+Team GPSaxophone Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 Cinco de Mayo is coming. This year, it's even more special because the date will be 5/5/05. Of course, because of an expected snowstorm next week, the City of Colorado Springs is pushing it off until Quince de Mayo (May 15th) but that's another thread. I've been working on placing a 5/5 cache in honor of the unique date we are approaching. I know of one other in Colorado that's being planned by Tahosha and Sons. Anyone else working on a special cache for this date? No, I'm not asking for details that might make your cache easier to find, but if you would like to share the basic info about it go right ahead. My cache is titled "Cinco de Saxo" and is a 5/5, 5-stage multi-puzzle. No container will be within 5 feet of the ground. There is a first finder prize based on the theme (gee, I wonder what the theme is?). Quote Link to comment
+M-T-P Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 Ooo, ooo! I've got an idea! Make the 5 stages of the multi stretch across 5 states! But then mandate that the final cache must be logged by 5:00pm on the 5th day after they start the cache! Quote Link to comment
Tahosa and Sons Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 (edited) The Chef's Special which is stage one of the 5 x 5 is done. But when the Dessert is finally approved I will have to probably disable it until it clears up a little in that back country. There has to be at least a foot of new white stuff up there on top of what was there when I placed the cache a few weeks ago. Tomorrow I will go back up and check on the the first clue of the Dessert but will be bucking snow all the way in, and its about 2.5 miles one way to the clue. And its uphill for a lot of feet. And they have to even find this one just to find out where to start the really big hike. Edited April 30, 2005 by Tahosa and Sons Quote Link to comment
AZcachemeister Posted May 1, 2005 Share Posted May 1, 2005 Last year I hid 04/04/04 (at 4444 N. 44th St.) which turned out to be inadvertently difficult to find, and had more than 30 teams watching it at one point. One team wondered if I would be hiding another on 05/05/05, and I immediately vowed to hide one every year until 12/12/12. Althought it isn't a 5/5, Cinco! Cinco! Cinco! has been hidden, and is awaiting release on 05/05/05. Quote Link to comment
+Ranger Boy Posted May 2, 2005 Share Posted May 2, 2005 (edited) ...I immediately vowed to hide one every year until 12/12/12. So what will next years be called? Armageddon! Edited May 2, 2005 by Ranger Boy Quote Link to comment
+Deliveryguy428 Posted May 2, 2005 Share Posted May 2, 2005 Cinco de Mayo is coming. This year, it's even more special because the date will be 5/5/05. Of course, because of an expected snowstorm next week, the City of Colorado Springs is pushing it off until Quince de Mayo (May 15th) but that's another thread. I've been working on placing a 5/5 cache in honor of the unique date we are approaching. I know of one other in Colorado that's being planned by Tahosha and Sons. Anyone else working on a special cache for this date? No, I'm not asking for details that might make your cache easier to find, but if you would like to share the basic info about it go right ahead. My cache is titled "Cinco de Saxo" and is a 5/5, 5-stage multi-puzzle. No container will be within 5 feet of the ground. There is a first finder prize based on the theme (gee, I wonder what the theme is?). Did not think beer was allowed as a FTF? Quote Link to comment
+Search1128 Posted May 2, 2005 Share Posted May 2, 2005 next year will be 5/5/06. nothing special about that number! jk. I know you really meant june 6th of next year... kirk out Quote Link to comment
magellan315 Posted May 2, 2005 Share Posted May 2, 2005 If you live in New Jersey, you may want to check out this Event Cache. Scheduled to take place on 05/05/05 at 05:05:05am. Quote Link to comment
Tahosa and Sons Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 The Dessert but due to heavy snows it will be disabled for about a week until I can verify the conditions of the trail. Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted May 5, 2005 Author Share Posted May 5, 2005 The Dessert but due to heavy snows it will be disabled for about a week until I can verify the conditions of the trail. Just add snowshoes to the description and you've got your "special equipment required" part taken care of Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted May 5, 2005 Author Share Posted May 5, 2005 Cinco de Saxo is ready for the first victim Quote Link to comment
Tahosa and Sons Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 Just add snowshoes to the description and you've got your "special equipment required" part taken care of Specialized equipment is not a mandatory requirement : Terrain rating: 5 ***** Requires specialized equipment and knowledge or experience, (boat, 4WD, rock climbing, SCUBA, etc) or is otherwise extremely difficult. Quote Link to comment
AZcachemeister Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 So what will next years be called? Armageddon! Good idea! May I use it? Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted May 5, 2005 Author Share Posted May 5, 2005 Just add snowshoes to the description and you've got your "special equipment required" part taken care of Specialized equipment is not a mandatory requirement : Terrain rating: 5 ***** Requires specialized equipment and knowledge or experience, (boat, 4WD, rock climbing, SCUBA, etc) or is otherwise extremely difficult. Isn't "mandatory requirement" redundant? Quote Link to comment
CacheNCarryMA Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 Isn't "mandatory requirement" redundant? Not only that, it's repetitively redundant! Quote Link to comment
+fizzymagic Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 Isn't "mandatory requirement" redundant? I've reported it to the Bureau Desk at the Department of Redundancy Department. Quote Link to comment
+Team Tayjam Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 My cache is titled "Cinco de Saxo" and is a 5/5, 5-stage multi-puzzle. No container will be within 5 feet of the ground. There is a first finder prize based on the theme (gee, I wonder what the theme is?). Off topic, but this reminds me of a story that happened to my father's friend when I was a kid. On July 7, 1977 (7/7/77) at the old Aksarben horse track in Omaha Nebraska, my dad's friend bet $7,000 on the #7 horse in the 7th race. Quote Link to comment
+Miragee Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 So . . . did he win? If not, he should have bet $7,777 dollars . . . Quote Link to comment
+WeWereWaz Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 05/05/05 is in the Denver area - a 1/1 though... Quote Link to comment
+4wheelingmirage Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 OI VEY!!! I've been trying to do Cinco! Cinco! Cinco! for almost hmmmm 3 hours today. Started at lunch...no go Came back an hour after lunch (with backup) found 1 part....alas marked "This is not the cache" although it did have a log sheet which I signed furiously!!! Am pondering trying to go back in the morning. I have a theory...now to just see if it plays out that's a different story. I will find this cache!!! Quote Link to comment
+AtoZ Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 Cinco de Saxo is ready for the first victim Well Cinco de Saxo fell this week end actually one month after posting. Myself MtnBirders and Mondou2 did the cache in one massive push on Sunday, 06/05/05. A couple weeks ago Mtnbirders and myself figured out the secret code used in Cinco de Saxo. Mtnbirder was able to confirm that we were on the right path as he live close to the area of the cache while I live about 70 miles away. But we were not able to met up till this last weekend with Mondou2 join up with us. We went from waypoint to waypoint, yes with a few gliches. At one point wer ran into another team that was working on the Cinco de Saxo but they were on the way to the final, which was there third attempt to try and find, but more on that later. Well team MMA pushed on grabbed 3 other cache in route and finally ran in to the other team as the wondered around the site of the final. But with my trusty GPS and compass in had team MMA was vixtorious in the final find. But being the good folks that cachers are we all celebrated and after much rejoicing and a few pics we called it a day. I want to thank Saxman for this very enjoyable cache, some day I can quit taking Mortin for the pain I hope. It was a very interesting cache. So job well done Saxman. O' and the camo on the final container was GREAT. cheers Quote Link to comment
+Brian - Team A.I. Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 05/05/05 is in the Denver area - a 1/1 though... No, it's not. Quote Link to comment
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