Guest mcahunter Posted December 30, 2001 Posted December 30, 2001 I'm just getting started at this and wanted to have a digi-meeting with all of the Spokane folks out there or anyone that frequents Spokane. What have I missed? How long has this been active in Spokane? Who are all of you? ------------------ There isn't a hobby that I haven't tried that I'm not dying to try. Quote
Guest wizonkiz Posted December 30, 2001 Posted December 30, 2001 Just found your cache today----really enjoyed the challenge. Geocaching started last Easter around Spokane when Moun10Bike placed the Easter-series caches around town, I believe. Research this site for many hours and you can eventually get most of your general quistions answered.....Wizonkiz Quote
Guest mcahunter Posted December 30, 2001 Posted December 30, 2001 Glad I helped you find something to fill up a cold December Sunday. And no, I'm not a math teacher but I do work with a lot of math in my work. Poetry and reading in general is mostly a hobby. Did you feel that the cache was rated appropriately? Sorry about no log book--when I realized that I had forgotten it I was worried about leaving too many footprints. What do you think of books as cache material? It seems to me (being an avid reader) that they would work very well--semi-valuable to someone when they haven't yet read it but not so valuable to someone that has. Feel free to e-mail me if you would prefer. matt.albrecht@worldnet.att.net Quote
Guest Moun10Bike Posted December 31, 2001 Posted December 31, 2001 The first geocache that I hid in Spokane was actually the Comstock Minicache. To be perfectly accurate, the first was actually the last stage of my "The Bluff" cache, which used to be a multicache that ended in Manito Park. After hiding that, I made my way to Comstock, hid the cache there, and then headed down the Bluff to hide the initial stage of "The Bluff." I called it "The Bluff" not only because the first stage was hidden on the Bluff, but also because I hid it on March 31 so that it would be ready for April Fool's Day and kept the multicache aspect a surprise (i.e. a bluff). The Manito Park stage was continually getting found accidentally and plundered (despite what I thought was an out-of-the-way hiding spot), so I gave up on that leg of it. ------------------ Jon (Moun10Bike) 37H/150F N 47° 36.649', W 122° 3.616' www.switchbacks.com/geocaching.html Quote
Guest mcahunter Posted December 31, 2001 Posted December 31, 2001 opic before I tick off the moderator. I'm really excited by how quickly people have found my caches and it is inspiring me to set some more. I can't wait to find some of the more rural ones once the snow melts (especially the mountain peaks--I love exploring those especially the ones with the old firetowers). Quote
Guest Moun10Bike Posted January 1, 2002 Posted January 1, 2002 Yep, we have the same hobby problems! I try to combine them as best I can (such as hiding or finding caches while on bike rides or snowmobile outings) to best humor my wife! quote:Originally posted by mcahunter:I can't wait to find some of the more rural ones once the snow melts (especially the mountain peaks--I love exploring those especially the ones with the old firetowers). I hope that you have a chance to hunt some of my Priest Lake area geocaches this next summer. If you like views, you'll love my Mount Roothaan, Sundance Mountain, Camels Prairie and South Baldy caches. Sundance and South Baldy both have lookout towers, as does my Hughes Ridge cache. This summer I plan on hiding another cache in the area on Lookout Mountain. ------------------ Jon (Moun10Bike) 41H/153F N 47° 36.649', W 122° 3.616' www.switchbacks.com/geocaching.html Quote
Guest Moun10Bike Posted January 1, 2002 Posted January 1, 2002 Yep, we have the same hobby problems! I try to combine them as best I can (such as hiding or finding caches while on bike rides or snowmobile outings) to best humor my wife! quote:Originally posted by mcahunter:I can't wait to find some of the more rural ones once the snow melts (especially the mountain peaks--I love exploring those especially the ones with the old firetowers). I hope that you have a chance to hunt some of my Priest Lake area geocaches this next summer. If you like views, you'll love my Mount Roothaan, Sundance Mountain, Camels Prairie and South Baldy caches. Sundance and South Baldy both have lookout towers, as does my Hughes Ridge cache. This summer I plan on hiding another cache in the area on Lookout Mountain. ------------------ Jon (Moun10Bike) 41H/153F N 47° 36.649', W 122° 3.616' www.switchbacks.com/geocaching.html Quote
Guest mcahunter Posted January 1, 2002 Posted January 1, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Moun10Bike:If you like views, you'll love my Mount Roothaan, Sundance Mountain, Camels Prairie and South Baldy caches. Sundance and South Baldy both have lookout towers, as does my Hughes Ridge cache. This summer I plan on hiding another cache in the area on Lookout Mountain. I couldn't believe there was one at Calispel peak. That is one of my all time favorite views, and I grew up hiking the beartooths around Bozeman, MT where most of the peaks are in the 10K to 12K range. I've actually already been probably within 100 ft of most of the peak caches before, but I've never explored or even visited Priest Lake. I know I know I have a friend with a cabin and he tells me the same things that you have. I told him about some of your Priest Lake caches and he had been to most of those sites and agreed they were some of the best hikes/views to be had in that area. Like everything else, those will get added to my new year's list. I know of a remote fire lookout near Sullivan Lake in far Northeast Washington that would be perfect. If you've never been there you would love it. BTW: What are the waypoints in your signature? [This message has been edited by mcahunter (edited 01 January 2002).] Quote
Guest Moun10Bike Posted January 1, 2002 Posted January 1, 2002 quote:Originally posted by mcahunter:I couldn't believe there was one at Calispel peak. I forgot to mention that one! Edgydrifter did a great job on it. It is a fabulous spot, and a nice place for a cache. I rode to it from our cabin at Priest last summer and had a great time. The view was spectacular, even though fires near Priest obscured much of the horizon. When you go to that one, be sure to take along the printout of the description, as there is a second cache on the mountain mentioned therein. I neglected to do so, and as a result missed out on the second find. quote:I know of a remote fire lookout near Sullivan Lake in far Northeast Washington that would be perfect. If you've never been there you would love it. Are you by chance talking about Hall Mountain? I've mountain biked up to there before, and that is a stunning location that would be very worthy of a cache. You can also take the same trail east away from the mountain up to the meadows atop Grass Mountain, which would be another fine hiding spot. quote:BTW: What are the waypoints in your signature? Just my address! ------------------ Jon (Moun10Bike) 41H/153F N 47° 36.649', W 122° 3.616' www.switchbacks.com/geocaching.html Quote
Guest Moun10Bike Posted January 1, 2002 Posted January 1, 2002 I hope that there are other Spokane-area hunters out there reading these boards besides wizonkiz, mcahunter and myself. It seems like this would be a great forum for us to discuss great locales around the area. Maybe by doing so we can learn of areas with which we are not familiar, introduce others to some of our favorite spots and get some more caches planted in the region! ------------------ Jon (Moun10Bike) 41H/153F N 47° 36.649', W 122° 3.616' www.switchbacks.com/geocaching.html Quote
Guest wizonkiz Posted January 1, 2002 Posted January 1, 2002 quote:Originally posted by mcahunter: I couldn't believe there was one at Calispel peak. That is one of my all time favorite views, and I grew up hiking the beartooths around Bozeman, MT where most of the peaks are in the 10K to 12K range. I've actually already been probably within 100 ft of most of the peak caches before, but I've never explored or even visited Priest Lake. I know I know I have a friend with a cabin and he tells me the same things that you have. I told him about some of your Priest Lake caches and he had been to most of those sites and agreed they were some of the best hikes/views to be had in that area. Like everything else, those will get added to my new year's list. I know of a remote fire lookout near Sullivan Lake in far Northeast Washington that would be perfect. If you've never been there you would love it. BTW: What are the waypoints in your signature? [This message has been edited by mcahunter (edited 01 January 2002).] Quote
Guest wizonkiz Posted January 1, 2002 Posted January 1, 2002 Ooops, I messed up , I'll bet you're talking about the look-out on Sullivan mountain. Nice invergrating hike from there to Crowell Ridge and then on to Gypsy Peak. From one old timer who know's all! WIZONKIZ.....I apoligize, my wife said he's probablly talking about the Salmo Lookout tower....another nice hiking area....river,Snowy Top, over to upper Priest Falls Bla, Bla Bla, You guy's got me reminencing about twenty years ago, Thanks again..........WIZONKIZ.... [This message has been edited by wizonkiz (edited 01 January 2002).] Quote
Guest Moun10Bike Posted January 1, 2002 Posted January 1, 2002 Since we are discussing the area of northeastern Washington and northern Idaho, I thought that you guys might like to see this web page that I just finished posting on my site: http://www.switchbacks.com/photos011229.html. It contains photos from a snowmobile outing my friends and I took last Saturday up on South Baldy. Many of the summits we have been discussing so far are visible in these pictures -- South Baldy (of course), Calispell Peak, Roothaan, Sundance, Camels Prairie, etc. ------------------ Jon (Moun10Bike) 41H/155F N 47° 36.649', W 122° 3.616' www.switchbacks.com/geocaching.html Quote
Guest mcahunter Posted January 1, 2002 Posted January 1, 2002 Good memory! You are right on the money. I'm talking about the one where the hiking trail leaves the parking area and goes east to the lookout and west to Crowell ridge. What a view! When I was up there the clouds were drifting all around and sometimes right by us. What a feeling looking through clouds down a mountain a couple of thousand feet! WIZONKIZ: Glad you liked my trial balloon cache. Hopefully you will have the patience to keep trying mine and letting me know what you think. I'm working on another right now that will involve sort of a tour of Spokane. Can't say too much now (don't want to spoil anything) but the style will be similar. More driving and MAYBE less thinking. I need to get up to your property maybe this weekend to find what is it called--the south forty? Quote
Guest wizonkiz Posted January 1, 2002 Posted January 1, 2002 Moun10Bike: Really enjoyed those pictures, you had a beautiful day up there it looks like. I like seeing the scenery without having to put up with the cold and lifting and sweating when you get stuck. Like I was telling you, next time up there try to find that cabin I was telling you about, its really neat. We used to ride from the parking lot over to "Frizzies", have a few beers and ride back in a day. I think it was around 90 miles round-trip, but boy was it fun. Mcahunter; yes I really enjoyed the "pocket park" cache. I?m still trying to figure out the puzzle to get the distances to the final cache. Due to my limited math skills, its about like trying to figure out the combination to a lock----maybe I should try that instead?might be easier. I?ll be looking forward to your new caches, like I say I?m running out of them around this area. I was thinking of waiting until spring to do the "Manitou" cache, just to enjoy the flowers but I?ll probably get antsy and give it a try before then. If you happen to be out this way to try for the "South 40" give me a call and we can meet up if you want. It?s a simple find so it shouldn?t take no 3 hours! Like yours???..WIZONKIZ Quote
Guest mcahunter Posted January 2, 2002 Posted January 2, 2002 quote:Originally posted by wizonkiz:its about like trying to figure out the combination to a lock----maybe I should try that instead?might be easier. Actually you are on exactly the right track. The absolute fastest way to solve that particular puzzle is using the 'solve for' equations in Microsoft Excel (that's how I did it initially), but that's sort of cheating. Short of that the fastest way I have found is lining up the numbers and crossing them out one by one for each position using the process of elimination. You're just lucky I decided to take it easy on everyone and fill in the first 7. Imagine starting from scratch! Quote
Guest mcahunter Posted January 2, 2002 Posted January 2, 2002 WIZONKIZ: I'm confused...you logged in as finding the cache but you didn't figure out the puzzle??? This just occured to me...were you able to find the 3rd cache just from decoding the tips in the 1st and 2nd caches? Quote
Guest wizonkiz Posted January 3, 2002 Posted January 3, 2002 Thats right, the hint gave the bearing to the final cache but not the distance. Hope this doesn't give a spoiler to those who haven't found it yet. I see you hit the Trent and Dale after John Shields. Do you know the owners or group that patronizes there? I have a good friend who used to be part owner with his aunt. Talk to you later. Quote
Guest Moun10Bike Posted January 3, 2002 Posted January 3, 2002 Another question for the Spokane geocachers: How did you first hear about geocaching? A follow-up to that question: How can we stir up more participation in the area? My father-in-law Jim (alias: idspud) sent a letter to a guy who writes an outdoor column for the Coeur d'Alene paper and solicits story ideas, but he never got a response. What do you think about continuing to pursue that and trying to get the media to do a story? ------------------ Jon (Moun10Bike) 41H/158F N 47° 36.649', W 122° 3.616' www.switchbacks.com/geocaching.html Quote
Guest wizonkiz Posted January 3, 2002 Posted January 3, 2002 waiting for a reply. I also wrote to the out-door news man for KXLY T.V. And he replied, but unfortunely he said he was getting laid off, but he would keep it in mind for future stories. Guess I'll keep trying!.....WIZONKIZ Quote
Guest mcahunter Posted January 3, 2002 Posted January 3, 2002 What about Rich Landers--he writes all of the outdoor stories for the Spokesman. Has anyone suggested a story to him? Quote
Guest wizonkiz Posted January 3, 2002 Posted January 3, 2002 Rich is who I was referring to, maybe if you give him a try, he might realize there's more than one of us out there! [This message has been edited by wizonkiz (edited 03 January 2002).] Quote
Guest mcahunter Posted January 3, 2002 Posted January 3, 2002 quote:Originally posted by wizonkiz:Thats right, the hint gave the bearing to the final cache but not the distance. Hope this doesn't give a spoiler to those who haven't found it yet. DANG it! That wasn't supposed to be that good of a hint! I'm going right out there to fix that, so you don't need to worry about it being a spoiler. Although that's still pretty good to find it several hundred feet away with just a heading and not knowing the distance. Quote
Guest wizonkiz Posted January 4, 2002 Posted January 4, 2002 quote:Originally posted by mcahunter: DANG it! That wasn't supposed to be that good of a hint! I'm going right out there to fix that, so you don't need to worry about it being a spoiler. Although that's still pretty good to find it several hundred feet away with just a heading and not knowing the distance. Jeeeezzz.....Now nobody in Spokane will be able to find it! Quote
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