The 2021 Cold Cache series is the tenth year of hides. Created in 2012 by bretina and consisting of five hiders that year: Addham, bretina, DeRock and the Psychic Cacher, MI Barrel Makers, and TJPost. Since then members have opt'd out and new members have arrived. Over the years we've had a total of 11 members and we're excited that for the tenth anniversary, all members have agreed to come back to contribute! We have also added a final with a prize this season.
Themes over the years have included:
2012 - Cold Characters
2013 - Historical Events Occuring Between Jan. 1 - Mar. 31
2014 - Winter Sports
2015 - Cold Cash - Foreign Currency
2016 - Snowbird Destinations
2017 - Lesser-Known Winter Sport Athletes
2018 - Michigan Ski Resorts
2019 - Michigan Winter Events
2020 - Frozen Desserts
2021 - Cold Characters (Back to where it all began)
Bumble (a.k.a. The Abominable Snowman of the North) is the main antagonist who later turns to good in the 1964 Rankin/Bass television special, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
"Bumble," a corruption of the term "abominable snowman" was so named by Yukon Cornelius. The Snowman is a gigantic white-furred yeti with long pointed fangs along with a hairless blue face, lips, hands and feet. He pursues Hermey, Rudolph and Yukon Cornelius throughout their adventures. He is Yukon's longtime enemy, so much so that he is an expert on Bumble's strengths and weaknesses; in their first escape together as a group, the three set off to sea on an ice flow which Yukon chips from an iceberg with his pick axe since he knows that Bumble cannot float in water.
Not only does the sight of Rudolph's glowing red nose drive him into a rage, narrator Sam the Snowman explains that he hates everything to do with Christmas as well. When Rudolph's family leaves the safety of the North Pole to find him, they become prisoners of the Abominable in his cave. Yukon and Hermey lure him from his cave and away from the trapped reindeer when Hermey makes the vocal sounds of a pig; Yukon knows that Bumble would "never pass up a pork dinner for deer meat." He knocks him unconscious by dislodging some large rocks above the entrance to the cave and onto his head. Hermey then extracts all of his teeth, rendering him helpless. Yukon sees this as his chance to engage him in hand-to-hand combat. As Bumble backs away toward a bottomless ravine, he, Yukon, and his dogsled team fall over the cliff, into the ravine, and out of sight.
To the amazement of everyone in Santa's Workshop, Yukon, Bumble, and the dogsled team later come knocking at the door. The sight of Bumble frightens everyone in the room, but Yukon insists that he has reformed his evil ways and has come seeking a job. So tall is he that he is able to place the star on top of the Christmas tree without the use of a ladder.
Rudolph, who had seen Yukon and Bumble fall into the ravine, asked how he survived the fall. As an expert on the monster, Yukon was unconcerned about falling into the ravine, answering: "Didn't I tell you, boy? Bumbles bounce!"
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Visit the geocaches in the 2021 Cold Cache Crew series.
At each cache, collect a letter and number combination.
Use the substitute coordinates to find the final geocache.
A BC DE.FGH S TU VW.XYZ
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To celebrate this year's hides, there is a bonus (final) cache so make sure and collect coordinates at each of the qualifiers to find the final, Bumble.
Also listed at each hide is a keyword to keep track of for a special ten year prize. Once you have them all, enter them here: Google Form
If unfamiliar with Google Forms, please contact us via email, cold.cache.crew@gmail.com for further instructions.
There are a limited number of prizes. Entries will be accepted through April 15th or while supplies last.
2021 Winter Series - "Cold Characters" caches