First Mass - 11 Years! Event Cache
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Saturday, October 1, 2011
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One year ago I held an event
celebrating the first cache placed in Massachusetts: GC74 - AKA
First Mass. I enjoyed that morning hike so much I have decided to
host another morning hike on October first. This event will be
toned down from last year, but still fun.
On October 1, 2000 Jeremy Gilbert
placed the first “GPS Cache/Stash in MA state”. On Oct
2 the cache was found by a cacher named intuition. Now we have over
9,850 caches spread from the farthest western edge of the state all
the way to the capes and the islands. This event will celebrate all
of those caches by recognizing this grandfather of all of them in
the state: GC74 - AKA First
Mass.
The Basic Plan:
This event will be an early morning hike up the mountain to First
Mass to see the sunrise. The event will last from 6:00 am to 7:30
am with a post event stop for breakfast.
The Schedule:
6:00 Gather at the parking coordinates (N 42° 27.880 W
071°09.160)
6:15 Hike up the mountain to the sunrise coordinates
6:30 Congregate at the sunrise coordinates and swap TBs and stories
(N 42° 27.559 W 071° 09.407)
6:41 Observe sunrise
6:45 Congregate at First Mass and swap TBs and stories
7:15 Hike back down to the parking coordinates
7:30 The event ends
8:00 Post event breakfast at location TBD
Notes:
1. The key to logging this event will be signing the event logbook
while up on the mountain during the hike.
2. If for some reason you are not in shape to make the hike up the
mountain, for example you are recovering from knee surgery, I will
allow you to log the cache if you make it to the parking area for
the event and sign the logbook.
3. Keep a watch on this page to learn about updates.
Hope to see you there,
Loch Cache
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