Up for an adventure? This place needs a cache!

[+DarkZen_EvilCowPie]

Sadly, I think my strenuous hiking days are over but this looks like and incredible adventure ... and there isn't a cache here yet. 

 

Here's the backstory - CIA plane crashed in the desert... and it's still there: https://www.sfgate.com/california-parks/article/cia-spy-plane-crash-death-valley-19974450.php

 

It took a while but I found it on Google maps: 36°24’36.3"N 117°19’26.3"W

 

ETA: Looks like it's about 2 1/2 miles from the road - take water! 

Edited December 16, 2024 by DarkZen_EvilCowPie
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[+The Leprechauns]

That reminds me of the Warthog Down virtual cache, another plane wreck that can still be visited.  Because of the remote location and the timing of the crash (just before 9/11/2001), the wreckage was never removed.  It's one of the ten best caches I've ever visited.

 

Any cache placed at the Death Valley crash site would need to follow permission requirements for that National Park Service property.  You will see that most caches in the area are either Virtual Caches or EarthCaches.

[+MNTA]

Hope you place a virtual there. One that is on my to do list

Secrets of the Salmon-Huck: Flight 956 Mystery Cache GC5VD4K

Western airlines flight 956 DC9 wreck crashed in 1966.

 

[+geodarts]

I read about this and was sad that it seems beyond my present state of health and balance.  
 

We have several crash sites near where I live in Marin County — with debris and caches.  I was wary when I placed caches at it near the crashes but people have been respectful.