How far is too far?

[+flyingRfarms]

Ok ive been scaning maps and thinking and i have even been out for some good old fashioned recon work!(good excuse to go 4wheelen) but i want some advice before i go and place this one in the spring!! IF you like park and grab micros dont even bother!!! it would be a 4 to 5 mile staight line hike (one way) over some world famous sand dunesto a local butte add a mile more if you want to take the easy trail!! or a decent atv ride on public trial, you climb 1200 to 1500 feet in alt on the last butte!! there ia a triangulation station near so you could get a benchmark too (yes i benchmark too)!! would it be worth it? Im just wondering!! Let me know!!!

Edited December 20, 2006 by flyingRfarms

[wolfbait]

Sounds awesome to me.... 4-5 miles sounds like our typical Cross country practices

[+briansnat]

I would absolutely go for it. I have several caches that require a 4-5 mile hike.

[+RockyRaab]

I wouldn't, briansnat, but I do eat eggplant.

 

Seriously, if you clearly described it as strenuous, suggested using an ATV and such, then why not? We have one locally that's atop our second-highest mountain, requires an 11-mile climb of 6,000 feet along a footpath. People do log it.

[+CM-14]

Any excuse for a good dayhike....

[+boda]

Sounds good to me, and I have a bad back. I have a small series of caches, with others, on a 4.5 mile all uphill hike with no wheels allowed (other than mountain bikes). There is a 2,000 foot altitude gain. Let me tell you, the 4.5 miles down is a lot easier.

 

Just be prepared for few finders, but those that go there will have fun.

 

Now how about coming down here to do my maintenance run.

[+Criminal]

....it would be a 4 to 5 mile staight line hike (one way)..

Is that all?

 

It sounds like a good one to me, go for it.

[+TheAlabamaRambler]

I personally wouldn't, but many if not most of the cachers I know would.

 

Go for it!

[+StarBrand]

Sounds nice - not much opportunity for those around here - I'd do it.

[+Harry Dolphin]

I don't do a lot of that sort. But it's nice to see some caches with class and challenge! Don't expect a lot of finds, as Boda said.

One of my brothers does that sort of hike/cache. If you're in the Las Vegas area, check out some of his hides, like Poop Mountain . Three finds in three and a half years! Can't say that I ever plan on hunting it!

There is room in geocaching for all sorts of caches. Something for everyone.

[+kc8hnz]

Just come down to the Big Sur area and look at some of our 'Death Hike' caches. Most require a 10+ mile hike with anywhere from 2000 to 4000 feet of elevation gain. The one I did yesterday Transcendental Elevation was a 11 mile hike from sea leval to 4000 feet and was a blast.

[+TrailGators]

I would do it! Sounds like a fun adventure! Caches like that blow the doors off lame post caches any day of the week!

[+tomfuller & Quill]

January 23 I walked 5 miles each way to one of logscaler's called "STAG"gering. It had not been found in 8 months. He also has another in the same area called "Criterion" on the former Criterion Ranch in Northern Oregon.

You might get more visitors if you make it a "multi" or put several in about 30-50 feet off the trail.

[+Mule Ears]

Yes, it is too far. Too far from Mule Ears HQ in southern Arizona.

[continental drifter]

I'd definatley do a cache like that. I'm still looking for one that requires an overnight stay.Something like ten miles in ten miles out.

[+Harry Dolphin]

Ah, drifter, then you should try Kber's Lake of the Clouds Hut , followed by New England Xterra Club's Mt Washington 9/11 Memorial , and on to my Mount Washington Webcam. My sister and I did this during a four-day Presi Traverse. (Okay, so we're old, and slow hikers!)

[AZcachemeister]

If you can get there to hide it, I can will get there to find it!

[+fox-and-the-hound]

Absolutely, we say go for it!

[Cloudwalker501]

I'd say do it. I just recently started combining my hiking trips with geocaching. My longest hike so far is 60 miles and I've done 2 others over 40 miles.

[jwillis]

Not me but there's a cache for everyone.

[+wimseyguy]

No me, I have to be home for dinner.

But I bet there are lots of others who will come and find it.

Hide away! Variety is what makes geocaching so great.

[+wesleykey]

Go for it, but expect very few logs, maybe 5 a year max. I had a long hike cache that I recently archived after it went 18 months with no finds.

[+Hoosier_Daddy]

I'd be up for it if I were even in that timezone... Indiana isn't exactly known for it's mountains, but we make do with other great styles.

 

Your idea actually seems tame compared to some I've seen. I am sure many of you have heard about the Psycho Urban Caches. This one is my favorite to read about and laugh at some of the crazier types in our hobby: Psycho Urban Cache #9. The owners of this cache have quite a few on that level.

 

I've had lots of fun showing my friends this series, though my wife has made me promise to never attempt any of them, or even think about it...

[+Metaphor]

I'd rather walk a long way than a short way. Just don't leave a micro at the end of the walk.

[+swaninwa]

Go for it, but expect very few logs, maybe 5 a year max.

As long as you don't mind having a cache that gets only occasional activity, then go for it. One of our favorite cache finds was called Rugged Ridge (GCT27T) and it was several miles on a winding road and required 4 wheel drive to get to. It was SUCH an awesome spot! We are currently the last people to have visited this cache -- and that was last August! (it has a total of 6 logs for 2006,) Still, it's SO worth having for the people willing to trek up there. If we're out in that area again this summer, we'll probably REvisit, it's that good.

Edited January 9, 2007 by swaninwa

[+JesterYHZ]

"Hide it, and they will come", if you will pardon the corruption of a perfectly good quote.

[+PlaidPirate]

I would do it. The longest I have found around here so far is Four Cache Loop GCD100. Which is a 10 mile loop. Its a day run, but I going to start late and overnight it just because I am in the mood to camp out.

[+BornAdventures]

Definitely hide it. Ive hidden a 10mile multi and it gets found about once a month, with great comments every time.

[+karstic]

DO IT!

[+Team Red Oak]

We'd do it. We are planning to do the 'Upper Yough Trek' in Maryland on March 24th. Since we don't Kayak, we're hiking in. We expect it to be at least a 4 hour round trip hike, and 3 hour drive from our house just one way. Make sure you explain on the cahce page what people will need and people will come.