Welcome to the Calgary Tower. If you are at the posted coordinates you should be standing on the sidewalk directly in front of the tower.
The Calgary Tower was built in the late 1960s and officially opened to the public on Jun 30, 1968. It was a joint venture between Marathon Realty Company and Husky Oil, hence it's original name of the Husky tower. it was renamed to Calgary Tower in 1971.
At the time it was built the cost was about $3,500,000, which is a lot less than if it were built today. It stands 625 ft high and at one time was the tallest structure in Canada outside of Toronto. Not so much any more. Total weight is approximately 10, 884 tonnes of which 60% is below ground.
The tower contains an observation deck and revolving restaurant for those who want to dine and enjoy the view. Each year it hosts an annual race to the top whereby contestants are timed in their attempt to climb the stairs to the top of the tower (802 steps). Needless to say you have to be in pretty good shape to do that.
Upon completion, the Husky Tower stood 190.8 m (626 ft) tall and was the tallest structure of its type in North America. Developers deliberately misled the public, claiming the tower would stand 187 m (614 ft), in the hopes of preventing competing developers from surpassing the Husky Tower's height record. Shortly after officials in San Antonio, Texas attempted to claim the record in announcing the completion of the 190 m (620 ft) Tower of the Americas, developers revealed the Husky Tower's true height.
At one time it was claimed that the city would not allow any building to be taller than the tower, although today you can see several buildings that surpass it in height.
In order to claim a find on this cache you must fulfill both of the following requirements.
1. Post a picture of your gps, your signature item or a sign with your caching name against the top of the tower while standing at the posted coordinates. This will require you to hold it above your head to get the tower and the gps/item/sign in the photo.
2. Email me the words stamped on the fire hose connection that is just around the west side of the tower beside the entrance to Ruth's Chris Steakhouse Restaurant.
Failure to complete both tasks will result in having your log deleted. You've been warned. If you do not get a reply to your message you can assume you got the right answer.
Virtual Reward - 2017/2018
This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between August 24, 2017 and August 24, 2018. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards on the Geocaching Blog.