[Az-Geocaching] Cache 71199 description

Team Evil Fish listserv@azgeocaching.com
Fri, 30 May 2003 18:16:55 -0700


Velcro an ALTOIDS and make it a non virtual cache

just a thought


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Schwarz" <malthusian@mindspring.com>
To: <listserv@azgeocaching.com>
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 5:12 PM
Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Cache 71199 description


> Well, looks like the powers that be at geocaching.com set it up
> so nobody but me can see it, even if you ARE logged in.  Drats.
>
> Here's the text of the description I submitted, just to satisfy
> any curiousity anyone may have about my ill-fated virtual cache.
> Or if anyone wants to try to locate the thermometer, even though you
> won't increase your numbers for anything by doing so.  This does
> require a 2 mile round trip hike, with 500 feet of elevation gain.
> Unless you're doing more of the Groom Creek trail.  Again, if
> anyone does locate it, let me know via an email.  And if someone
> who lives in the Prescott area wishes to place a physical cache
> near it, that would be great:
>
> NAME: What's the Temperature?
>
> N 34 27.750  W 112 25.526
>
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>
> Get a little workout, make a weather observation, and score a cache.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> RATING: 1.5/2.5
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> This is probably the first cache in Arizona that asks you to make a
> meteorological observation!
>
> I don't like to have people driving around in circles trying to figure out
> where to park, and contributing to air pollution.  So, drive south from
> Prescott on the paved Senator Highway, go about 6 miles, and park at the
> Groom Creek trailhead parking lot, at N 34 27.881, W 112 26.448.  There is
> a 2 dollar forest service fee there.  Then put on your hiking boots and
> walk just over a mile up the 307 trail, with about 500 feet of elevation
> gain, to a thermometer in the middle of nowhere.
>
> What is a thermometer doing HERE, of all places?  Beats me.  I didn't
place
> it here, but it's been here for over 10 years.  I first noticed it after
> relieving myself in the early 1990's, long before geocaching started, just
> north of the the trail.  As I walked back, the white color of the
> instrument caught my eye.  It is located on the back side of a tree within
> 10 feet of the trail.
>
> I'm sure at least a few other people have spotted this thermometer, but no
> one has removed it during the 11 years or so I've known of its existence;
> and for all I know, it may have been there for years before the early
> 1990's.  It is NOT in a wilderness area, just a regular National forest
> area, so it doesn't violate any wilderness ethics.  The numbers showing
50,
> 60, 70, 80 degrees have definitely faded with time, but are still
readable.
>
> You will need to look at 2 words on the thermometer.  At the top there is
> one word (probably brand name); write that down.  In the lower left, below
> minus 60 degrees (doubt it ever gets anywhere near that cold here), is a
> word followed by 3 initials (probably the company name); write that down.
> This item in the lower left is faded and a bit hard to read, so I will
> accept reasonable fascimiles of what it says.  The word on top is still
> very clear, however.
>
> To get credit for this virtual cache, you will need to email me (Mike)
with
> the word at the top, and the word plus 3 initials on the lower left of the
> thermometer.  Make sure you do NOT post your answers here, even if
encrypted.
>
> Then, note the temperature reading on the thermometer, and please DO post
> that with your log, along with the time of day.  It will be interesting to
> see how the readings vary with whether its early morning or afternoon,
> whether its rained recently, and of course, the time of year.  For the
> record, it read 73 degrees at 5 PM on 5/25/2003.
>
> When you get to the listed coordinates, at about 6920 feet elevation, look
> on the back side of a tree within 10 feet of the trail, on the north side
> of the trail.  This is a ponderosa pine forest, and even though the trees
> aren't real tall here, GPS signals can be degraded some.  If you don't
find
> the thermometer right away, search in a 40-foot radius.  The trail isn't
> too high-traffic, but in case a group of hikers or horseback riders comes
> by when you are at the thermometer, be discrete and try not to draw
> attention to it until they pass.  As with a physical cache container, we
> don't want those who don't currently know about the thermometer to know of
> its existence, and possibly decide to remove it.
>
> If you feel so inclined, and have the time, continue on up the trail to
the
> summit of Spruce Mtn.  This will be a 6 mile roundtrip hike, with 1400
feet
> of elevation gain total.  Or, if you're really ambitious, do the full 9
> mile loop hike clockwise.  If you haven't been to the <B>Spruce "Wild
> Goose" Cache</B> yet, that cache awaits you near the summit, just 1.5
miles
> from here!  So, score 2 caches on this hike, not just this one!
>
> Have fun contributing to the climatic records for Arizona!
>
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>
> HINT:
> Some shrubbery guards the approach to the back side of the tree; it's not
> very open there.  However, I have yet to wear long pants on this trail.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> Mike
> Team Malthusian
>
> Brian wrote:
> >
> >Message: 1
> >Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 21:38:14 -0700
> >From: Brian Cluff <brian@Snaptek.com>
> >To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
> >Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Thermometer Virtual Cache rejected  :(
> >Reply-To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
> >
> >Mike Schwarz wrote:
> >> The cache is now in an archived state, and I believe it will
> >> be viewable IF you are logged in to geocaching.com, at this URL:
> >>
> >> http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=71199
> >
> >> N 34 27.750  W 112 25.526
> >
> >Looks like it won't let anyone but you view the cache, even if you are
> >logged in.  I was going to add it to the list of archived caches, so
> >that people could get credit for logging it.
> >Oh well.. It seemed interesting to me.
> >
> >Brian Cluff
> >Team Snaptek
> >
> >
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> >
> >
>
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