I emailed him also. I also found another cache that looks like he also just activated. It was just with what appeared to be old caches with no finds I wanted to be sure they where there before I went after them. Loran ----- Original Message ----- From: Tim Giron To: Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 7:51 AM Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] Did it just get approved. > I emailed Lasivian yesterday about the apparent coordinate glitch and the date. He indicated that the coords were indeed 33 N, but the the date was correct. He placed it a while ago and delayed activating it. > > Tim > Team AZFastFeet > > > > Was looking at nearby caches and came across this one: > >> > >> Camelback Cache by Lasivian [profile] > >> > >> N 34° 30.778 W 111° 57.474 (WGS-84) > >> convert to NAD27 or UTM > >> > >> State: Arizona [state map] > >> Hidden on: 6/3/2001 > >> Use Waypoint: GC79E5 (what's this?) > >> > >> > >> Coords look to be wrong as I believe it should be N 33° plus > >> there are no finds. What also strange is that it was hidden > >> over a year ago. Makes we wonder if there is another cache up > >> on Camelback that has been sitting around for a long time > >> that no one knows about. Or is there some weird glitch at > >> geocaching.com. > >> > > > >My guess is more likely Lasivian was tired from the summer hike up > >Camelback. He probably hid it on 8/3 and typed 6/3 by mistake, just like > >he typed N34 instead of N33. Correcting the latitude would put it about > >1500 feet from Place Tup Top. (I've never been up there. Is there that > >much room on the summit?). > > > >The newest cache placed anywhere (as of about 30 seconds ago) had a > >waypoint of 7A6D, so that would put this one as being posted very > >recently, not last year. When they get up to 8000, they'll be halfway > >through all the currently available waypoint IDs. > > > >Do you want to drop him an email? I'm sure he'll fix it as soon as he's > >made aware of it. > > > >Steve > >Team Tierra Buena > >"There are 10 kinds of people in the world... > >those who understand binary and those who don't." > > _______________________________________________ > Az-Geocaching mailing list > listserv@azgeocaching.com > http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > > Arizona's Geocaching Resource > http://www.azgeocaching.com >