There is nothing quite like college football: the fans, the noise, the excitement. I still remember the exultation of victory and the "agony of defeat" as I stood with my friends cheering on my team. Words cannot convey how exciting NCAA Division I football can be when attended live.
East of Payson is Tontozona, the summer camp of the ASU Sun Devils. Legendary ASU football coach Frank Kush started bringing his teams up to Tontozona back in the 1960s. Apparently, players who needed "motivation," instead of being given laps or pushups, were told to climb to the top of Kush's Mountain. Seems like a great place for a letterbox cache.
You will have two challenges to find this cache. First, you will need to determine how to get up the mountain. Nearby Camp Tontozona and Buenagua road are private land, so without permission they are not appropriate starting points. Options are to park at Kohls Ranch parking lot and then follow Tonto Creek to the base of the mountain, staying within the national forest. Alternately, you can park at the junction of Hwy 260 and FR 405 and hike in from the west. The latter, while longer, is much less steep than the north face of the mountain. There is no "trail", so plan on bushwacking and looking for game trails. This is one of my harder caches for terrain.
Once you reach the top, you will need to go north 55 feet into heavy brush to find the cache hidden AZ style under rocks near an oak. It is so hidden to minimize muggling. Take a picture of the spoiler picture with you.
The cache contains college football related items (except for a couple of snakes that snuck in). In keeping with the theme, please only trade college football related items. Also, I ask that the FTF please take the football, which is a little big for the container.
This is a letterbox hybrid. In addition to the normal logbook and trade items, it also contains a letterbox stamp, inkpad, and stamp book. Please do not remove the stamp, ink pad, or stamp book. THEY ARE NOT TRADE ITEMS!