+Singletree Expedition Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 There is often talk of how some caches are misrated as 5-Terrain. Let's hear about those that got it right. What is your favorite 5T cache (that you have found)? Quote Link to comment
+PokerLuck Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 GC21WMG is a good one. The difficulty is only 1 because it's visible from quite a distance, but it's on the bottom of an abandoned bridge, so it's very difficult to get to. It's beyond the range of a ladder, so it requires a rope and harness to get to it. Quote Link to comment
+bflentje Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 GC1V92T While I agree canoe and kayak caches are generally over rated, this boat-only cache was by far my favorite 5* terrain cache. Now having said that, many of the lesser rated Oldest Caches, such as NY's or SD's, were by far more physically demanding. Quote Link to comment
+dfx Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 http://coord.info/GCXJWE definitely deserving the T5 Quote Link to comment
+the4dirtydogs Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Any 5T that I can take my Jeep to . The most expensive piece of caching equipment we own. Quote Link to comment
+MikeAndHike Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 http://coord.info/GCXJWE definitely deserving the T5 Off topic I apologize. Is that an alien in the water next to the cache? Check out the satellite image! Quote Link to comment
+dfx Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Off topic I apologize. Is that an alien in the water next to the cache? Check out the satellite image! Not sure what you're seeing there all I see is the lighthouse to the left (not in the water) and then a small cloud plus its shadow to the right. Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Okay. Since I'd said that I had found one that I considered to be properly rated at 5 stars for terrain, here it is: GC65B3 My sister and I were hiking the Presi Traverse. 24 miles, 9000 feet of climb. Took us four days. This was Day 2. Also available from the top of Mount Washington. 1.4 miles bouldering, 1200' elevation change. As far as I'm concerned, that's a 5 star terrain. (Also the hike that convinced me to stop hiking the AT, after ten years of section hiking over half of the AT.) Quote Link to comment
+The Jester Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 (edited) TMA-1 Knowing about it ahead of time allowed me to bring the gear needed on vacation. Edited February 10, 2011 by The Jester Quote Link to comment
+Corfman Clan Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 For me, it's a toss-up between two caches. Canister Black and below the hawk. Neither should be attempted without the proper climbing gear. Quote Link to comment
+n0k1a Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Russian Roulette - Vladimir Kramnik (GC22YR6) Seemingly an easy choice, as it's the only T5 cache I've found so far, but it is so much more than that. It's a 5/5 puzzle/multi (and part of a series), and I seriously doubt that I will ever have the opportunity to find a more phenomenal cache! Quote Link to comment
+JL_HSTRE Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 (edited) While he is far more adventuresome in the wilds of central Florida than myself, I think Riffster has excellent taste in cache places (and we both love us some ammo cans). Thus my favorite 5 terrain find so far... http://coord.info/GC21Y4Q Edited February 10, 2011 by joshism Quote Link to comment
+G & C Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 This one's pretty awesome: GC2MMPM Cirque de Roche We're headed out to do another one a lot like it tomorrow in the same area: GC2MWMM The Fire From Within Quote Link to comment
+redsox_mark Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 I've done five 5-T caches; all of them underground in old stone mines, all set by the same owner. I love them all, but The Fallen Monarch is my personal favourite. Quote Link to comment
Clan Riffster Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 While this one was challenging, with what felt like a hundred or so river obstructions that had to be gone over, under or around whilst I was out of my kayak, floating in pitch black water, surrounded by baby gators, (where's Momma?), I think it was only the boat requirement that made it a 5. I had the find in less than 8 hours. Seventeen Runs Definitely an awesome paddle, along a pristine piece of Florida. Well worth the drive. Quote Link to comment
+tomfuller & Quill Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Of the 19 5 terrain caches that I have found, the mystery cache called "Ten Star Turtle" has to be the favorite. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=84935deb-5353-4f61-88b7-6c6af1ba72af Most of the other 5 terrains required a boat of some type or a cross country trek when a boat was supposedly required. The Ten Star Turtle starts off with a wicked puzzle to find a micro hidden in a wall. The 5 terrain part requires learning how to tie a rope to a harness that you are wearing and climbing a vertical rock climbing wall with a spotter holding the rope to keep you from falling too far. You get a code word at the top of the wall that leads to the next to last stage which is a micro hidden in a tree which has the final coords. Most of the 5 terrain caches that I found were in 2006 when I was participating in "Counting Counties in Oregon" which required finding the highest D+T cache in each of the 36 counties in Oregon. Final total 302.5 for 36 caches. Quote Link to comment
+mountainman38 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Chim Chimeney, Chim Chim Che-rooo! While it's my only 5-star so far, it's definitely one I'll remember. Quote Link to comment
+Singletree Expedition Posted April 4, 2011 Author Share Posted April 4, 2011 GC21WMG is a good one. The difficulty is only 1 because it's visible from quite a distance, but it's on the bottom of an abandoned bridge, so it's very difficult to get to. It's beyond the range of a ladder, so it requires a rope and harness to get to it. Thanks for posting. This led to quite an adventure (actually two!). Looking back you said in your post that it's "on the bottom" and several logs on the cache page also make that abundantly clear. Still, seeing one image from a DNF log had us looking up instead of down on our first trip. It took two 300+ mile round trips before we got to use our pen, but wow what a time we had. The trip also targeted another nearby cache, but we wouldn't have known about it if not for this post. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment
+CanadianRockies Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 We have 15 T5 finds, but none of them "got it right." We used to have about three dozen additional T5 challenge cache finds, but the owner correctly revised all the terrain ratings to 1.5. Quote Link to comment
+nittanycopa Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 GC1812Z It's the only 5 terrain cache that I've had the pleasure of finding so far. It was quite an adventure for a group of fairly new cachers. We had gotten climbing harnesses and borrowed a bag of rescue climbing gear. Let's just say it was a very ambitious (possibly stupid) arrangement. It also started the addiction of buying up climbing equipment to go tackle more 5/5 climbing caches in the near future. If you'll read the logs, we climbed using prussik knots and a dynamic rope which was um...interesting. We've since revisited one of the stages of this cache to practice setting a line and climbing using RADS - Petzl Grigri, ascender, etrier, static rope. Sure beats ascending with prussiks! Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 I've found only five 5-terrain caches. All were kayak caches that I found on a geo-kayak trip organized by REI. But while the geo-kayak trip was one of my favorite days geocaching, I have a tough time calling any specific cache a favorite. Quote Link to comment
+kissguy&frannyfru Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 GC2479W This is the only 5 i have done,and it deserves it. Quote Link to comment
+Kit Fox Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Six finds in (two months shy of) nine years. Are You Experienced? GCG2V8 Quote Link to comment
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