Only one of these was placed in the UK, on July 27th 2001, and
it was reported missing on March 9th 2002 after only 14 logged
finds. To commemorate the only UK Project A.P.E. adventure this
cache has been placed at the site of the original hiding place of
Mission 10b: Meridian Snake
Each of the original Project A.P.E. caches contained a prop
which was used in the film, the idea being that the first finder
would get the goodies. The UK cache (and one placed in New York) also contained tickets to
the premiere of the movie. The cache boxes were huge ammo cans, originally intended for holding
81mm rounds of ammo. They were stencilled with the Project A.P.E.
motif, as were the logbooks. The size of these caches probably
contributed to their demise, being difficult to hide well.
To date only one of the original Project A.P.E. caches is still
active worldwide (in Brazil), and although the Project A.P.E.
concept has been abandoned by 20th Century Fox it has left behind a
legacy in the geocaching world, with cachers travelling hundreds or
even thousands of miles to find them, and obtain one of the rarest
cache icons on their profile.
The Project A.P.E. icon
Although you cannot bag yourself the elusive A.P.E. icon for
finding this cache we have tried to recreate the A.P.E experience
as best we can for you. The location is the same, and there are
Planet of the Apes items waiting for you in the big ammo can. As
with the original, the first ones there get pick of the
goodies!
If you want to see the actual hiding place of the original APE
cache walk downhill from where this cache is situated towards the
row of trees, it was hidden inside the hollow trunk of the large
tree.
Please keep the Project informed of any and all discoveries.
An excellent resource for more info on the original Project
A.P.E. caches is Markwell's Project A.P.E. page
To see a cached copy of the original Project A.P.E. website, click
here
Instead of moaning about how you climbed 2 barbed wire fences to
get to the cache, try heading west before accessing the cache site
and simply follow the public footpath. It's clearly marked on OS
maps, click the streetmap link on this page.
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This is a very large cache, please take care to
rehide it well!
