+Dagwood&Blondie Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 What's the longest hike you ever had to do to get to a single cache? Blondie and I just stomped out a 10.6 mile round trip for Sea Otter Schwag. All I can say is that my poor feet are hurting! But it was well worth the hike as the scenerey was breathtaking. -- Remember, This is a game. It's supposed to be FUN. Don't take this or yourself too seriously! -- Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 I did a little over 6 miles and it was a "not found". "Au pays des aveugles, les borgnes sont rois" Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 4 round trip give or take. We missed the prize we were after by a day! ===================== Wherever you go there you are. Quote Link to comment
Moun10Bike Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 I'm not sure if it was my longest, but my hike up to Just Your Standard Fishing Cache a couple of weeks ago was one of my more challenging outings due to snow covering over half the mountainous route. I ended up doing 9.1 miles on that one. My hike up to Hidden Basin Geocache last October was a pretty good one as we continued on up past the cache to the summit of Vesper Peak. That involved about a 7-mile roundtrip and 3800 feet of elevation gain. Quote Link to comment
+Bull Moose Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 Well, we were going to do this hike anyway, but we did a 9 mile or so R/T, 3000 foot elevation gain hike to the top of Dog Mountain in the South Cascades. I left a travel bug there (I also picked one up), since I figured the trail was so popular it'd be crawling with geocachers. A couple weeks later and I'm still the only finder. Quote Link to comment
Macaw Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Bull Moose:Well, we were going to do this hike anyway, but we did a 9 mile or so R/T, 3000 foot elevation gain hike to the top of http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=69707 in the South Cascades. I left a travel bug there (I also picked one up), since I figured the trail was so popular it'd be crawling with geocachers. A couple weeks later and I'm still the only finder. Bull Moose we should hook up. East of North Bend we did a 5000' climb... with mountain bikes. Had to push the bikes th last 2000 feet. Got to one cache but not another nearby one. Some really incredible hikes in the Snoqualmie Middle Fork. Quote Link to comment
+DapperDanMan Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 The longest so far is about 8 miles but a few weeks ago I went to a cache site that was about 5 miles but the hardest part was a 3300 feet elevation gain in 1.2 miles. Talk about steep. I have done 15 miles hikes easier than that. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=26147 I finally got up to the top and there was a lot of snow where the cache was located. I started digging for it but the snow was just too deep. I plan on going up again in a few weeks. Quote Link to comment
+Bull Moose Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Bull Moose:Well, we were going to do this hike anyway, but we did a 9 mile or so R/T, 3000 foot elevation gain hike to the top of http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=69707 in the South Cascades. I left a travel bug there (I also picked one up), since I figured the trail was so popular it'd be crawling with geocachers. A couple weeks later and I'm still the only finder. And as soon as I post that, someone logs a find there. Good, I'm glad the little TB is on it's way. Quote Link to comment
FISUR Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 Here in Rhode Island, there is The Vin Gormley Trail Multicache System with 5 caches over an 8 mile loop. It makes for a very nice adventure. (Off topic comment: agentjack, that's a great avatar!) FISUR Rhode Island Geocaching Quote Link to comment
Moun10Bike Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 Awesome photos on that cache, agentjack! Looks like a fantastic outing even if you couldn't log a find! Quote Link to comment
+Polgara Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 I hiked about 10 miles (round trip) to this cache: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=13772 And I had a great time! There was lots to see and it is still one of my favorite caches. "The more I study nature, the more I am amazed at the Creator." - Louis Pasteur Quote Link to comment
+ski Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 Ce'Nedra, Wow What an adventure you had up on Eagles Nest! I guess the terrain was a little more challenging than the Cape Helopen caches we did a few months ago. Take it easy out there...Ski... Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 We did a cache back in August that was 13 miles round trip and an elevation gain of 2000+. To top if off, the last .5 miles is on what used to be a trail but is now just overgrown thorn bushes. It's been out there for nearly 10 months and we are still the only finders. --Marky "All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer with a backlit GPSr" Quote Link to comment
+Waterboy Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 Our longest trip is 8 miles one way on Arrgg! Refugee Cove. This was located in Nova Scotia, along the Bay of Fundy, where you can witness the world’s highest tides. Cache and trailhead are both located just a few feet above sea level. On the trip in we had to ascend to about 800 feet three times, and return to sea level. We did this as a one night backpack. Please note this is in a GEOCACHE FRIENDLY PARK. The main bulletin board had the cache info on it. Quote Link to comment
+Web-ling Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 Not sure what my longest was to find a single cache, but I hiked 14 miles with 5,000 feet of climb to place this one. The only two people who've logged it are the two newbies who were with me when I placed it. Quote Link to comment
+Mudfrog Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 We recently did theFour Cache Loop down here in the Sam Houston National forest. Great hike that took us on a bit more than 10 mile loop to find a 4 stage multi. Definitely one of our more fun to do caches Quote Link to comment
+Polgara Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 quote:Originally posted by njski:Ce'Nedra, Wow What an adventure you had up on Eagles Nest! I guess the terrain was a little more challenging than the Cape Helopen caches we did a few months ago. Take it easy out there...Ski... LOL!! Yes, it was just a little more challenging than caches at sea level! You don't have to go where I was when I had my little accident in order to find the cache...I decided to check out the view by scrambling onto some rocks and fell through a hole, and I fell cause it was my first time exploring boulders like that and I didn't know to *check* and make sure that where you are stepping is actually ground or another rock and not just a leaf pile! LOL! I had quite the learning experience that day! LOL! Regardless, its still one of my favorite caches, and I hope to find more of Waterboy with Wife's caches! "The more I study nature, the more I am amazed at the Creator." - Louis Pasteur Quote Link to comment
+haggaeus Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 My usual round-trip is 3-5 miles, depends on bus/train connections. The longest hike was some 12 miles in Harriman St. Park, 2 days with 2 kids, 2 caches. If you ever come to Germany, geocaching.de has a small selection of long hike caches in their "Laengere Wanderungen" section - typically around 20km: http://home.debitel.net/user/geocaching/caches.shtml#5 Czech caching in US. Quote Link to comment
+DapperDanMan Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 Thanks. I enjoy taking photos. I am not as good as my Dad (who shot for National Geographic) or my brother ( http://www.willieholdman.com ). quote:Originally posted by Moun10Bike:Awesome photos on that cache, agentjack! Looks like a fantastic outing even if you couldn't log a find! Quote Link to comment
Swagger Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 The longest hike I've done for a cache was about 10 miles and a 1100 feet in elevation gain for Swing Gate. It was a tiring adventure for someone in the shape I'm in... -- Random fortune: Quote Link to comment
+Searching_ut Posted June 10, 2003 Share Posted June 10, 2003 My longest hike so far just for a cache was slightly over 16 miles, around 3500 feet of elevation gain. Big Ben My longest hike for a benchmark was only about 13 miles, but a little over 4500 feet of climbing, and of course decending. My track log from this one is one of the examples on my webpage. The snows starting to melt off in the high country now to where finding upper elevation caches will soon be a possibility, so who knows what this year will bring...... Quote Link to comment
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