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I can't stand it! Vinny can do a maintenance run in a couple of hours? Get and replace the cache in 20 minutes?

 

There's gotta be something glaringly obvious that we are all missing! :anitongue:

 

But what?

 

And, why does an unfound cache need maintenance!? I sense some leg-pulling going on! <_<

 

Ed

Ed, no leg pulling... This is the maintenance visit that I wanted to do last Friday but never got around to doing. And, the visits take hardly any time at all, and they are much fun for me and the other people involved, so I figure "why not?" Anyway, I want to do the maintenance visit for the following reasons:

  • to possibly modify or change the attached weights or their configuration to make the assembly even easier to retrieve and return by seekers who might be approaching it from above; I have been playing with different options using a simulacra of the cache assembly in my lab.
  • to learn more about that tree at the W-NW corner of the plateau, and see if it is rooted/anchored sturdily enough to offer potential utility to climbers to support a toprope or similar rope attachment.
  • to get a more accurate idea of the height of the tree for the benefit of those who might wish to come in via helicopter.
  • to learn more about the two or three trees growing out of the E-NE face (downstream side) of the pylon about 10 to 15 feet below the plateau, again to see how well they are anchored in terms of their potential use to climbers.
  • to take some close-up photos of the cache and its weight assembly in its final position on the pylon -- this information will be of assistance to those using unorthodox means of retrieving it from above. I will post some of the photos to the cache listing page
  • to take some high-res photos of the surface of the plateau from just above it, again for benefit of future sekers
  • to try to get a better idea if any of the several questionable-looking stone blocks along the edges may be very loose and in danger of falling (i.e., upon climbers or when used for support)
  • lastly, to serve as a demonstration, to remind those people who may have doubts about how doable it is to access the plateau and the cache about just how easy it is to do it
  • frankly, it is also fun! I enjoy the pylon, the plateau and the visits!

In any case, it is all very easy with my jetpack; pic below:

 

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Isn't this cache considered a "Commercial" cache? It is promoting a nearby Bakery!

 

As for difficulty, it's all in the ability of the cacher. Out west, we have several caches over 14,000 feet in altitude, that take a 10 mile hike or longer. I have two here that are over 13,000 feet. Take someone who lives at sea level and ask them to hike one mile at 13,000 feet, most can't do it. Around the world, I believe that there are caches over 20,000 feet in altitude.

 

Not sure if this would work, but the column looks tapered. Why not just tie thick ropes around the column every 3-4 feet, and then use it as a ladder? If the column is tapered, the ropes will not slide down. If there are "holds" and existing "bolt holes", use them for safety and to assist the climb. Climbing anything under 200 feet in heighth is not that difficult, expecially compared to this:

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...6b-d1c9dad155c4

 

The cache is easy, but watching the climbers while you cache is a real trip. I did it long before Geocaching was invented, and watching the professionals rock climb El Cap is a treat.

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Isn't this cache considered a "Commercial" cache? It is promoting a nearby Bakery!

 

As for difficulty, it's all in the ability of the cacher. Out west, we have several caches over 14,000 feet in altitude, that take a 10 mile hike or longer. I have two here that are over 13,000 feet. Take someone who lives at sea level and ask them to hike one mile at 13,000 feet, most can't do it. Around the world, I believe that there are caches over 20,000 feet in altitude.

 

Not sure if this would work, but the column looks tapered. Why not just tie thick ropes around the column every 3-4 feet, and then use it as a ladder? If the column is tapered, the ropes will not slide down. If there are "holds" and existing "bolt holes", use them for safety and to assist the climb. Climbing anything under 200 feet in heighth is not that difficult, expecially compared to this:

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...6b-d1c9dad155c4

 

The cache is easy, but watching the climbers while you cache is a real trip. I did it long before Geocaching was invented, and watching the professionals rock climb El Cap is a treat.

 

'Splain to me, please, how you are going to go about wrapping this rope around the column and securing each 'step'?

 

A boat circling the pylon? A helicopter?

 

This cache jest continues to entertain! :anitongue:

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Not sure if this would work, but the column looks tapered. Why not just tie thick ropes around the column every 3-4 feet, and then use it as a ladder? If the column is tapered, the ropes will not slide down.

 

Cool.

 

Thing is, I've been to church picnics. I've done the tug-of-war thing with those big nautical ropes.

 

Them're HEAVY! :anitongue:

 

And you'd need a whole lot of them to make a ladder around the whole column...

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I was down there this afternoon when he did maintenance. There is actually a thin, super-heavy fishing line attached to the container and running through a pully system. He stands at the bottom, unties the clear line and lowers the container down to do maintenance. The line is so see-through that you don't even notice it's there. Hehehe. :anitongue:

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If I was a local, I'd be sitting on the bank chewing on a sandwich right now.

There actually was one local waiting on the western bank of the river right by the pylons, but I am not sure who it was -- IDing someone on shore can be hard from the top of one of those pylons.

 

Performed maintenance visit at around 3:55 PM today, and have since re-enabled cache listing and entered a maintenance log note. During the unexpectedly short maintenance visit today, I was able to take some great close-up fotos of top surface of pylon and of cache container and its attached weights. However, due to unexpected equipment limitations which emerged only once we reached the cache hide site, I was not able to modify the steel weights attached to the cache. However, was able to measure height of tree on W corner of plateau and also examine stone blocks at edges. Will issue photos and report w/updated information shortly.

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Local cachers go watch! I gots to know!

It's no secret at all. Within this thread alone, Vinny has pretty much stated EXACTLY how he placed it and does his maintenance visits. That doesn't mean that his way is the best, quickest, easiest, or (especially) cheapest, though B) Greg

The secret is to find a willing accomplice to get the job done. Apparently there is only one in the area?

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The pylon reminds me of this local landmark. Maybe I should put a cache there. Well, I guess I can't there is a virt there already. I wonder if we could have a "psycho insane virt" with a requirement that you have ur pic taken in some ridiculously dangerous location?

Courthousetree.jpg

Please remember that the existence of a virtual cache within 528 feet of a potential "real" geocache location does count, i.e., it does not affect the placement of the real cache. In fact, one of my extreme caches is located within about 200 feet of a nearby virtual, and this is not an issue at all.

 

So, bottom line is that you must B):D place a cache up there ASAP! :DB)B):D

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Local cachers go watch! I gots to know!

It's no secret at all. Within this thread alone, Vinny has pretty much stated EXACTLY how he placed it and does his maintenance visits. That doesn't mean that his way is the best, quickest, easiest, or (especially) cheapest, though B) Greg

Greg, this is entirely true that I have largely disclosed exactly how it was done, and how subsequent visits were done, on both this forum and the MGS forum. Of course, to increase the fun level, we have all left it a bit ambiguous and have refused to state anything explicitly (at least on the forums; I regularly sit with local extreme cachers in our living room and discuss the intricacies of the placements) I personally feel that this is the quickest and easiest way, and the most fun way :DB)B) , and the expense for each visit has been really rather minimal. However, while this method is much fun, the danger level is rather high, and we learned that once again yesterday, where we were literally skating right on the margin of life and death.

 

And, from the latest reports and tales which I have been hearing, it is also apparently true that at least one or two local extreme cachers have actually been present at two of my visits to the cache location, including the visit during which I placed the cache two weeks ago. And, there was definitely one cacher present on the shore during my maintenance visit yesterday, although I am leaving any further identification or disclosure entirely up to them. :DB) There are times when a bit of privacy and reticence can be prudent, and also a lot of fun! :DB)

 

The bottom line is that this cache poses some major engineering and strategic challenges and a great level of danger, as well as some great challenges of faith and courage, and so, all I can say to you is:

Have fun! B)B)

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Local cachers go watch! I gots to know!

It's no secret at all. Within this thread alone, Vinny has pretty much stated EXACTLY how he placed it and does his maintenance visits. That doesn't mean that his way is the best, quickest, easiest, or (especially) cheapest, though B) Greg

The secret is to find a willing accomplice to get the job done. Apparently there is only one in the area?

Well, there are likely more than one, but the one I know (along with his support team) has already said "NO" to a number of people who have inquired, as there are many variables involved, not the least of which is being able to demonstrate that you have a sane, safe and foolproof plan to accomplish the mission, along with being able to display and demonstrate your gear and your techniques. In fact, I am currently working with this specialist to come up with optimal methods and gear for cacher hunters who may wish to seek the cache via this metho, and we have been running some interesting tests, demonstrations and simulations.

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Local cachers go watch! I gots to know!

It's no secret at all. Within this thread alone, Vinny has pretty much stated EXACTLY how he placed it and does his maintenance visits. That doesn't mean that his way is the best, quickest, easiest, or (especially) cheapest, though B) Greg

The secret is to find a willing accomplice to get the job done. Apparently there is only one in the area?

Again, you ONLY need to utilize this method if you CHOOSE to do it that way. There are other ways of retrieving and replacing this cache that do not need the "perfect" conditions that Vinny's chosen method requires. If you're bold and gutsy enough, you can climb it (obviously, it IS climbable with the right precautions), which in my opinion is MUCH more dangerous than Vinny's method (I still think Vinny's method is rather easy and not very adventurous, if you can afford it and find the right person/people to assist you). Or, with ALOT of planning, there are other ways of retrieval and replacement that Vinny hasn't thought of or metioned, yet B) Greg

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Local cachers go watch! I gots to know!

It's no secret at all. Within this thread alone, Vinny has pretty much stated EXACTLY how he placed it and does his maintenance visits. That doesn't mean that his way is the best, quickest, easiest, or (especially) cheapest, though B) Greg

The secret is to find a willing accomplice to get the job done. Apparently there is only one in the area?

Again, you ONLY need to utilize this method if you CHOOSE to do it that way. There are other ways of retrieving and replacing this cache that do not need the "perfect" conditions that Vinny's chosen method requires. If you're bold and gutsy enough, you can climb it (obviously, it IS climbable with the right precautions), which in my opinion is MUCH more dangerous than Vinny's method (I still think Vinny's method is rather easy and not very adventurous, if you can afford it and find the right person/people to assist you). Or, with ALOT of planning, there are other ways of retrieval and replacement that Vinny hasn't thought of or metioned, yet B) Greg

I agree with Greg about the many and various possible methods of retrieving the cache. The thirteen methods which I listd on my website are some of the more obvious ones, but there are probably a thousand ways of safely signing the logbook, recording the secret code number (666, of course...) and returning the cache to its rightful spot on the plateau. However, the fact remains that now matter which method you might choose, accomplishing a find on this cache is a major engineering and strategic challenge, and there are dangers inherent in any method chosen. For example, as the photos will show, there is lots of loose rubble lying on the surface of the plateau, and many methods of retrieval from below could dislodge some of that debris and cause it to fall on participants/climbers below -- this is why the cache listing page stresses the need for good helmets!

 

BTW, Greg (MarylandSteelersFan) is one of the orginal members of Team Psycho, and, like most members of Team Psycho, he has successfully found all of our Psycho Urban Caches published prior to PUC #13; I have no doubt that he and Team Psycho will also eventually score a find on this cache as well! B)

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Just a question.....is the big evil cache a micro?

No... look at the photos and read the cache listing page: the container size is classified as "Small", but it is a large "small" container, a yellow series 1000 Otterbox. It will hold a decent-sized logbook, pencil, and some small trade items nicely.

 

My premium membership expired like 2 days ago and I am working to get it renewed....but after seeing this thread, I went to click on your listing and it was for members-only! I had to take a guess at what size it was. Think about it, if a cache is evil and impossible to do...then wouldn't that mean micro more often than not?

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coyote_cache_retrieval_plan.jpg

 

I remember seeing several shows in which Wily E. Coyote used ACME equipment, but as far as I know, they have stopped producing gear for coyotes due to safety concerns and excessive warranty returns which was severely cutting into their profit margin. But I believe they may have the best way to get the cache. :laughing:

 

http://acmeclimbing.com/

 

So the cache is located right around point C...zip tyed to the cable in a bison tube? :laughing:

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As of 1:30 PM today, I have uploaded to the gallery on the cache listing page six photos of the cache and its weights sitting on the plataeu atop the pylon, along with some good shots of the surface of the plateau itself, to the cache listing page; all fotos were shot during my 9/21 maintenance visit. Some notes follow:

 

The cache appeared to have been largely unmoved since it was first placed. There were no log entries in the logbook. Please notice the large amount of loose rubble lying on the surface of the plateau, and PLEASE wear good safety helmets (preferably climbing helmets) when working below or near the pylon or when climbing it!

 

The short length of white nylon cord which may be seen snaking out to the right and back to the S-SW from the cache was attached by me as part of an experiment, and thus I know what it is. However, the longer length of yellow cord, seen just to the left of the cache assembly, is a mystery to me, and it is a recent latecomer to the "plateau scene". It appears to have been left behind by an unsuccessful attempt by cache hunters in the week since the cache listing was published.

 

You may notice in some of the photos two unidentifiable chunks of iron or metal. One or both may be leftovers from the building of the pylon or the long-gone railroad bridge, but one of them may be a magnet and a more recent addition to the plateau environment. If the latter, I would speculate that it was accidentally left behind during an unsucessful cache retrieval attempt by cache hunters in the past week.

 

In light of this most recent visit, I must revise my estimates of the height of the tree atop the pylon to about 8 to 9 feet in height.

 

And, in light of this most recent visit to the cache, and after having consulted with numerous other persons, I must revise my estimate of the height downward from the original estimate of 143 feet above moderate water level to more like a height of about 91 feet above moderate water level. I offer this change only after careful study of the pylon and the many high-res photos which I took in the past week, and I will shortly be updating the text on the cache listing page to reflect this lower figure for the height of the pylon. However, I must admit that there is some controversy here, as several very expert and trained observers, including several professional pilots and a number of local residents, continue to insist that the pylons are from 150 to 165 feet in height.

 

This may be a busy weekend at the pylon! I have been advised of several upcoming attempts at retrieving this cache, largely by out-of-state teams. I wish all seekers the very best, and be safe, and have fun! I will likely drop by the shores of the river near the pylons with my camera for brief periods on Saturday and Sunday to take some more shots of the pylon.

 

Lastly, by popular request from a number of non-premium members who wish a chance to peek at the cache listing page, I am TEMPORARILY lifting the premium-member-only (PMO) status of the cache, for three days only, to allow non-premium members a chance to have a look at it! I will be restoring the PMO status by Monday, 9/25.

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P.S. -- Late note: I have just noticed a log note made by 4Wheelin_Fool on the cache listing page. He says that he will be making an attempt this weekend and is inviting anyone interested to join him; he gives his contact phone number in his log note. So, if you are interested in having a buddy to tackle this with, you may wish to contact him!

 

I will likely spend a bit a of time this weekend out at the banks of the river, largely to take some more high-res photos of the pylon.

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I think a cammo'd match stick would be perfect up in the tree up top.

 

The pylon reminds me of this local landmark. Maybe I should put a cache there. Well, I guess I can't there is a virt there already. I wonder if we could have a "psycho insane virt" with a requirement that you have ur pic taken in some ridiculously dangerous location?

Courthousetree.jpg

Please remember that the existence of a virtual cache within 528 feet of a potential "real" geocache location does count, i.e., it does not affect the placement of the real cache. In fact, one of my extreme caches is located within about 200 feet of a nearby virtual, and this is not an issue at all.

 

So, bottom line is that you must :laughing::laughing: place a cache up there ASAP! :laughing::P:(:lol:

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In light of questions from several inquirers, and in case you have not already read my warning on the cache listing page:

 

Any and all find claims, to be valid, and for an online find log to be allowed to remain in place, must adhere to ALL the find requirements listed on the cache listing page. For full details, please see the section on logging requirements on the cache listing page, but three of the more noteworthy requirements are as follows:

 

1) You must sign the logbook in the cache.

 

2) You must send to me via private email or PM the secret code number found in the logbook. Do not announce it in your online log entries.

 

3) You must return the cache container and its attached weights to its spot atop the plateau, and without harm to the cache container or its contents.

 

Any failure to comply with these and the other listed requirements will result in an invalid log find claim, and will result in any online find logs being deleted.

 

Lastly, if worst comes to worst and you cannot get the cache and its weights back to its spot atop the plateau, notify me immediately and return the cache assembly to me, and I will replace it on the plateau.

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Lastly, if worst comes to worst and you cannot get the cache and its weights back to its spot atop the plateau, notify me immediately and return the cache assembly to me, and I will replace it on the plateau.

 

If you can get the cache, I cannot imagine not being able to put it back.

 

My congratulations go out to the person or team who got the yellow line up there, you were really close. Hopefully, I will get to make an attempt soon, I just wish I were 60lbs lighter.

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Just got a note from Indy-MD reminding me that I forgot to issue my report on the condition of the edge stones based on my visit of 9/21. Thanks for the reminder, Indy, and my apologies for the omission of that report on the condition of the edge stones! It was unintentional, and simply the product of juggling way too much information today, much of it about PUC #13! Here goes with my report:

 

Much of the near-surface mortar from between the large blocks of stone at the top (i.e., forming the floor of the plateau) is missing, due to weathering over many years, and it is particularly missing at and near the edges of the plateau. However, most of the stones look quite stable, with a few exceptions which will be mentioned explicitly below, and all or almost all of the stones seem to be bonded together in the horizontal plane to their nearest nieghbors with short lengths of flat iron bar stock inserted from above into vertical slots or grooves cut into the stones.

 

The only cut stones which worry me a bit are the two stones nearest the tree on the SW corner -- these are the two stones closest to the W-SW corner on the S-SW face, and the stone (really one of the two stones mentioned from the S-SW face) on the NW face nearest to the same W-SW corner. For these stones, it appears that there has been greater-than-usual erosion and dissolution of mortar, and two chunks of the corner stone have actually broken away, one on the S-SW face, and one on the NW face -- you can see the triangular and polygonal gaps so formed on some of the high-res photos which I supplied the other day on my foto webpage. The third stone from the right (from W-SW corner) on the S-SW face also concerns me a bit. It is small, and it is adjacent to the trunk/main root of the tree.

 

On the other hand, these stones are quite massive, and obviously have been there a long time. However, I would treat them with massive respect, as ALL the edge stones at the perimeter of the plateau overhang the supporting layer of stone below them by a few inches, forming an overhang....

 

The surface of the pylon seems fine, with the exception of plentiful loose rubble which could easily fall on persons below or on climbers if at all disturbed by ropes or other activity.

 

There are a few loose pieces of old iron or steel lying on the surface of the pylon; there are also a few rebar-sized steel rods sticking out of stones on the plateau in two or three places at odd angles.

 

Hope this helps!

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OK, at great personal expense, I purchased a Rhesus monkey and trained it to climb tall objects and retrieve items and return them to me. We drove all night to the Maryland side of the river, chartered a boat, and arrived at the site early this morning. The monkey scrambled up the pylon with no trouble, but refused to bring the cache down to me. He claims that as I did not find the cache I should not be allowed to log it.

 

Apparently his previous owner was some guy named Criminal.

 

:laughing:

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Vinny,

How thick are those blocks? Appears to be about a foot in the pics.

 

El Diablo

Jerry, at the base, the blocks, including their share of mortar, average two feet thick or a bit more. Near the top, they seem to get a bit smaller, and I would guess that the top several layers of stone block (i.e., below the two top layers of specialized blocks making up the platform) are, counting their share of mortar layer, about 14" to 18" thick.

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Vinny,

How thick are those blocks? Appears to be about a foot in the pics.

 

El Diablo

Jerry, at the base, the blocks, including their share of mortar, average two feet thick or a bit more. Near the top, they seem to get a bit smaller, and I would guess that the top several layers of stone block (i.e., below the two top layers of specialized blocks making up the platform) are, counting their share of mortar layer, about 14" to 18" thick.

 

So I'm estimating that pylon at 120 to 130 feet. Then again I'm looking at the trees in the back ground which might bring it to 100 feet or so. did you ever get a good measurement?

 

El Diablo

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Vinny,

How thick are those blocks? Appears to be about a foot in the pics.

 

El Diablo

Jerry, at the base, the blocks, including their share of mortar, average two feet thick or a bit more. Near the top, they seem to get a bit smaller, and I would guess that the top several layers of stone block (i.e., below the two top layers of specialized blocks making up the platform) are, counting their share of mortar layer, about 14" to 18" thick.

 

So I'm estimating that pylon at 120 to 130 feet. Then again I'm looking at the trees in the back ground which might bring it to 100 feet or so. did you ever get a good measurement?

 

El Diablo

I know what you are going thru with the height estimates. My own latest best estimate is about 92 feet, as recounted above on my post #276, sent this afternoon. All my figures are based upon rough calculations and guesstimates, and not upon real measures, which would be rather difficult, given the setting and situation. I orignaly estimated the height of the pylon as about 120 feet, but quickly heard from a lot of local residents and others that they were sure that the height was between 150 and 165 feet. Based upon this feedback, I eventually modified my original estimate upward to 143 feet. However, one of the members of Team Psycho ahd I have each independently made measurements of the lower stone blocks, and then done some rough calculations, and this put my numbers in the low 90-foot range, and the numbers found by the aforementioned Team Psycho member are in the same ballpark. The deciding point for me came when I got a professional to look at it; his job is partly based on being able to estimate such things accurately, and he felt that the height fell in the range of 82 feet to 99 feet. Of course, I have heard from several professional helicopter pilots that they feel that the pylons are at least 150 feet tall. Go figure! We may never know!

 

OF course, the latest development is that Indy-MD has advised me that he owns a 104 foot tape rule used for hiehg calculations of climbing routes on clifffs, and he tells me that when he ascends this pylon, he will use the tape rule to take an accurate measurement.

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Kudos to Team Psycho, they logged the cache today!! :wub:

 

El Diablo

 

I hope that's a joke - if one of the team that hid it went out and found it I will be terribly dissapointed!

 

No log on the cache page yet.

 

It's no joke. lpyankeefan called me about 30 minutes ago. I'm not sure what you mean by Team Psycho being a part of the team that hid it? I thought Vinny hid the cache?

 

El Diablo

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This is Sue. I confirm the find by Team Psycho. Vinny is still on location, possibly with other seekers but he did not take part in the Team Psycho find.

 

Vinny is the psycho that places the psycho caches. Team Psycho are the seekers who have FTF on all the psycho caches. Neither Vinny nor I are part of Team Psycho. If you want to see who is in Team Psycho, see http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...6a-685bf0b0a4e4

 

I have not heard yet which members were actually present today, as 1 or 2 are basically out of caching action at the moment and other caching friends may have joined in.

 

I did hear it took a large amount of hours on site to log the cache.

 

:wub::wub::wub:B)

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My bad, then!

 

I remembered had read these posts:

Oh, by the way: most of our local cachers, particularly the Team Psycho members, do NOT ever venture onto the national forums, and therefore, you have a few options for making sure that local MD/VA/WVA/PA cachers know of your offer, via any or all of the methods listed as follows:

 

and

 

If you should decide to come up to try for it, I will be happy to extend as much help to you as possible, and also give you an introduction to all the local extreme cachers, such as the members of Team Psycho!

 

and

 

Ed, if you do get up this way, and if I were to introduce you beforehand to some members of Team Psycho, I am sure that some of them would be willing to team with you to tackle this!

 

and

 

Have fun! Be sure to let me know if you come out this way! We can even mention it on the Maryland Geocaching Society (MGS, at www.mdgps.org) forums and see if any Maryland-area cachers (beyond the above-mentioned Team Psycho members) might wish to join you!

 

and

 

As the day passes, I will be uploading some downsized versions of a few of the fotos to the cache listing page, and will also find some way to offer many of the high-res 5MP/2MB fotos online to members of Team Psycho and others who need to get a real close-up look at the pylon and its base.

but forgot what they said - just the name Team Psych, and thought that Team Psycho had helped with the hiding.

 

Sorry!

 

And congrats to them for a psycho FTF!

ED

Ed

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Kudos to Team Psycho, they logged the cache today!! :wub:

 

El Diablo

 

I hope that's a joke - if one of the team that hid it went out and found it I will be terribly dissapointed!

 

No log on the cache page yet.

Ed, Team Psycho is the name of a group of insane local extreme geocachers who have made it their business and their obsession to be FTF on all of my Psycho caches located on the east coast. Their only connection with me is that I am in many ways their friendly arch-nemesis: I continue to place extreme caches which are intended to challenge them to their utmost or better, to drive them insane. They did borrow part of their name, the word "Psycho", from the name of my cache series, but I only met them because of their dedicated efforts in snagging all my caches. So, their find is totally legitimate!

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My bad, then!

 

I remembered had read these posts:

Oh, by the way: most of our local cachers, particularly the Team Psycho members, do NOT ever venture onto the national forums, and therefore, you have a few options for making sure that local MD/VA/WVA/PA cachers know of your offer, via any or all of the methods listed as follows:

 

and

 

If you should decide to come up to try for it, I will be happy to extend as much help to you as possible, and also give you an introduction to all the local extreme cachers, such as the members of Team Psycho!

 

and

 

Ed, if you do get up this way, and if I were to introduce you beforehand to some members of Team Psycho, I am sure that some of them would be willing to team with you to tackle this!

 

and

 

Have fun! Be sure to let me know if you come out this way! We can even mention it on the Maryland Geocaching Society (MGS, at www.mdgps.org) forums and see if any Maryland-area cachers (beyond the above-mentioned Team Psycho members) might wish to join you!

 

and

 

As the day passes, I will be uploading some downsized versions of a few of the fotos to the cache listing page, and will also find some way to offer many of the high-res 5MP/2MB fotos online to members of Team Psycho and others who need to get a real close-up look at the pylon and its base.

but forgot what they said - just the name Team Psych, and thought that Team Psycho had helped with the hiding.

 

Sorry!

 

And congrats to them for a psycho FTF!

ED

Ed

:wub::wub::wub: No problem! B):)B)

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And, to add a bit to El Diablo's note above:

 

I have just arrived home this afternoon after meeting with Team Psycho at a riverside bluff overlooking the pylons, where, hours earlier, they had managed to successfully claim an FTF find on the cache, and their members claimed the FTF (inculding the $160 cash prize!) and 2TF prizes. I will allow them to give you the details of their effort in their many upcoming logs! There are still other cachers, all largely from out-of-state, who are in the area planning on seeking the cache later today (if weather stays clear) or tomorrow AM; one of them is 4Wheelin_Fool, who plans to tackle it by climbing tomorrow (Sunday) AM. Please contact him (his cell fone # is 609-706-2231; he is out of email contact till Monday PM...) if you are interested in joining or watching.

 

BTW, since Team Psycho members snagged the FTF and 2TF prize, I have decided to create a new prize, identical in terms of booty to the 2TF prize (i.e., geoocoin, imprinted Psych Cache T-shirt, and a $20 bill) called the "First to Find After Team Psycho" (aka FTFATP) prize; it will be awarded to the first person who finds the cache after this morning's Team Psycho find!

 

Congratulations to all who participated this morning! Hope you had as much fun as I did! And, better, I got to meet 4Wheelin_Fool, and also got to meet Wyatt Earp and SharpShin (once again), who had showed up at the overlook bluffs to watch the attempts today! Thank you, all! :wub::wub:

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