PLACING THE MULTI

I'd been working on a multi-stage cache the past couple of weeks and yesterday we got to finally put it in place, and it was probably our last chance to do so until next spring.

If you will scroll down to the previous post you will be able to see a couple of photos taken only a week ago and a very few miles from the cache location. Note that although it might be a little cool (35* or so) there is no snow cover. By yesterday things had changed.

First some clarification. A multi-stage cache is one that requires more than one find to complete. In it's simplest form, you need to find the first stage in order to be given the location coordinates of the final find. This is one of those. Multis can go on for several stages.

Yeah, the first stage is right over there. It's hidden just...well you know. Right here we're at about 3500ft, and we have more than another 500ft of climbing to go in order to reach the final cache resting spot.

On the way to the main hide. We're at 4100ft or so, there's 2" of snow on the ground and it's snowing lightly. Oh yes, it's 18*.

The main cache just minutes prior to being hidden. It will rest over there, you know where. The formidable container shown is a genuine military surplus ammo can, and it's the container of choice for those "serious" caches. It's really tough--heavy steel--probably totally bear proof and if not 100% water proof, it's highly water resistant--there's a heavy rubber gasket the top seals against. It's interesting too that this container is no more expensive than most Tupperware containers.


We (Joyce was there too) placed the container and got out of the forest. This weekend it will probably put down some serious snow in the area of the cache. I don't expect the first find until sometime next spring.