UTAG Magazine, Issue 10, Magna's Masked Midday Marauders



The Official E-Zine of the Utah Association of Geocachers Issue 10 -- Jan 2007 Table of Contents Cover Page Vacations, Kids and Caching Finding "Magna's Masked Midday Marauders" Caching Along a Route An Interview with SirGerald Regular Features Chuckles Credits Feedback UTAG Home Back Issues of the UTAG Magazine		Finding "Magna's Masked Midday Marauders" A Recommended Cache by Phoenix-Rose Here's a link to the "Magna's Masked Midday Marauders" Cache Page This cache has a long history of being found, and has a camera in the cache so there's lots of fun pictures. Thing is though - that while it's a fun find there are a few factors that complicate it: It's near a creek so the mosquitos form a blanket over you when trying to find the cache. You have to tramp through shoulder high thistles, stinging nettles, sagebrush, and then duck around a Russian Olive tree. If you don't get pricked at least once with this cache, you're not gonna find it. The house behind it keeps bees. Yes, real live bees - so if you go the wrong direction or when the flowers are in bloom, you risk getting stung too. Red ants really like this area - and rather enjoy hiding under where the cache is hidden. All in all, this cache is a challenge - and the logs prove it. When you find it and are able to take the pic (and they're developed) we all have a story to tell. I know it took me two tries - the first I was in shorts, tank top and sandles. I was excited, and charged right in to try and find it. After getting caught in a cloud of mosquitos, stepping in a fire ant bed, and realizing that I was going to have to do battle with the thistles and a Russian Olive tree, I vowed that this was not the night and went home to log a DNF. A few days later, armed with Raid, a machete, and wearing a hat, leather work gloves, long sleeves, jeans, and tennis shoes, I took my GPS and went after it. It took a bit to find - and alot of balancing on different slabs of concrete and rocks while I tried to avoid falling into the red ants and the thistles. Overall, the find was worth it - and the picture with the mask was taken. This was one of my first caches - and one of my fondest memories - why? Because I learned that as a cacher, you have to be prepared for everything. To this day, I still carry gloves, tweezers, an extra log book - and know that if I'm going caching, that there's a certain dress code needed.
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