Travel-Henry Mountains TB02

I maintain records on my trackables. For a US-based trackable, this one is unusual for its longevity and movement. In the six-year period, 2010-19, the owner released a total of 3,793 trackables in the United States (96%) and Europe (4%). This trackable is one of the 5% of the total that circulated for at least 5 years and had been moved at least 25 times. That is a target rate of at least five drops per year for five years, or a drop every 73 days. The average drop rate of my trackables in the US is 124 days, in Europe it is 71 days. As of 8-Aug-23 this trackable had survived for 12.5 years and had been moved by 49 cachers, for an average drop every 93 days. Please keep it moving, then drop it in a safe place!

No permission is needed to leave the U.S. While in the US, please drop it in a Premium Member only OR a rural cache near a busy trail or road. Do not place it in an urban cache or abandon it at a caching event where there is no security. Transport the bug in the original plastic bag for as long as the bag lasts; the bag keeps the trackable clean and dry, protects the number and prevents tangling with other items. Otherwise, take the trackable anywhere you wish.

BLM Visitor's patch from the Henry Mountains. The mountains are home to one of North America’s last free-ranging herds of bison. The animals are managed by the Utah Department of Wildlife. An annual count of the herd is made in August that provides the basis for thinning the herd by once-in-a-lifetime hunting permits. The Henrys were named by John Wesley Powell during his expeditions down the Colorado River. When Powell made his first trip in 1869, this region on contemporary maps was blank because the river and associated deep canyon prevented travel. One of the expedition’s duties was to perform an initial geographical survey. A party climbed to the river canyon rim and recorded the presence of the Henrys in the distance. A final survey of the mountains was not finished until the 1930s, the last such survey in contiguous U.S. It was also the last USGS survey completed solely from horseback. Other than an old mail/freight road that passed between Mt. Hillers and Mt. Pennell, there was no general access to the mountains until the 1950s when uranium miners opened up trails the lower elevations to motorized vehicles. Roads to the upper elevations did not exist until the 1960s.