Circuitous Straight Lines Multi #2 Multi-Cache
Circuitous Straight Lines Multi #2
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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 second multicache you will visit 2 intermediate waypoints and then the final cache. This is the shortest of the 3 multi-caches in this series. WP#1 and final cache are about 0.35 miles apart.
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At WP#1 you will see a tall structure. Look for the coded numbers and letters abut 6 feet off of the ground. One of them is a sequence that fits this pattern: 873ABC where A,B and C are numbers
D=B+A
E=2xB
You can get to WP#2 using the coordinates: N32 55.7E8 W117 4.0CD
Bearing to the next WP should be 100 + C + E degrees.
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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: TLFGH0 where F, G and H are numbers. (last digit is a zero)
I=G-H
J=B+H
K=G-A
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Final cache is at N32 55.IJG W117 03.GKK. You should have a view around you from up here and be able to sight how perfectly alligned the points you've visited along the line are.
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Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
snhk fgbar fcerpxyrq wne va ebpxf
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