Max's Cache |
This was a harder climb than I had realised when planning, but the views were worth every step.
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buck_knife |
USA |
25 points |
No. 533 |
No response |
"Hi" above east lake |
Sensational views from the cache location.
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markellie |
USA |
25 points |
No. 534 |
With owner |
Geocache 7/21/00 |
Breathtaking views contributed to this being one of four 25 point maximum TOP CACHE scores.
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No response from c/o
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Jerry Connelly (adopted by nmartin) |
USA |
25 points |
No. 537 |
No response |
Geocache |
An outstandingly beautiful walk up the mountain, surrounded by colour. The second cache on our holiday that scored the maximum 25 points.
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A.J. & Karen (adopted by hydnsek) |
USA |
25 points |
No. 542 |
With owner |
Diamond Doorway |
The miles of Sage Brush stretching to the horizon is something we don't have in the UK. A wonderful new environment for us to learn about.
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Declined
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Chooch72 |
USA |
24 points |
No. 532 |
Declined |
Monte Cristo |
A great walk up to an old mining ghost town in the mountains, great views, interesting buildings and artefacts to see.
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L&R |
USA |
23 points |
No. 527 |
With owner |
Lava Cascades Palindrome Cache |
Fascination location, I've not seen anything like it before.
Malpas Wanderer crossing the lava. Click the image to expand it.
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No response from c/o
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Volcanoguy |
USA |
22 points |
No. 535 |
No response |
Mt Washington |
A wonderful hike with spectacular views and glorious colour.
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No response from c/o
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UWdawg, Ron & Comet |
USA |
22 points |
No. 541 |
No response |
Mission 9: Tunnel of Light |
A pleasant walk to an iconic cache :-) .
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Project APE |
USA |
21 points |
No. 528 |
With owner |
Lydle Gulch |
This countryside is unlike anything we have in England.
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No response from c/o
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boise_river_rat |
USA |
21 points |
No. 531 |
No response |
Squak Mtn Lookout |
Great views of Mt. Rainier in the distance. We started late and completed our hike using head torches in the dark, and had to extra careful because the toads ventured onto the path once the light went.
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Knotaklu |
USA |
21 points |
No. 540 |
With owner |
Rothenburger Spitalhof |
On our drive to Austria for ski-ing we paused in Rothenburg to find a TerraCache. The TerraCache was gone, but instead we found this lovely clean and tidy cache in a stunning location.
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No response from c/o
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benitodecastro |
Germany |
20 points |
No. 176 |
No response |
Ischgl VIP Cache |
Awesome location, highly original hunt and excellent container.
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sandvika |
Austria |
20 points |
No. 178 |
With owner |
Carter Falls |
Beautiful waterfall, but we were even more fascinated by a 4 mile long large wooden pipe that ran beside the trail some of the way - an industrial relic that was a work of art
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Tibby's People |
USA |
20 points |
No. 539 |
With owner |
Black Hornet Mine Cache |
Hard, dry, ground, nearly bare hillsides, burnt vegetation, this is all a new experience for us. The cache hadn't been found for a long time, and had suffered in a fire last year or the year before.
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No response from c/o
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Prospector, Easom, Castro, Hoist, Andi the dog |
USA |
20 points |
No. 530 |
No response |
~Serenity - still serene~ |
A gorgeous location with fantastic views, that we were fortunate enough to do on a lovely sunny spring morning :-) .
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No response from c/o
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AbbeyAckbar |
Ireland |
19 points |
No. 473 |
No response |
Melnais Starkis |
Walking around Riga and arrived at the last cache on our list - to be met with a cache the like of which we had never seen before :-) .
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No response from c/o
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doubleddaina |
Latvia |
19 points |
No. 668 |
No response |
GC12 5/12/2000 |
Huge cache in a nice location.
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Jerry Connelly (GeoNap & fractal & lobotomy) |
USA |
19 points |
No. 536 |
With owner |
Karraba |
One of the most challenging caches we have done for some time! Quite different from any I've done in the UK.
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rsanthill |
Malta |
19 points |
No. 357 |
With owner |
Project 81 (Challenge) |
A beautiful and peaceful location, and a tall, majestic specimen to climb.
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No response from c/o
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spottersteam |
Luxembourg |
19 points |
No. 629 |
No response |
Wallula Gap |
An unexpectedly challenging ascent.
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Mike & Jeremy |
USA |
19 points |
No. 529 |
With owner |
Ratzi -T5- |
A fun tree climb, in a great location, and with an excellent twist in the tail :-) .
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No response from c/o
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Team Rabbits |
Germany |
18 points |
No. 327 |
No response |
Bird Box (T5) |
The tallest tree we climbed in Germany, to a good cache box. Great location.
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No response from c/o
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TIMTIM. |
Germany |
18 points |
No. 330 |
No response |
HQ GeoTour |
A varied, interesting and amusing series of special caches near Geocaching HQ.
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Geocaching HQ |
USA |
18 points |
No. 526 |
With owner |
Karpatsky kostelik |
This wooden church was so unexpected, I only found it because I decided to walk up to the Panorama instead of taking the funicular. Very unusual and a delight to see :-) .
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angels77 |
Czechia |
17 points |
No. 623 |
With owner |
Challenge Forest - T5 Traveler |
Just one example cache from a large series, I had to pick one of them ;-) Great forest setting.
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bejcci, Modrak, taxoft |
Czechia |
17 points |
No. 622 |
With owner |
Kippers in the Jungle (Denmark's first) |
Lovely big box, well presented, in a nice location.
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No response from c/o
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lysthoej |
Denmark |
17 points |
No. 489 |
No response |
Steps and Ladders |
We found the "way down". That was a bit different to usual :-) .
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No response from c/o
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Mghaffeg |
Malta |
17 points |
No. 356 |
No response |
X marks the spot |
A wonderful final location, interesting in itself, and spectacular views.
Taken from the drone - acknowledgements to Ken Spooner (wesleyken). Click the image to expand it.
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No response from c/o
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Captain Gore-tex |
Malta |
17 points |
No. 359 |
No response |
Birguma Caves |
A great walk, leading to a very challenging cache placement that required great teamwork and still resulted in scuffed shins :-) .
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No response from c/o
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evilc88 |
Malta |
17 points |
No. 360 |
No response |
Paleozoic Challenge |
A simply beautiful location beside the Danube.
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Rikitan |
Slovakia |
17 points |
No. 626 |
With owner |
Years of Geocaching Challenge |
A simple climb, I just needed an etrier to get started, to a most unusual and attractive cache container.
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geoPetros |
Slovakia |
17 points |
No. 625 |
With owner |
Challenge: 50 virtuelle Caches |
A great location and a lovely touch of humour with cache :-) .
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Final |
Switzerland |
17 points |
No. 628 |
With owner |
Muinta |
A wonderful location, one of the highlights of the whole tour, the only disappointment was that I couldn't find the cache.
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Pagu&Toso
&Toso |
Italy |
17 points |
No. 627 |
With owner |
Traditional Matrix Challenge |
A nice walk, great views, a tree climb and a field puzzle ;-) .
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geoPetros |
Slovakia |
17 points |
No. 624 |
With owner |
L'Île au trésor (Treasure Island) |
We visited this location nearly every morning and evening, but the conditions weren't quite right - until the final morning of our holiday, we went for it :-) .
The three of us on the island - and an aerial view from the drone. Acknowledgements to Ken Spooner (wesleyken) for the drone photo. Click the images to expand them.
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No response from c/o
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Tankomane |
Malta |
16 points |
No. 361 |
No response |
The Jasmer Challenge |
A lovely walk to an excellent cache.
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geonauten |
Belgium |
16 points |
No. 619 |
With owner |
Reverse WIG Angelcache |
A whole series of "fishing" caches, set on a lovely forest walk.
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No response from c/o
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Eiliger |
Germany |
16 points |
No. 621 |
No response |
Silvretta Ski Magic |
A marathon trek around the Austrian and Swiss mountains solving an original puzzle.
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sandvika |
Austria |
16 points |
No. 179 |
With owner |
Piep...piep!! |
A good tree climb to an excellent container :-) .
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onkel_patrick |
Belgium |
16 points |
No. 257 |
No response |
Apron Falls |
Lovely location, but it's a difficult trail to follow, and if you lose it, it can be very hard going ;-).
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mapking |
USA |
15 points |
No. 538 |
With owner |
Tomb Raider |
A really interesting location, and a nice walk to get there.
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kennsche |
Malta |
15 points |
No. 358 |
With owner |
Escondite Reloaded |
The centrepiece of our trip to Germany - both my 10,000th cache find and 100th D5/T5 :-) A very difficult puzzle led to a nicely presented cache :-) .
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No response from c/o
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moses mountain |
Germany |
15 points |
No. 329 |
No response |
The Highest Accessible Cache in Western Europe |
A short spring break saw us at Brevent practising our off-piste ski-ing in preparation for the Vallee Blanche. A glorious spring afternoon afforded amazing views of Chamonix directly below us.
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Cache U Nutter |
France |
15 points |
No. 66 |
With owner |
Sumas Mountain |
The highest point on a challenging loop using only smaller trails. Great scenery.
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canadazuuk |
Canada |
15 points |
No. 543 |
With owner |
Buitenbieb |
An unexpected and beautifully presented cache.
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Anicha- |
Netherlands |
14 points |
No. 620 |
With owner |
Thingstätte |
An awesome location that most people would not find without local knowledge. We were the only people here, in the early morning with the low winter sun, the silence contrasting with what it must have been like when in use.
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cgoeltl |
Germany |
14 points |
No. 328 |
With owner |