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READ A BOOK! II Traditional Cache

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Quiggle: Since the cache is still disabled with no indication of repair or replacement, I'm reluctantly archiving this listing to keep it from showing up in searches. If the owner wishes to reactivate this cache, please e-mail me through my profile and I'll unarchive it if it meets current guidelines.

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Hidden : 8/16/2006
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

"Yeah, even now he sulks like Achilles in his tent! Achilles? ... It's The Illiad? ... It's Homer? ... READ A BOOK!" (Mr Handy, from the cartoon series The Tick)

This more or less cache-n-dash is a replacement for the old "READ A BOOK!" micro that kept getting muggled. Now, instead of you finding the micro, signing the log, and telling us what you are currently reading, you can find a regular-sized cache - and trade books! Yes, this is a Book Only Trade cache. Honest-to-goodness made-of-paper books (but please, do NOT check any books out of the library and stuff them in this cache! That's not at all kosher or in good karma). The cache is starting out with 7 books, which hopefully will fulfill a range of interests.

Parking is at:
N 39*27.586'
W076*37.751'

Unlike the original cache, I'm not requiring you to tell us what you are reading. That's totally optional. But it is interesting to see what y'all are reading, so if you feel up to it, let us know in your log (at the time of this cache being place I was reading Iron Hulls, Iron Hearts by Ian W Walker, the Yellow Fraction by Rex Gordon, Doing It Right: The Fundamentals of Better Diving by Jarrod Jablonski, and about to start Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson - and yes, I am managing to keep all these straight!)

The original books in the cache are:

  • Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton
  • The Charm School - Nelson Deville
  • Car Sinister - edited by R Silverberg, MH Greenberg, JD Olander
  • The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera
  • Gold's Gym Book of Strength Training for Athletes - Ken Sprague
  • Immortality - Milan Kundera
  • Make Your Dreams Work For You - Dian Buchman

Note: the terrain rating is only because of the stairs. You can avoid them by going around the building, or coming from up top (still have an elevation change, and still not really wheelchair accessible)

Please enjoy the hunt, the books, and when you are done, turn around and enjoy the view to the west! One of the nicer ones in the area.

Cache adopted 4/10/07 from INDY-Md. Thanks!!

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