Would You Go For It?

[Stony2008]

I just hid a cache on about a 10 mile trail. Its really hard terrain about a 4 1/2 (you don't need climbing gear). There are no other caches for about 30 miles around it. Do you think anyone will find it?

 

I haven't logged it yet. I still need to get the directions figured out.

[+Joypa]

Yeah, somebody will. One somebody or two but not more.

[Stony2008]

Are you psychic?

[+TeamK-9]

Is it ten miles round trip or ten miles one way?

 

Either way, it wouldn't be incredibly high on my list, but I'd probably eventually get to it...

[Stony2008]

20 miles round trip.

[+Joypa]

As you can see I clearly am psychic.

[+TeamK-9]

20 miles round trip.

Holy crap!

 

That's a long way.

 

But yah, someone will find it.

 

Just don't expect to get a lot of finds...

 

 

I don't know if I'd try it. It would require camping gear, and most of my camping gear is too heavy to be for like hiking/backpacking, so I'd need new gear...

[Stony2008]

dirt bikes and ATV are allowed on the trail. I guess thats an important detail i forgot

 

its still pretty long though and the trails would be hard even on a ATV.

[+IVxIV]

I hope that cache has more than just golf balls & McToys in it

[+Trent & Kittie]

I would do it for sure! I love the long hikes! We did an 8 mile trip on Sunday. Part way biking, part way hiking. Up and down hills and threw huge muddy puddles. We came out really dirty but it was a blast!

[Stony2008]

As you can see I clearly am        . 

 

than what is the point of replying to anything you say? you already know what I'm going to say. but if i don't reply cause i know you already know then you don't know cause i decided not to do it.

[+Joypa]

I knew that.

[Stony2008]

 

(guess you knew that also)

[Stony2008]

I hope that cache has more than just      balls & McToys in it

 

I jamed as much into it as i could. marbels, rings, gamboy , band aids, mc toys (hey i like variety), key chains, bouncy balls, a shark tooth, and some other stuff i cant remember.

[+BilboB]

If I was in the area...I would not look for it!

[+pwcorg]

I would for sure. Everyone likes something a little different in the game. Chances are if you like it enough to place a cache somebody else will feel the same. That goes for two day hikes as well as lamp post micros.

[Tahosa and Sons]

One day in and One Day out. Let me know if its close to my neck of the woods.

And like most of my caches finds will be few and far between.

[+New England n00b]

If I could make it an overnight, I'd definitely do it. I love long hikes. It is finding time to DO long hikes that is hard right now. I can get 1 mile/1 way hikes in, but any longer and I need to schedule it. :sigh:

[+BadAndy]

Someone will find it. It may not get alot of visits...but on the other hand, the swag won't degrade nearly as fast.

[+Criminal]

I would.

 

I have before

Edited April 20, 2005 by Criminal

[+carleenp]

It will get found. Go for it!

[+jimmyreno]

I just hid a cache on about a 10 mile trail. Its really hard terrain about a 4 1/2 (you don't need climbing gear). There are no other caches for about 30 miles around it. Do you think anyone will find it?

 

I haven't logged it yet. I still need to get the directions figured out.

It depends on the location, would anyone want to go there if the cache wasn't there?

If no, then a cache certainly isn't reason to go 10' out of the way.

[+Ambrosia]

I guess it's more relaxing if you spend the night, but it's also do able in one day.

[blocko1000]

I did a 9 mile round trip that included going from about 8200 feet up to 10,777 feet. That nine miles really felt like 20 when I was done. That cache is on top of Mt. Rose Nv. Ohh, and to answer your question, yes.

[+briansnat]

I'd certainly be interested in going for it, but it might be quite a while before I'd get around to it. I have several similar caches on my to do list and all I need is a free weekend to devote to them.

[+rjb43nh]

I have a 5/5 cache on Owl's Head (GCJVEZ) in the middle of the Pemi wilderness in NH that is a very strenuous 18 mile round trip. A few cachers found it within a week of it being listed. If you'd like to see what sort of crazies go for this type of cache, read the logs.

[+Scoobie10]

I drove 3 hours to do a cache that required a 13 mile hike. Granted, I didn't know it was going to be 13 miles but I knew it was going to be significant. If your cache was close to me I would do it in a heartbeat.

 

Scoob

[Golden_Spike]

That sounds like a blast. If it was anywhere near me i'd deffinitely go for it on my bike. I think there should be more like this.

[+Yamahammer]

Hey Mano, List it. You've already done the hard part. No sense wasting the effort. Many people like the challenge.

[+Marky]

I would definitely go for it. There was a recent cache, about 18 miles or so in from the trailhead. It was unfound for about a year, but then one of the local cachers did it on foot in a day. I believe he is a trail runner but I am not positive. 36+ miles in one day? That's nuts! From his log entries, it seems that on his way out of the park, a ranger took pity on him and drove him the last 10 miles out but that still makes for a 26 mile day. Still beyond me, I think.

 

We are going for it this Saturday, but got a special permit to drive in about 13 miles so our whole round trip hike will be more like 17 miles (which will include 4 caches).

 

--Marky

[Phoenix2001]

Sure, no problem. If it's a great area, I'd do the hike anyway. I occasionally hike up the Barr Trail to the top of Pikes Peak and back down too (some people get a ride down). That's about 13 miles one way, start at about 6700 ft. and finish at 14,115 ft. That's what I did to get to the first cache put on top.

 

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[+KC0GRN]

I'd go for it. Heck, when I was out in Washington, I tried for Dream Cache, which requires a 5 mile hike in, plus another mile of ascent up a creek to a remote lake.

 

Emphasis on tried, I ended up running out of time the day I did it. I'd say anyone going for it will most likely have to either wake up really early, or plan to camp. That'd probably be true with any cache in that range hiking.

 

Still, people will find it, just probably not the ones worried about their numbers

[+StarBrand]

There is a cache out here in the panhandle of Nebraska that requires something like a 8 - 10 mile round trip - been meaning to go do it for a while now. I did a nearby one that turned into a 3.2 mile roundtrip.

 

If I have the time I like long hikes.

[+KC0GRN]

To be honest, I like a good hike myself. Sometimes I'll just plan an afternoon, pick a large park in my area, say one I haven't been to yet, find any caches I can in the park before I go, then just drive there, park the car, and walk the entire way. Even if I could cheat and drive from parking lot to parking lot within the park, it's nicer just ot hike the whole way.

[+Joypa]

 

Still, people will find it, just probably not the ones worried about their numbers

And the ones with little kids and the ones over 40 and not in tip top shape and the ones who like to do other things than hike and....

 

A small percentage of cachers will try it. Most of us won't.

[Iplayoutside]

Actually I'm looking for a cache exactly like that. While I live in a target rich enviorment most of them are puzzle or park n grabs.

 

For my 100th cache want to find a cache like yours. The hard part would be finding the time to do it, but I would definatly do it.

[tiber]

YES!

 

Probably my two favorite "long caches" were Pinnacle Rock and Pulpit Rock (camp out!) and one on the AT. The names happen to escape me at the moment, but we did the AT one on the shortest night of the year and we were rewarded by being able to watch the sun set and rise from the trail while driving.

 

I really enjoy multis and the long walks. Cache-n-dash sucks, in my opinion.

[+CYBret]

I can't imagine NOT doing it.

 

I'd probably save it for a milestone, though.

 

Bret

[YouKnowMe]

I'd probably save it for a milestone, though.

Ok, I still don’t understand the thought process. If you’re going to save the “good” or “fun” caches for a milestone, why not just hunt the good or fun caches all the time and ignore those that aren’t?

[+CYBret]

I'd probably save it for a milestone, though.

Ok, I still don’t understand the thought process. If you’re going to save the “good” or “fun” caches for a milestone, why not just hunt the good or fun caches all the time and ignore those that aren’t?

Because then there would never be any milestones.

 

Bret

[Iplayoutside]

I'd probably save it for a milestone, though.

Ok, I still don’t understand the thought process. If you’re going to save the “good” or “fun” caches for a milestone, why not just hunt the good or fun caches all the time and ignore those that aren’t?

The thought process is I like geocaching and try and do it when I can. I can drive up to an urban mirco over my lunch hour. I can go on a quick hike in a park after work if I want to bushwhack. All those things are enjoyable for me.

 

However, I KNOW I would enjoy and all day/weekend trip it would require to get these cache's more than anything listed above.

 

It's not that regular cache's aren't fun or good, it's these are BETTER, and thus I will save them for something special since more planning is required than jump in the truck with a GPSer.

[+Jeremy]

These are pretty much the only caches I do nowadays.

[YouKnowMe]

These are pretty much the only caches I do nowadays.

Copycat!

[TCE]

Yeah, you could do it in one day. We did 10 miles in about 5 hours last winter, there was no caching involved, but if there had been that would have made it more fun...and we probably would have walked another 1/4 mile due to walking around looking for the cache

 

I would have to work up to it...but it sounds like fun to me!

[+XRN95]

I would do it in a heart beat!

[+Isonzo Karst]

If it's bikable, no problem. We regularly check one of our caches with a 15 mile (round trip) bike trip. You can park on the south side and then it's about 2.5 miles, which is the way most folks do it.

 

The distance to a cache isn't the issue as much as the distance from where people live.

[+reveritt]

There should be other caches along the trail.

[Stony2008]

There should be other caches along the trail.

there arent i looked. unless there on another website there are no caches within about 30 miles i hope to log the cache by tomarrow and ill post it on here but for now here ore the coordinates:

 

N 37 06.741 W083 28.724

[+Mousetrap]

You may get more cachers if you made the cache worth the trip. For a micro though---nope.

[+MDAgent]

It's too far for me to get to. Although there does seem to be 3 airports within 16 miles.