+barefootjeff Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 No, this is not what you're thinking. GC6Y0R7 wasn't buried when I placed it underneath the right-hand oblong rock in the centre of the "before" image, but it sure is now! Quote Link to comment
+Touchstone Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Sounds like a possible topic for an Earthcache. A win-win! Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 13 hours ago, barefootjeff said: No, this is not what you're thinking. GC6Y0R7 wasn't buried when I placed it underneath the right-hand oblong rock in the centre of the "before" image, but it sure is now! Just be glad that there wasn't a geocacher searching for it "During" the burial. Quote Link to comment
+terratin Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 19 hours ago, barefootjeff said: No, this is not what you're thinking. GC6Y0R7 wasn't buried when I placed it underneath the right-hand oblong rock in the centre of the "before" image, but it sure is now! What's the scale of that block? I thought it was some 40cm, but seeing the damage it's probably more in the range of a few meters? Quote Link to comment
+barefootjeff Posted December 23, 2017 Author Share Posted December 23, 2017 57 minutes ago, terratin said: What's the scale of that block? I thought it was some 40cm, but seeing the damage it's probably more in the range of a few meters? The large block on the left would be about a metre high and about three metres long. Quote Link to comment
+BAMBOOZLE Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Up the terrain rating 2 stars. Quote Link to comment
+barefootjeff Posted December 23, 2017 Author Share Posted December 23, 2017 8 hours ago, NYPaddleCacher said: Just be glad that there wasn't a geocacher searching for it "During" the burial. Yes indeed. It's pretty sobering to think I was sitting there just a few weeks back doing a quick check after that DNF in November. At least there were no trackables in it so all I've lost is a plastic box and the logbook. I'm a bit surprised it happened there as it's inside the cave so not subject to rocks coming down the cliff-face and that part of the cave isn't being undercut by wave action. From the other photos seaeagles1997 sent me, some very big rocks have come down just right of GZ so it would've been a pretty loud bump in the night for the people living on top of the cliff. Quote Link to comment
Keystone Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 20 minutes ago, barefootjeff said: Yes indeed. It's pretty sobering to think I was sitting there just a few weeks back doing a quick check after that DNF in November. Forum thread avoided: "Cache Health Notifications could be fatal!" 1 Quote Link to comment
+barefootjeff Posted December 23, 2017 Author Share Posted December 23, 2017 39 minutes ago, Keystone said: 53 minutes ago, barefootjeff said: Yes indeed. It's pretty sobering to think I was sitting there just a few weeks back doing a quick check after that DNF in November. Forum thread avoided: "Cache Health Notifications could be fatal!" This is a photo I took when I was there on the 28th of November. I hadn't noticed at the time, but now comparing it to my "Before" photo that I took when I hid it just on a year ago, there's a lot more rubble just in front of the blocks so it must have been getting close to letting go. Scary. Quote Link to comment
+Ambrosia Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 It looks like a beautiful area. I'd be happy to find a cache there. Quote Link to comment
+barefootjeff Posted December 23, 2017 Author Share Posted December 23, 2017 15 minutes ago, Ambrosia said: It looks like a beautiful area. I'd be happy to find a cache there. Yes, I plan to go out there with a replacement later in the week when low tide is around midday and suss out a new hiding place away from any freshly fallen rock. There's a nice fish shop nearby at Avoca too . Quote Link to comment
+zookeepertx Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 5 hours ago, barefootjeff said: Yes, I plan to go out there with a replacement later in the week when low tide is around midday and suss out a new hiding place away from any freshly fallen rock. There's a nice fish shop nearby at Avoca too . But.... if you choose a spot where there ISN'T freshly fallen rock, doesn't that mean that there's rock just WAITING to fall? Quote Link to comment
+terratin Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 17 hours ago, barefootjeff said: The large block on the left would be about a metre high and about three metres long. Ok, that WAS a big bang then Odd, the rock looks like very finely laminated lime mud or something like that Quote Link to comment
+Joe_L Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 I had a similar problem a few years ago at a cache I was looking for. When I arrived at GZ, I saw this. And there are numerous small outcrops and rock piles in the area. I made a search, but the large rock in the center seemed too big to move as a hiding place, and the rock fall looked fresh. I didn't make the find, but sent this photo to the CO, asking for hint. His response was that the cache was buried under the rock fall. Joe Quote Link to comment
+barefootjeff Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 With low tide at a civilised hour, I visited the cache site this morning and it looks like GZ was ground-zero for the rock fall, with a metre-high pile of rubble directly above the container. No hope of digging it out so I've placed a new container in a spot just outside the cave. 1 Quote Link to comment
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