GC42GE5Echo Twelve
Type: Traditional
| Size: Micro
| Difficulty:
| Terrain:
By: MikeAndJuli@
| Hide Date: 01/21/2013
| Status: Available
Country: United States
| State: Colorado Coordinates: N38° 50.800 W104° 43.890 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
"Squad Seven, Echo Twelve..."
Colorado Springs Fire Dept. and most public safety services in the city use a mapbook that divides the city into 432 "Map Pages", 1 square mile each. These map pages work like so: The city is divided into twelve 6-mile by 6-mile sections. Each of these 6 square mile areas is given a letter designation (A=Alpha, B=bravo, C=Charlie, etc). Then, each of these 6-mile sections is further divided into 36 1-mile by 1-mile squares, each given a number designation. Using a combination of these letters and numbers, we cover 432 square miles of the city and outlying areas, with each square mile having a unique indicator or page number. When a dispatcher gives a first responder an address, they will include this map page so the responder knows the relative area of the address.
This series of Geocaches will be placed in as many of these Map pages as possible. Understand that there is no way to get a cache into all 432 pages, as some of the pages are on airport property, or the AFA, or already saturated with caches, etc. Each cache will be named for it's map page the same way you would overhear it on a scanner. Enjoy!
Congrats to Crumbcrunchers & lil monkee & UB.L for FTF !!
08/06/2018 By ladditude This is nicely done. It took a little maneuvering to get it out, signed and rehidden properly, but all is ready to go for the next cacher to find! Favorite from us! TFTC SL
06/02/2018 By MX5TRD Yes, very tricky but fortunately we had seen this kind before and snagged it quickly. Be careful with log as it's torn. Tftc
02/09/2018 By rkster This one had me scratching my for a minute or two but within a couple minutes in the log was in my hand. I liked it. TFTC SL
01/23/2018 By R&B CO I really has to use my geosenses on this one. TFTC
01/08/2018 By K Trackers I picked this nice cache up while in the local area. I've done a few in the series, and while generally easy, a few are a bit on the sneaky side. This one was definitely sneaky sneaky. Thanks to the CO for placing this fun cache for everyone to find, TFTC.