[Az-Geocaching] Cache 71199 description
Trisha
listserv@azgeocaching.com
Sat, 31 May 2003 10:15:10 -0700 (MST)
Thank you Mike for posting the text of your un-approved (but very
interesting) cache!
I vote for Lincoln or DDJT (or....?) to put a physical cache with a
weather theme at this site (I would but it's a bit too much hiking for
me....besides, I have the cache at the top still active)
I think it would be fun if whoever put a physical cache there would
include a print out of your virtual cache description in the cache as
a memorial to all the unapproved but deserving caches in the world.....
Trisha "Lightning"
Prescott
On Fri, 30 May 2003 17:12:08, Mike Schwarz wrote:
>
> 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
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> 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!
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> 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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