GC4KWK1 First Mass - 13 Years! (Event Cache) in Massachusetts, United States created by Loch Cache / Jeremy Gilbert (At least in honor JG)

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Loch Cache: Thank you to all who attended this year's edition of First Mass!

Plan on an evening hike next October 1!

Congrats to TheThompy on winning this year's First Mass 10 Year geocoin. I will have another one to give away next year.

For those who attended, don't forget to take a close look at those buttons. There already is one advantage to having them. Sooner or later there may be a second. [white]
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Keep on caching!

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Hidden : Tuesday, October 1, 2013

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Three years ago I held an event celebrating the first cache placed in Massachusetts: GC74 - AKA First Mass. I enjoyed that event and hikes so much I decided to host a morning hike in 2011 and an evening hike in 2012. This year the event will be a morning hike to celebrate thirteen years.

Date: Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Time: 6:00 am - 7:30 am
Rain or Shine

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 13,000 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 UNACTIVATED GEOCOINS
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. Buttons will again be provided this year.
4. Keep a watch on this page to learn about updates.

Previous Years:
First Mass - 10 Years!
First Mass - 11 Years!
First Mass - 12 Years!

Hope to see you there,

Loch Cache

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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