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    Event In Harriman State Park? Ny

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    I've participated in a number of various races throughout Harriman SP and have found it to be surprisingly rugged for being so close to NYC.

    There are many opportunities for a wide range of recreational events.

     

    As for caching, search using zipcode 10911 (Bear Mountain).

     

    There's also a set of permanently marked orienteering courses in the Silvermine area that are maintained by HVO:

    http://hvo.us.orienteering.org/hvo/maps/hv...rmanent_courses

    Splicing Dan Is En Fuego

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    Hey, thanks guys!

    But I was only a small part on an excellent team.

     

    Spooky Island is a great cache. Like Kber, I'd highly recommend it.

     

    BTW Avroair, I've been planning several caches for quite some time. Currently, I'm putting the finishing touches on my Manhattan Sewer Series. It's nothing crazy, just something with a unique approach (or, at least that's what I believe).

    Hopefully everyone will enjoy it.

    Forgotten Nyc Caches

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    I noticed a pattern today while logging 4quA5.

    Here are 5 caches in NYC (4 in Manhattan, 1 in Brooklyn) that have few visitors:

     

    1. seRpenTOr caCHe - 1 find in 39 months

     

    2. Spooky Island Cache - 2 finds in 34 months

     

    3. 4quA5 - 4 finds in 33 months

     

    4. He[[G^te - 5 finds in 33.5 months

     

    5. Br2x - 9 finds in 33 months

     

    Cache Ninja's caches are right up there with King Pellinore's and Marty621's, with regards to difficulty.

    Please note that I did not count finds logged by Electric Shavers.

    Bad Press For Cachers

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    In this month's issue of National Geographic (April 2004) there's a story on the Badlands of South Dakota. Here is an excerpt:

     

    When the bones of the Badlands turn up in the wrong hands, "Rachel Benton is the first person we call," says Lopez. "She has to tell us what we're looking at." Benton, the park paleontologist, is a busy person. "Besides outright theft, now we have to worry about geo-caching," says Lopez. In this latest twist to a treasure hunt, people hide a container and perhaps a trinket, take the GPS coordinates, and put the coordinates on the Internet. Other people go to the locationand try to find the cache.

    Although a treasure hunt may seem a nuisance at worst, and can have the positive effect of getting people out in nature, Lopez warns of an escalation: Some geo-cachers are finding fossils in park rocks and putting those coordinates on the Web. Anyone can then come to look - or to take.

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