First Mass - 17 Years! Event Cache

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Hidden : Sunday, October 1, 2017
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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Geocache Description:

Seven 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 an event on October 1st every year since. We have alternated between morning and evening hikes with both some years. This year the event will have an evening hike to celebrate seventeen years.

Date: Sunday, October 1, 2017
Time: 5:45 pm to 6:45 pm
Rain or Shine

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. Seventeen years later we have about 16,700 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 Evening Plan:
An early evening event up on the mountain near First Mass to see the sunset and celebrate geocaching in Massachusetts. The event will last from 5:45 pm to 6:45 pm with a post event stop for food and merriment.

The Evening Schedule:
5:30 Optional - Gather at the parking coordinates (N 42° 27.865 W 071°09.160)
5:45 The event officially begins
6:00 Congregate near First Mass and swap UNACTIVATED GEOCOINS and stories
6:20 Head over to the sunset coordinates (N 42° 27.711 W 071° 09.520)
6:27 Observe sunset
6:45 Event officially ends
7:00 Head off to parts unknown or to Applebees for merriment
7:30 Post-event gathering at The Bees for merriment

POST Event GATHERINGS:
Evening - The Bees in Woburn: N42° 30.065 W71° 09.510
NOTE: This post-event gathering is not an official part of the event so just showing up for the post-gathering merriment does not allow you to post an Attended log.


Notes:
1. The key to logging this event will be signing the event logbook which will be available up on the mountain during the event.
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!
First Mass - 14 Years!
First Mass - 15 Years!
First Mass - 16 Years!


Hope to see you there,

Loch Cache

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