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Cyclops Traditional Cache

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LeakSmoke: Too many false finds and not many, if any people actually attempting this.. time to let it go. Thanks for the memories :)

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Hidden : 2/20/2014
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This has always been one of my favorite places on Mt. Rubidoux and I hope it might become so for you too!

If anyone is interested but lacks the equiptment or the know-how, I'd be more than happy to let you use my gear and give you a belay in exchange for helping clean up some trash in the area!


The Cyclopes (singular: Cyclops) were gigantic, one-eyed monsters. Probably the most famous of them is Polyphemus, the Cyclops that was blinded by Odysseus. The Cyclopes were generally considered the sons of Titans Uranus and Gaea, but according to Homer, Polyphemus was the son of Poseidon, and the other Cyclopes were his brothers. Based on their description, they were a wild race of gigantic growth, similar in nature to the earth-born Giants, and had a single eye in the middle of their foreheads. They led a lawless life, possessing neither social manners nor fear for the gods, and were the workmen of Hephaestus, whose workshop was supposed to be in the heart of the volcanic mountain Etna.

To find this cache you must locate the eye of this Cyclops. GZ will bring you to the top of the Joe Brown boulder to a set of old bolts. There are plenty of options to back them up or build your own anchor if you feel the need to do so. There are two ways to retrieve the cache once you have set up your rope. Either rappel down or top rope the classic Rubidoux route The Eye (5.11b/c) which acends a thin red rail straight to the cache. I hope you have a good time! Please cover it back up when you're done and try not to drop the rocks!

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