This cache, a 3X6 inch plastic jar, was placed in the vicinity of Spruce Run Reservoir on April 14, 2012, marking the centennial of the Titanic disaster. The cache will include a Topps collectible card depicting the great ship as well as a travel bug projected to reach Southampton, UK where the ill-fated voyage began. The cache was relocated on May 23, 2015.
Where does one hide a cache designed to honor the memory of 1514 lives lost in the North Atlantic in 1912? It only seemed fitting to bring it into proximity to water. Many lives have been lost in the local waters, Spruce Run and Round Valley Reservoirs, when sudden storms engulfed unwary boaters. Of course, the Titanic tragedy could have been avoided, as we all know, with just a modicum of caution by heeding iceberg warnings, slowing down, furnishing lookouts with binoculars, having sufficient lifeboats, and so on. Untold thousands/millions of pages have been written to describe every aspect of the story. Two of my favorite books on the subject are: Titantic Voices (Sutton: 1994), which has detailed first-person testimony and rare footage; and Titantic: Legacy of the World's Greatest Ocean Liner (Time Life Books: 1997). William F. Buckley writes in the latter's preface of the implicit warning in the Titanic saga against "extrahuman conceits." Recall the famous reassurance offered by a steward to comfort a nervous passenger: "Even God couldn't sink this ship."
The top of the container is painted with a white star for the name of the ship's owner.
Please take care not to use spoilers in the log, including give-away photos. Do share your thoughts about this iconic story!