Logging the TVC: Everest Challenge cache

The challenge to log this cache is to sum the difference between the lowest elevation and highest elevation on a hikes to find caches. I sorted through a few caches I remembered, and found 20 caches that total over 29,035 ft. The first two in the list below were tough for me—the first because of […]

Logging the TVC: Byte Overflow challenge cache

GC321HZ is a challenge cache that requires the finding in a single day of enough caches so that the sum of the difficulty stars and the terrain stars exceeds 256. I was unsure if I could qualify, but I ran the numbers of my maximum find day—an outing with the SoCal 4×4 group in the […]

A wet, caching hike in Morgan Territory

As part of a geocaching activity related to a clue retrieval for brain twisting puzzle solving, five of us made a 6 mile hike in Morgan Territory today. Although the early morning in Livermore had blue skies, by the time we arrived at the trail head at 11 am the clouds had closed in. Snow […]