Needless to say, the cache isn't at the co-ordinates given, which
are for a smallish parking space with a nice view of the canal.
It being a fine and sunny Sunday, keen geocachers Andy, Bill,
Clive, David and Eddie all thought this might be a good time to try
for their first 5/5. They all left in good time – at 0945, 1000,
1015, 1030 and 1045 (not necessarily in that order), and were all
looking for different sizes of cache at different
co-ordinates.
Unfortunately, 5/5 caches being what they are, things went a little
bit wrong and only one of them succeeded in finding a cache, the
others having been forced to give up for various reasons. Who was
this, and where was he looking?
1. Andy was looking at W001.24.111.
2. David finally gave up when the branch he was standing on broke
and pitched him head-first into the canal.
3. Eddie was looking at N52.16.320.
4. The cacher looking at W001.23.931 left 15min before the one who
was looking at W001.23.835.
5. One cacher was looking at N52.16.595 W001.23.931.
6. The cacher abseiling down a rock face to look for a micro spent
the rest of the day in casualty, having been hit by a suicidal
sheep taking a somewhat more direct route to the bottom.
7. One cacher was looking for a large cache at W001.24.695, and
left within 20min of the cacher who, having failed to come up with
a satisfactory excuse for hunting a suspicious object in a drainage
tunnel under a major railway junction, got arrested as a suspected
terrorist and spent the rest of the day in the cells.
8. Bill left at 0945, and the cacher who left at 1015 was looking
at N52.16.531.
9. The person looking for a nano left within 20min of the one who
gave up after sinking so deep into a bog that he had to be rescued
by a farmer with a long piece of rope and a horse.
10. The person looking for a small cache was looking at N52.16.562.
11. Clive was looking for a medium cache.
12. Bill left within 20min of the cacher looking at W001.24.357.
13. The person looking for a nano left within 20min of the one
looking at N52.16.091.
If you have the right answer, then you should end up in a place
where the terrain rating makes perfect sense. (If you can’t see
anything for which this terrain rating is appropriate, then you are
in the wrong place!)
The cache is a screw-top beaker and contains an unused, virgin TB
tag as a small prize for the FTF (plus the usual assortment of
random gubbins). It is wedged into position – please put the
“wedge” back firmly when you replace the cache as otherwise it will
fall out.
There isn't a pencil in the cache – if you're capable of finding
this one, I'm sure you're capable of bringing something to write
with.
Please don't post any logs/photos that give the game away as
regards the puzzle . . . it ruins the fun for everyone else.
Have fun!
SAFETY
NOTE
This cache should NOT be attempted without climbing
equipment and definitely isn’t suitable for unsupervised children.
If you are not completely confident in your ability to access the
cache safely then please either enlist the help of someone who
*does* know what they’re doing, or give up and go to the pub
instead. Think very, very carefully about what you are going to
trust your weight to . . . remember, no single geocache is worth
ending up in hospital for. You cache at your own risk. Don't do
anything your mother wouldn't do.