+cache chasers Posted April 7, 2003 Posted April 7, 2003 Should this virtual cache be archived. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=60705 Gravity Hill GCED21 Thank You for the input What is it ... Gravity Hill is a phenomenon. Cars roll uphill, water flows the wrong way ... it's a place where gravity has gone haywire. Why it happens, nobody knows for sure. A few speculate that it's nothing more than an optical illusion. Others are certain that there is a definite gravity warp in the earth that causes this strange occurrence. But, whatever the reason, you can tell your friends that you've made it to the often talked about, but seldom found, Gravity Hill. What to do when you get there? Stay calm ... keep cool. As you strain your ears to hear the laws of physics being shattered, put your car in neutral (after checking behind you for oncoming traffic, of course) and take your foot off the brake. Your car will roll, uphill. Some people like to take water or various other non-flammable, biodegradable liquids and pour them onto the road. The liquids will flow uphill. (Your car might lie to you, but pure water will not ... you will believe in the power of Gravity Hill!) See the hint for detailed driving instuctions. To receive credit for this cache email me the distance in feet between the spay painted beginning and end of gravity hill. +/- 15 feet [This message was edited by cache chasers on April 07, 2003 at 02:33 PM.] Quote
+cache chasers Posted April 7, 2003 Author Posted April 7, 2003 What do I need to do to get this can approved? Quote
The Buzzard's Posted April 7, 2003 Posted April 7, 2003 As a person who knows about Gravity Hill in PA, I would have to say "NO" to archiving it. Although, this area is also a good location to use as part of a multi-cache. Quote
+briansnat Posted April 7, 2003 Posted April 7, 2003 Why don't you publish the description here so we can read it? "You can only protect your liberties in this world, by protecting the other man's freedom. "You can only be free if I am" -Clarence Darrow Quote
+georgeandmary Posted April 7, 2003 Posted April 7, 2003 How about copying the body of the cache to help us out. george Pedal until your legs cramp up and then pedal some more. Quote
+cache chasers Posted April 7, 2003 Author Posted April 7, 2003 What is it ... Gravity Hill is a phenomenon. Cars roll uphill, water flows the wrong way ... it's a place where gravity has gone haywire. Why it happens, nobody knows for sure. A few speculate that it's nothing more than an optical illusion. Others are certain that there is a definite gravity warp in the earth that causes this strange occurrence. But, whatever the reason, you can tell your friends that you've made it to the often talked about, but seldom found, Gravity Hill. What to do when you get there? Stay calm ... keep cool. As you strain your ears to hear the laws of physics being shattered, put your car in neutral (after checking behind you for oncoming traffic, of course) and take your foot off the brake. Your car will roll, uphill. Some people like to take water or various other non-flammable, biodegradable liquids and pour them onto the road. The liquids will flow uphill. (Your car might lie to you, but pure water will not ... you will believe in the power of Gravity Hill!) See the hint for detailed driving instuctions. To receive credit for this cache email me the distance in feet between the spay painted beginning and end of gravity hill. +/- 15 feet Quote
robertlipe Posted April 7, 2003 Posted April 7, 2003 If it's a hill, you can get a micro there. We have a local cacher that's taken a lot of these local weird spots (including, coincidentally, one named "Gravity Hill" GCDC10) and made a series of micros out of them. Quote
+briansnat Posted April 7, 2003 Posted April 7, 2003 Sounds good to me as long as there are means of verifying the find. "You can only protect your liberties in this world, by protecting the other man's freedom. "You can only be free if I am" -Clarence Darrow Quote
+Mopar Posted April 7, 2003 Posted April 7, 2003 I voted no. Every gravity hill I've seen was a traffic hazzard. Nothing like encouraging people to roll their car backwards into oncoming traffic! Usually areas are also marked no parking, partly because they don't want tons of people stopping and playing in the street. Tae-Kwon-Leap is not a path to a door, but a road leading forever towards the horizon. Quote
+Renegade Knight Posted April 7, 2003 Posted April 7, 2003 Per the new and improved guidelines enforcement you need to hide a micro there with a log book. If gravity hill is interesting in it's own right, then it will have people check it out once you got them close. ============================== Wherever you go there you are. Quote
+rock33 Posted April 8, 2003 Posted April 8, 2003 When I was in my teens we used to go to Gravity Hill, Becky's Grave in Cambria County and a few other weird and supposedly haunted sites. I vote YES it would be fun to relive that. Maybe even a multi involving these places Quote
+Squirrel Nut & Beersnob Posted April 8, 2003 Posted April 8, 2003 Gravity hills may be cool, but I'm with Mopar- besides, I thought that police often patrol these areas to make sure no one's creating a traffic hazard. I walk the Maze of Moments, but everywhere I turn to, begins a new beginning, but never finds a finish... -Enya, Anywhere Is Quote
The Buzzard's Posted April 8, 2003 Posted April 8, 2003 Placing a virtual cache at this site would be better than placing a micro or traditional, if we want to talk safety. This site is in a very rural area and having people stopping to perform this cache to get the answer is not a traffic hazard by any means. This site is listed with Conventions and Visitors Bureau in Bedford county, so the police are very aware of people stopping here. Now if people had to get out of their vehicles to find an actual cache, it would not be that safe. That's my 2 cents!!! The Buzzard's: ZiggyStardust Quote
Dru Morgan Posted April 8, 2003 Posted April 8, 2003 There is one in Florida, too. In fact, I thought it was the only one, but I guess they are all over. I don't have the cache page handy, but I think it is a virtual, too. I found it because it is close to my Grandmother's house. Ever notice how anyone that caches more than you do is a maniac, while anyone that caches less than you do is an idiot? -Dru Morgan Quote
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