER OF THE WAR MEMORIAL ON BEACH DRIVE. DETERMINE THE COMPASS BEARING TO THE NEAREST DEGREE FROM THE BENCH TO THE WAR MEMORIAL.
TO GET TO THE SECOND POSITION, ADD THE NUMBER ON THE GPS TAG TO THE NORTHING OF THE FOLLOWING UTM: 431908 - 5358052. THIS WILL BE YOUR SECOND POSITION. LOOK FOR A GPS TAG FASTENED TO A TREE, ABOUT 7 FEET ABOVE THE BASE OF THE TREE. AT ONE OF THE LOOKOUTS NEAR THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN, LOOK FOR A BLUE GPS TAG UNDER A PICNIC TABLE. ON A COMPASS BEARING OF 81 DEG. TRUE. (19 DEG DECLINATION) THERE IS A CENOTAPH AND A FLAGPOLE. LOOK A BIT TO THE LEFT OF THESE OBJECTS, AND YOU WILL SEE A WHITE MONUMENT WITH A PLAQUE ON IT.
TO GET TO THE CACHE MULTIPLY THE TAG NUMBER BY 7.12543 AND CALL THIS NUMBER U.S. SURVEY FEET. ADD THIS NUMBER TO THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE PICNIC TABLE AND THE MONUMENT (IN U.S. SURVEY FEET). ADD AN ADDITIONAL 153526.1263987 U.S. SURVEY FEET. FROM POSITION NUMBER TWO, ADD THE NUMBER ON THE GPS TAG TO 255. CALL THIS NUMBER ‘DEGREES', AND ADD TO IT 31 MINUTES, 54.3757 SECONDS. ISN’T IT UNFORTUNATE THAT WE NEGLECTED TO GIVE YOU THE DISTANCES!!!
YOU WILL NOW HAVE TWO COMPASS BEARINGS: ONE FROM THE POSITION NUMBER ONE, AND ONE FROM POSITION NUMBER TWO. PROCEED ON THESE COMPASS BEARINGS.
IF YOU ARE AT THE ACTUAL CACHE SITE, YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO 871.4635 NAUTICAL MILES AT 92 DEGREES TO GET TO UTM ZONE 13T 661696 E, 5105897 N. YOU WOULD ALSO HAVE TO GO 817.4635 NAUTICAL MILES AT 160 DEGREES TO GET TO UTM ZONE 11S404731 E, AND 3846913 N. THE ABOVE IS PRESUMING THE WORLD IS A SPHERE YOU CAN’T NECESSARILY SIMPLY ADD OR SUBTRACT 180 DEGREES. HUH? WHERE ARE YOU? TOTALLY IGNORE ALL OF THIS GIBBERISH AND GO TO THE POSTED COORDINATES TO FIND THE CACHE!