This adventure launches from the carpark at C to end at W and could be a one way shuffle but the ratings reflect the return trip on foot. There are some optional questions along the way which will earn you nothing but my respect for taking the time to do this cache the way it has been intended! Claim away if you can solve it directly.
This is a great walk when the wildflowers are out in spring, and just as good from June as the humpbacks head past, so keep glancing seaward. Good binoculars are useful along the way. As noted, answers are optional but I am keen to see what others might come up with at Chapter 6a! So if you'd like to add to the story, please send me an email with your shortish turn of phrase, with the important three words highlighted somehow and in the right order.
Please bear in mind that the printed cache notes seem to lose a bit of important emphasis at points so do have a look online as well. App-up as desired as digital assistance in the field on your device may also be of benefit.
NPWS has allowed this cache to showcase this locality. They warn that some dumpers exist at certain points of the path so (and in my experience this is only on the margins) please bear that in mind and CITO when safe and feasible or advise me of any major issues and I can pass that on to them.
So onwards!
Funny to think that words can give meaning to numbers and vice versa. Please enjoy your traipse and any insights gleaned through this journey which in my experience can in future elicit a chortle, wherever you may be.
You will be required to exercise more than your legs and lungs however, because once you discern the theme, some of your literary input is requested. Yes, you could be adding your own chapter!
Numbers seem to rule in the spatial world, not so much words. Mmmm – cogitating on that led by increments to one of my old favourites! Not there yet? Or have you… "Missed it by that much!" You'll have to Get Smart for this one - but hopefully by the end you’ll be saying "And... loving it!!"
Chapter 1
It never took much for Agent 86 to goad Thaddeus, the Chief (Agent Q) of CONTROL into a purple-faced stasis. Get Smart (1965–1970), created to capitalize on "the two biggest things in the entertainment world today" James Bond and Inspector Clouseau, that most postmodern of 60’s TV series continues to delight new generations with reruns. It depended largely on the unfailing imbecility of Maxwell Smart, and his innate ability to survive till the next episode, despite himself.
Chapter 2
Amidst all the prayers offered up by viewers for his long-suffering love interest, known ever only as 99, and whose real name is never revealed in the series, Max - 86, was routinely lacking insight and frustratingly bland in appreciating her. Although she never cashes in on his ineptness, Max is eventually visited by the realisation that something indeed was afoot and that he should Get Smart when it came to 99.
Chapter 3
There’s little doubt the show also delivered the best nemeses and associates! See http://www.iment.com/maida/tv/gs/gscharacters.htm for just a few. They were always eager to warp the plot, getting their tentacles into the plans concocted by CONTROL. Allies abounded too, such as Harry Ho, a well-rounded detective in Hawaii, who to judge by that girth was always one for the finer things of life, often gathering lotus petals and eating jasmine cakes. He was regularly stunned by Max’s dubious perspicacity and he often rocked back on his heels in awe with his breathy catch phrase “…Amazing…!! "
Chapter 4
Aaah, but I have skipped too readily over the main female character. The svelte, the oh-so-hip 99, smoothly easing her way across the screen - with her clubbed brunette hair bobbing demurely so! I digress…...but tell me, what young person in the 60s, 70s, 80’s and onwards, hasn’t grabbed the TV in pent-up frustration and vocally pointed out to Max that 86 + 99 = much more than that! Once united, Max inevitably spent a fair bit of time in the doghouse! He at least wasn't quite alone there thanks to FANG , a trusty CONTROL hound, who was eventually retired to a desk job after his active service, burying evidence. Both however, had better luck than Agents 13 and 44 who spent a lot of time hiding in bins and drink-machines, bemoaning their fate to anyone who would listen.
Chapter 5
There’s not much that the collective 185 couldn’t do. Slalom skiing, horseback riding, windsurfing and quite often being forced to submerge, either voluntarily or otherwise! When Max's arch-nemesis, Conrad Siegfried, Vice President in charge of Public Relations and Terror at KAOS (played brilliantly by Bernie Kopell, also the affable above-water doctor on the Love Boat a few years later) was involved, a submarine was pretty much guaranteed. As were his curdling cries of “Sccchhhmmmaaaarrrrrtttt!” when foiled. His plumper and childlike henchman Shtarker's sound effect interjections "......." often prompted further frustrated cries of: "Nein Shtarker! Zis is KAOS! Ve don't "……" here!"
Chapter 6
Always calm, as long as Max wasn’t about, or the infamous Cone of Silence wasn’t employed, The Chief would often be seen with head in cupped palms, retracing steps in his mind about how he’d ever recruited Max in the first place! Especially after 86 repetitively queried Chief "Don't tell me...?" only to rejoin: "I asked you not to tell me that!"
Chapter 6a
Taking deep breaths, 86 tried to stay calm, retracing his steps to where he’d last seen Hymie’s hand. “Hey Larrabee,” he called out down the sheer cliff-face. “Can you see anything?” Larrabee looked up while taking an unfortunate step backwards. Moments later the raging sea claimed another Control agent. Smart shook his head, wondering why the chief had recruited him in the first place. Perhaps he should get <99 to come and help. (BFJ)
Chapter 6b
After Larrabee’s death, Max returned to his crib to collect his thoughts. 99 arrived shortly after to offer some support. He picked up the phone to inform the Chief of the news, but as he dialed, he fired a shot across the room and left a bullet lodged in the closet, almost hitting 99. "Missed her by that much..." At first he thought it had been sabotaged, but then he remembered it was one of the many dodgy gadgets in his home. He spent some time in the ‘Closet of Silence’ (the ‘Cone of Silence’ being on loan to the CIA). As usual though, it was 99 who formed a hypothesis. The recent events at the geothermal plant were no doubt part of KAOS’s plans to gain control of CONTROL! (Garbageman)
Chapter 6c
Awaiting cacher input...
Chapter 7
Maxwell Smart was played by Don Adams, whose fierce deadpan demeanour as a stand-up comedian originally served him as an army engineer by the name of Donald James Yarmy (Born April 13, 1923). He ditched the "Yarmy" because he got tired of being last during alphabetical auditions and so landed his breakout role as the bumbling secret agent. Later in his career, he was also the voice of Inspector Gadget. From this vantage, although there is no campground, you'll have a fantastic view bordering the Pacific oh so far below!
Chapter 8
Of course, we can't give the plot away at this point so you'll need to add your own emphasis from now on! Find the final three clues at this location using Chapter 7's waypoint comments and you are almost there!
FINALE
Space restricts detailing the depth of talent and characters Get Smart presented. High on the list though is "The CLAW” who represented the east-Asian branch of KAOS, oft known to elicit answers from captives via his burly henchman Bobo applying the bamboo torture or sizzling brands. Max, of course, had trouble with his oriental accent as was the trend back then. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftgAG3Vnif8. Thus “The CRAW” is the fitting nemesis to bring this episode to a cliffhanger end! (and which episode didn't end with such milestones, after the obligatory evil triumphant monologue, and subsequent preventable escape by our protagonists!)