First Mass - 14 Years! Event Cache

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Hidden : Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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Geocache Description:

Four years ago I held an event celebrating the ten year anniversary of the first cache placed in Massachusetts: GC74 - AKA First Mass. I enjoyed that event and hikes so much I decided to host another morning hike in 2011, an evening hike in 2012 and a morning hike in 2013. This year the event will be an evening hike to celebrate fourteen years. (See the pattern?)

On October 1, 2000 Jeremy Gilbert placed the first “GPS Cache/Stash in MA state”. On Oct 2 the cache was found by a cacher named intuition. Now we have over 13,200 caches spread from the farthest western edge of the state all the way to the capes and the islands. This event will celebrate all of those caches by recognizing this grandfather of all of them in the state: GC74 - AKA First Mass.

The Basic Plan:
This event will be an early evening hike up the mountain to First Mass to see the sunset. The event will last from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm with a post event stop for food and merriment.

SPECIAL MORNING/AFTERNOON EDITION
I will be hosting a group of students on a geocaching hike around Horn Pond from 10 am to 1 pm. We will be meeting in the parking lot at 9:45 and then will hike up Horn Pond Mountain, down the other side, through Lions Park, over to the back lagoon, past the community gardens, over Strugis Mound, through the Ice House field, down Lake Street side and back across the dam to the parking area. If you wish to join us and help out please meet me at the parking lot between 9:30 & 9:45. The loop will include First Mass, several other trads, at least one multi and one puzzle as well as a letterbox and possibly a brand new cache. All of that along with the Event gets you five icons and the good feeling knowing you helped out.

 The Schedule:
5:30 Gather at the posted coordinates (N 42° 27.865 W 071°09.160)
5:45 Hike up the mountain to First Mass
6:00 Congregate at First Mass and swap UNACTIVATED GEOCOINS and stories
6:20 Hike over to the sunset coordinates (N 42° 27.711 W 071° 09.520)
6:27 Observe sunset
6:45 Hike back down to the parking coordinates
7:00 The event ends
7:30 Post event gathering at local establishment

POST HIKE GATHERING:
At the Bees in Woburn: N42 30.065 W71 09.510
NOTE: This is not an official part of the event so just attending this does not allow you to post an Attended log.


Notes:
1. The key to logging this event will be signing the event logbook while up on the mountain during the hike.
2. If for some reason you are not in shape to make the hike up the mountain, for example you are recovering from knee surgery, I will allow you to log the cache if you make it to the parking area for the event and sign the logbook.
3. Keep a watch on this page to learn about updates.

Previous Years:
First Mass - 10 Years!
First Mass - 11 Years!
First Mass - 12 Years!
First Mass - 13 Years!


Hope to see you there,

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