[Az-Geocaching] Top 10 reasons

[Jake Olson]

Altoid tins last forever, when not exposed to moisture.

---jake

On 5/21/06, AZcachemeister <azcachemeister at getnet.com> wrote:
>
>  #5 A cache may go for more than a year with a cracked lid, and everything
> will be just fine inside. The camo rockpile will deflect what little rain
> falls on it!
>
>
>  Regan Smith wrote:
>  #4 You will not hear what size is it instead you will hear is it smaller
> than mine.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: az-geocaching-bounces at listserv.azgeocaching.com
> [mailto:az-geocaching-bounces at listserv.azgeocaching.com] On
> Behalf Of Brian
> Casteel
> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 1:20 PM
> To: listserv at azgeocaching.com
> Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Top 10 reasons
>
> I wondered if you were going to include me in the Bombs Away cache
> history. Remember that was the day I got the Jeep and we went out to
> rescue Geo the Otter, stopping here first to grab the cache from the
> highway? I was razzed the next day because one of the Beeline DPS guys
> stopped by and checked out my ride, seeing the badge hanging from the
> mirror. Good times those were.
>
> Brian
> Team A.I.
>
> Roping The Wind wrote:
>
>
>
>  1 not only are caches hid by plane but found by balloon as well
>
>
>  You must be referin' to GC4FBB! That was a cool cache. Of course, the math
>
>
>
>  was all messed up and, quite frankly, it really isnt possible to throw
>
>  some
>
>
>  lightweight piece of ABS plastic tube out of an airplane and expect
>
>  someone
>
>
>  to know EXACTLY where it is gonna land... but... a few brave geocachers
>
>  took
>
>
>  up the challenge to try and find this cache. Team Sand Dollar had actually
>
>
>
>  gotten the first to find. But found it a day after he was originally out
> there, after getting some clues from the cache owner. He had only been 50
> feet from it the day before! Not bad Loran! Empanege (the cache owner)
> actually updated the description and hint to help out. But for Loran (and
> myself), there was no help and we just had to search a huge area of
>
>  desert.
>
>
>  I actually went out there the next day after Team Sand Dollar found it,
>
>  with
>
>
>  no clues or extra hints, and was able to make the find. I actually made
>
>  the
>
>
>  find without any of the additional hints! :) But on a hot April afternoon,
>
>  I
>
>
>  spend a LONG time walking around aimlessly in the desert searching for
> something I didnt even know what! The desert in this area was rather
>
>  sparse
>
>
>  and very little vegetation. So there wasnt many places to hide one. The
> container was suppose to be laying out in the open (which it was when I
> found it)... but was still a serious challenge to find since there were no
>
>
>
>  exact posted coords. I think the coords posted was where he threw it out,
>
>  or
>
>
>  something like that. Then the cache owner wanted you to do some math to
>
>  find
>
>
>  out where it landed.. what the speed of the airplane was and stuff like
> that. Well you also have to take into account varying wind directions and
> speeds at different altitude... none of which was stated on the cache
>
>  page,
>
>
>  and well.. quite frankly it is not really a solvable puzzle.. IMHO. I
>
>  think
>
>
>  the actual information given in the description stated the heading of the
> airplane and the speed of the plane. But I believe at the time that was
>
>  all
>
>
>  that was given. So, I just walked in that direction from the posted
> coordinates and searched and searched and searched some more until I found
>
>
>
>  it! So, after Loran and then I and I think Wyle E was next to find it...
>
>  the
>
>
>  cache hint and description was updated to give a more exact location. As I
>
>
>
>  look at this cache today... I see it is still active! Wow!!!! I found that
>
>
>
>  in April of 2002!!! My first year geocaching! It was last found on January
>
>
>
>  15th of this year by Graldrich and AZCactus. Before that find... it was
>
>  last
>
>
>  found by none other than Brian-Team AI on June 7, 2004! It went a year and
>
>  a
>
>
>  half without a find!!! Anyways, this cache brings back some fond memories
>
>  of
>
>
>  the fun days of geocaching!
>
> A cache found by balloon? Who did that? You must be referin' to GCHPF8. :)
>
> Scott
> Team Ropingthewind
>
>
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