Owners Of The "six Kingdoms" Caches

April 13, 2005

If you are one of the owners of the "Six Kingdoms" caches (the highest peaks in Britain), this html might be useful for your cache pages.

Happy Humphey's cache on the Isle of Man refers to the five other peaks on the cache page of the Six Kingdoms cache.

I decided to go one better and write some html for my Carrauntohill cache page.

Below is the html for all six caches complete with national flag and waypoint link. All you need to do is take out your local cache, and then paste the others onto your cache page.

It would look really cool if all six caches had links to one another.

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If you're feeling energetic, why not consider the other 'highpoint' caches in Ireland and Britain:

Britains Highest Geocache

Ben Nevis, Scotland

Corran Tuathail (Ireland's Highest Cache)

Carrauntohill, MacGillycuddy's Reeks, County Kerry, Ireland

Scafell Pike - A Cache To Peak Them All

Scafell Pike, Lake District, England

<img src="http://www.multimediapalace.com/fl/eu-flags-no_hot_link-2803/uk-flags/uk-wales.gif

" width="50" height="30">

Where Is Snowdon Summit?

Snowdon, Snowdonia, Wales

<img src="http://www.multimediapalace.com/fl/eu-flags-no_hot_link-2803/uk-flags/uk-isleofman.gif

" width="50" height="30">

Six Kingdoms

Snaefell, Isle of Man

Mourne Cache

Slieve Donard, Mourne Mountains, County Down, Northern Ireland

<a href='http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCKAEZ&Submit6=Find' target=_blank >GCKAEZ</a>

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Edited for duff link and to add miniscule detail :rolleyes:

Edited April 14, 2005 by klaus23

3.7k · April 13, 2005

Klaus,

Excellent stuff, thanks. I'll add this to the cache description ASAP (I was half way though setting up links on Six Kingdoms but this looks MUCH better!).

I don't think this will help me climb the hill, though! :rolleyes:

HH.

3.7k · April 13, 2005

I've done it now: the Irish flag doesn't appear: of course, you won't have realised as it isn't on your cache description (I'll have to go now - will sort it out later!)

HH

April 13, 2005

I remember getting to the top of Carrauntohill in 1977 (not geocaching!) only to be told in no uncertain terms that the new cross was made from good german stainless steel - ie not english! and me with a surname of mahon! Is it still the same cross?

btw it's a great summit to reach!

April 13, 2005

Excellent stuff, thanks. I'll add this to the cache description ASAP

It's changing as I look!

April 13, 2005

I remember getting to the top of Carrauntohill in 1977 (not geocaching!) only to be told in no uncertain terms that the new cross was made from good german stainless steel - ie not english! and me with a surname of mahon! Is it still the same cross?
btw it's a great summit to reach!

:rolleyes: don't worry... much of those old anglophobic attitudes are gone now

It is still the same cross, but I don't know where the steel came from. I could be wrong but I think it was put there by the Church to commemorate a Priest who died while climbing. There is a small plaque welded to it in memory of him and a female climber who was with him.

Here's a question for you. Just near the cross and near my cache there's a small rusty piece of iron which (I have read) held a small wind-driven wheel that powered a light on top of the cross. Was that in place when you were there?

Also, for over two years (the debate rages on when exactly) a bicycle was chained to the summit cross. Ever heard that one?

April 13, 2005

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Sorry... I messed the link up.

This will work:

Corran Tuathail (Ireland's Highest Cache)

Carrauntohill, MacGillycuddy's Reeks, County Kerry

:rolleyes:

Now to get in touch with the other owners!

3.7k · April 13, 2005

OK, fixed. Thanks again!

April 13, 2005

No worries, I figured it would look tidy - and don't worry, it was your idea in the first place! :rolleyes:

Now I know Barnabus and can ask him to stick the code on his page. Would you happen to know Postie and Sandstorm?

Also (and here's one to test the new guidelines):

Gamma Boo, the "owner" of the Snowdon virtual has been inactive for 2 1/2 months.

Also the 'answer' can be determined by simply looking through the past logs, if you were that way inclined.

Surely the Welsh should have a local owner of this cache and perhaps a question that would really prove you had been there?

An offset micro might also be a possiblity - or perhaps the people in the souvenir shop might be so kind as to facilitate a cache box behind the counter?

April 13, 2005

don't worry... much of those old anglophobic attitudes are gone now

Oh yes, we've had the most wonderful hospitality everywhere else in Ireland - I think we probably interrupted the inauguration ceremony or something...

Nothing was attached or anywhere near the cross at that time that I can remember - I think the guys at the top were going up everyday just to polish it! It was (is) an impressive structure if you like that kind of thing mind!

April 13, 2005

Nothing was attached or anywhere near the cross at that time that I can remember - I think the guys at the top were going up everyday just to polish it! It was (is) an impressive structure if you like that kind of thing mind!

You'll find pictures from an Event on Carrauntohill in May 2004 here

This is the best pic I've got of the cross, it was taken that day

April 13, 2005

No worries, I figured it would look tidy - and don't worry, it was your idea in the first place!

Now I know Barnabus and can ask him to stick the code on his page. Would you happen to know Postie and Sandstorm?

Also (and here's one to test the new guidelines):

Gamma Boo, the "owner" of the Snowdon virtual has been inactive for 2 1/2 months.

Also the 'answer' can be determined by simply looking through the past logs, if you were that way inclined.

Surely the Welsh should have a local owner of this cache and perhaps a question that would really prove you had been there?

An offset micro might also be a possiblity - or perhaps the people in the souvenir shop might be so kind as to facilitate a cache box behind the counter?

Or even take a pic of your gps on the trig on the top as a micro may get burried in snow in winter.And i think the cafe is shut during the winter months!

http://img.Groundspeak.com/cache/log/displ...4677c3a1ce2.jpg

Edited April 13, 2005 by davy boy

April 13, 2005

This is the best pic I've got of the cross, it was taken that day

A good pic - how impressive it seemed on top of the mountain when we first saw it - all carried up in sections if I remember correctly! Just think how many times it must have been struck by lightning since??

3.7k · April 13, 2005

Klaus,

Unfortunately I don't know Postie or Sandstorm, but they both appear active so should respond to e-mails. The only one I've contacted in the past was Barnabus, to suggest the Donard cache.

It's a pity Wales and England are only virtuals. Offset or trad caches a short distance from the summit would be much better: it's not the same if you can't sign the log book. Both summit areas are awash with hiding places as long as you walk a hundred yards or so to get away from the crowds.

HH

April 13, 2005

Offset or trad caches a short distance from the summit would be much better: it's not the same if you can't sign the log book

I quite agree - it's the feeling of achieving something at the cache site that matters to me.

April 13, 2005

Klaus,
Unfortunately I don't know Postie or Sandstorm, but they both appear active so should respond to e-mails. The only one I've contacted in the past was Barnabus, to suggest the Donard cache.

Ok - I'll give them all a shout in the coming days. It would look really nice if everyone could link each other.

It's a pity Wales and England are only virtuals. Offset or trad caches a short distance from the summit would be much better: it's not the same if you can't sign the log book. Both summit areas are awash with hiding places as long as you walk a hundred yards or so to get away from the crowds.

That's true, but as Davy Boy said, weather is a factor. Snowdon, even on a bad day, is a very busy mountain, and I gather that in fine weather, the Lake District is full of walkers. For volume reasons alone, it may not be feasable. I was lucky with Carrauntohill in finding a perfect hiding place. If not, it would have had to have been placed away from the summit.

However, maybe if Snowdon went up for adoption some more thought could be given to this.

3.7k · April 13, 2005

I've only been up Scafell Pike once, but I remember a large plateau around the summit, full of boulders and shattered rocks. Many places on this plateau could accommodate a cache, if I remember it correctly.

Snowdon is very busy, but once you take a few steps down one of the ridges on the south side the crowds mysteriously disappear. Should it be icy, you might disappear yourself, though.

The problem with both of them is winter snow: but the Ben Nevis cache seems to have overcome this...

HH

April 13, 2005

the real problem with snowdon, is that it has a railway going right to the summit, which makes it extreamly popular.

April 14, 2005

... but at least you can get a pint at the top of Snowdon, which makes the trek up there all the more worthwhile !

April 14, 2005

... but at least you can get a pint at the top of Snowdon, which makes the trek up there all the more worthwhile !

It's about £3-something though... and unless you're taking the train down or just having a half for the thirst, not really that responsible IMO :rolleyes:

3.3k · April 14, 2005

Snowdon.......

or perhaps the people in the souvenir shop might be so kind as to facilitate a cache box behind the counter?

Bad idea.. How would a night cacher manage to log it?

April 14, 2005

When i was up there in early august it was like a motorway up the miners track,most disappointing as we had to stop all the time to let people past,then on the top we had to wait about ten mins to get to the trig. :huh: The paths are also very eroded now but they seem to be working on that.

This year when we go up it will be about 4am so hopefully it will be alot quieter at the top.

Why not do th same as Pen y fantastic and take a pic of yourself on the top near the trig!!

April 16, 2005

Apart from my own cache page, this can now be seen on the Ben Nevis, Snaefell and Slieve Donard pages.

No update yet on Scafell Pike, and no answer from the Snowdon owner... the future of that cache is perhaps one for a seperate thread.

Owners Of The "six Kingdoms" Caches

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