Circuitous Straight Lines Multi #1 Multi-Cache
Circuitous Straight Lines Multi #1
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We noticed this series of waypoints lie on a nearly perfect straight line which, extends a long way in both directions from near our home, with much open space along it. If you had feathered wings or were the negatively charged particles of copper atoms you would be able to travel the same straight line quite easily. Being on foot or on wheels you will need to take an alternate route which will be considerably more complicated. We will leave finding the route up to you to make it more fun. I scouted out an entire set of waypoints by mountain bike, from one end to the other, on one evening using the GPS to verify the bearing, but by sighting the line visually and not using any maps. It turned into about a 2 hour and almost 10 mile bike ride (counting leaving work, getting to home, and recording waypoint information) . Route was a mix of mostly on-road and partly off-road biking. We all returned later on foot to agree on the best place to finally hide the caches, and decided to break this big loop up into three smaller multi-cache sections of varying difficulty. Caches #1 and #2 would allow for the possibility of walking or shorter bike rides. Cache #3 can be broken up into two sections, and you would need to also use car or bike to get from one end to the other unless you have all day and a LOT of energy. You can find the series in any order, but will find that if you do all three there will be some overlap and more backtracking needed so might want to save them for separate days or even work them in parallel depending on your mode of travel or ambition level. I'm going to try and set the difficulty levels similar to some of the other Scripps Ranch Loops and Multi's we've done, based more on the complexity and distance between waypoints. The final cache hides are not difficult but the distances and a few steep hills will add the most challenge. They'll certainly be easier if biking or using car for part of the connections. Many of the "clue" waypoints, and one of the caches are higher on the top or sides of hills and afford interesting new perspecitive of the areas around them. All the waypoints are connected by a combination of paved and WIDE dirt roads. Not any bushwacking is needed to get to any of the major intermediate waypoints. Only the final caches will be 10 to 50 feet from a wide road with some brush in the way. If you find yourself thinking you should need to ascend or descend straight up or down ANY steep hills through the native brush or landscaping, stop, think and look around. In more than one case the best approach will be to consider a path that is behind you and do some backtracking or go around. I navigated this loop without a map or areal images, although they could help eliminate some of the mistakes I made. I think not having them made my trip more fun though. We'll leave the route mostly up to you to make for some interesting possibilities. If you chose to travel between some waypoints by car, please observe the traffic rules for parking on major thoroughfares and the speed limit signs, especially in the neighborhood areas where children may be playing. For this first multicache you will visit 3 intermediate waypoints and then the final cache. The first waypoint and the final cache are just a little over 1 mile apart. Your path will be longer........ so if you decide to walk and it is mid-day and warm, bring water! If you want to shorten the path you can drive between WP#2 and WP#3. ----------------- At WP#1 you will see a tall structure. High up above you, little over half way up, are a two word warning with black lettering on a painted yellow background. A = Number of letters in the first word Also you need: B = number of large bolts holding the structure to its concrete base Closer to you are various other coded numbers and letters. One of them is a 6 digit number that fits this pattern: 873CDE where C,D and E are numbers F =C - 1 G=D+E H= B/2 You can get to WP#2 using the coordinates: N32 56.FFC W117 4.GHA Second waypoint will be at distance= (D+A) x 100 + (E x 10) + E Feet away and the bearing will be 100 + G degrees You can try an offset waypoint if you want to try something different and your GPS unit allows. Accuracy needed is not that precise. You can probably see the next WP from here already. ------------------ At WP#2 you will find a similar structure along with similar coded numbers and letters as at WP#1. One sequence of digits fits this pattern: TL2IJK1 where I, J and K are numbers. L= Number of bolts holding THIS structure to it's base. Double check. It's different. M = L divided by 2 N=K+1 WP#3 is at N32 55.LIM W117 04.2KM OR you can travel 0.N2 miles [... that's (N/10) + (2/100) in MILES and not feet] and use the exact same bearing as found at WP#1 -------------------- WP#3 has digits that fit this pattern PQ3131 where P and Q are numbers. [We skipped letter O because it looks too much like a zero.] R = Q - 1 Final cache is at N32 55.QPC W117 04.FRQ Best use the exact coordinates this time for the accuracy.. the distance will be just over 1000 feet and the bearing (to cache.. not your bearing) will be same as used above to get to the last 2 WPs. -----------------------
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