ya that sounds good send me the route.. i think i probably came up with the same route... but after driving out there last weekend even that route looks pretty impassible to.... i have pictures ill put up on our site so everyone can look... the best plan my brother and i came up with is to take a boat out on the lake to a point north west of the mountain the hike up and prety easy looking slope... only about 2.5 miles.... i could show everyone that as well jason Bob Renner wrote: > > Jason, > > >From what I could see on the TOPO! maps, we could > start > out at what's shown as a picnic area along Fish Creek > below the long hill and north of the main road. I > plotted a route with TOPO! and I can send it to you > when I get home this evening. Like I said, it's a > long > and rugged route and won't be a walk in the park. > > After I did the TV interview, I emailed the reporter > and thanked him and also hinted that if they wanted to > do a follow-up that a helicopter trip to this cache > would be a good story. They never responded. > > Bob > > --- Jason Poulter wrote: > > cant you just get us a helicopter so we can fly up > > there and save our weary > > bones? > > > > > > i might be up for that... i kinda went out to some > > caches that way last weekend > > to scope out the place and it does look like it will > > be a butt kicker... i have > > some photos... and my brother and i kinda mapped out > > a plan of attack... maybe > > we could colaberate about a good way to get up > > there... > > > > > > jason > > > > > > Trisha Radley wrote: > > > > > Oh. OK. That explains it. I was wondering why you > > thought a 3.3 mile hike > > > with 220 ft elevation gain would be really hard. > > .....LOL.... > > > I may be interested if you promise to go at a > > moderate (not too speedy) > > > pace....and I can be a real asset to have along > > with my Sheriff and Forest > > > service radio (transceiver) in case we get > > lost/injured/way behind......LOL! > > > ~~trisha > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Bob Renner" > > > To: > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 9:10 PM > > > Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Assault on Bronco > > Butte Geocache > > > > > > > Make that and elevation gain of 2200 ft., not > > 220 ft. > > > > > > > > Bob > > > > > > > > --- Bob Renner wrote: > > > > > Bronco Butte cache (GCC7A) has been unfound > > since it > > > > > > > > > > was placed on 6/15/2001 - probably since it > > was > > > > > placed > > > > > by helicopter. There are no trails to it and > > the > > > > > area is rugged. There may be a route to it > > but it > > > > > will be about 3.3 miles one way with an > > elevation > > > > > gain > > > > > of 220 feet. The hike there will not be easy > > and > > > > > will > > > > > probably take most of the day. > > > > > > > > > > However, this geocache needs to be found. Ed > > > > > Philpott > > > > > (Trail Gypsy) and I are planning to give it a > > try. > > > > > We are thinking of trying on Saturday, Dec. > > 29. > > > > > That > > > > > date is tentative and may change. If anyone > > else > > > > > would like to join us, or if you have any > > questions, > > > > > reply here. > > > > > > > > > > Bob Renner > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ===== > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > > Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions > > for > > > > > all of > > > > > your unique holiday gifts! 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