We would be interested in putting a cache near here. I printed out the description. We have plenty of cache stuff, just need to get a container. Let us know, Mike, if you want us to place one up there. Darin. Team DDJT + Sassie the Wonder dog. Prescott Valley. Fresh from the bottom of the Canyon. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trisha" To: Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 10:15 AM Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Cache 71199 description > 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 Spruce "Wild > > Goose" Cache 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 > > >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 > > > > > > > > >--__--__-- > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com > > To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: > > http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > > > > Arizona's Geocaching Resource > > http://www.azgeocaching.com > ____________________________________________________________ > Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com > To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: > http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > > Arizona's Geocaching Resource > http://www.azgeocaching.com >