GC44RAXFoxtrot Eighteen
Type: Traditional
| Size: Micro
| Difficulty:
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By: MikeAndJuli@
| Hide Date: 01/21/2013
| Status: Available
Country: United States
| State: Colorado Coordinates: N38° 50.082 W104° 43.223 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
"Medic Sixty Code Two to Foxtrot Eighteen..."
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 m4Fun for FTF! Honorable mention to crumbcrunchers for a pretty close STF.
07/24/2018 By Arbuckle35 Cache in great shape. I noticed 2 racks behind berm, so I drove around the berm — not for low profile vehicles. TFTC. SL.
08/09/2017 By Kerewin0430 Quick find in the rain - all is well. Thanks for placing this series!
07/21/2017 By matt.pioch Someone must have stolen this one o looked for half an hour
07/20/2017 By colorado-rattll About a 1/4 mile walk from the end of the road. Cache is in good shape.
03/23/2017 By K Trackers Picked this one up while in the local area. There used to be another cache here, and I haven't been here since then. Wow, has this area changed. There is a large berm blocking up what used to be a road...no long since torn up. Thanks to the CO for placing this nice cache for everyone to find, TFTC.