GC4F83 E4040CC#8 - Tip Of The Hat
Type: Multi | Size: Not chosen | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: SpiderTracks @ | Hide Date: 04/20/2002 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 14.550 W108° 58.430 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 1

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COORDINATES ABOVE ARE NOT FOR THIS OR ANY OF THE 8 LEGS IN THIS SERIES. You will have to do a little decrypticing in order to find the coordinates for each cache. The EAST 4040 CRYPTIC CHALLENGE will take you to some of my favorite spots. You will excercise, your legs, lungs, and MIND to complete the task. Are YOU up to it?

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The above coordinates are just a good starting/reference point and are within FIVE miles of the cache. Those coordinates do NOT figure into the puzzle for finding the actual cache coordinates. Instead, for each cache in E4040CC, you will need to add two factors to get the CORRECT coordinates. In each case, one will be here on the web page as shown below for Factor #1 and will always be a number of minutes (portions of a degree) which will be added to Factor #2 to come up with the final coordinates. Factor #2 will have to come from clues and puzzles along the way.

For this 8th and FINAL cache use:

Factor #1 +2.268' North & -58.096 West
(BE CAREFUL ON THIS ONE - ESPECIALLY WITH WEST COORDINATE)

Factor #2 for the Tip Of The Hat cache will be the results of a final puzzle in the clue book.

This final cache in the multi-series is virtual. It has the final answer in the Cryptic Challenge.

I really hope you enjoy the challenge of this series, and find much satisfaction with the prgress you make. I also hope that you will enjoy some of my favorite places as much as I do.

11/03/2009 By bikephotog
What a great way to wrap up a morning of caching! Spectacular view and got a chance to hike in the snow a bit. Thanks for the cache and the excellent series! BP

09/12/2009 By JeoCacher
thanx 4tc and the series. finally got to do the last one today. we loved the site. the pine nuts were open so we stayed a little longer for a snack. then we went back to vernal for a burrito to celebrate finishing it up. i got the last answer. very funny. gave a small cheer and chugged on.

04/12/2009 By Pincherlips
The views were great! Came here alot when we lived in Dinosaur.

12/23/2007 By cherokeerose
Went and got this one with hubby today. Had to wait for the area to reopen.
There is quite a bit of snow there, so it was a good thing we had the jeep with us. With all the times we have been in this area, we never stopped off at this site. What a mistake!! It is awesome!! I love the whole area here. Answer as been sent and will pictures.
Thanks ST for a great series of caches!! They have been wonderful and have taken us to many new places that are just out of this world
I know that we will be back to this spot this summer!!
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look at all the snow!!

our foot prints
a view of the power plant.
a view from the answer spot
another view from cache spot
another view from cache spot

06/10/2007 By Me & Bucky

Bucky & I found this one on a beautiful June afternoon. We decided to take today to finish up this excellent series of caches.

This was a great conclusion to this wonderful series! It was a little hazy today, but the view was still stunning! Nice to be able to look back and see where we've been.

I hadn't been back in this area, so it was a great introduction to a new place. I will definitely be coming back!!

I can't imagine the amount of time and effort it took to set this series up, develop and design the puzzles, then implement the plan. It is a masterpiece!!

Thanks for the cache, and for the great series!!
Bucky Checks Out the View at the Tip of the Hat!!

Looking West
History in Texture and Color
A Gnarly Survivor

04/16/2006 By FrogTracks
What a great place for the end of the series! Brought back a lot of memories since I used to live nearby. This is one of my most favorite places. Found with Rhino #3. FT,SLC,UT (Find #105) How bout an egg?

11/10/2005 By scubadog
What a great idea, an a series on at a place where I could see all. Very cool. Answer sent. Thanks.

09/20/2005 By Any Direction
Finally finished your 8 cache E4040CC Series.
Thanks for the fun. Some were really challenging.

05/31/2004 By kimbest
After doing the calculation for the final cache I entered the coords in my GPSr and saw that there was a road going thru it. I might just finish this in two day. But when I got to the road I saw that it was a narrow two track dirt road, so I started out on it. But as the road got more tortuous and the ruts got deeper I realised this couldn't be right! So I took out my little book of clues and saw that what I was looking for couldn't be here! So I turned around at the first place I could and decided I'd try it again in the morning.

I discovered my error back at the motel. I had added the integer portion, but subtracted the fractional portion on the latitude. I was in the right area but south of the right place. So I ended up finishing this on Monday morning. The view was awesome and well worth it.

Afterward I headed back to Vernal, and stopped by Spidertracks house to pay a visit. They offered me breakfast, so even though I didn't get a BB&P, I still got a nice meal out of this. Steve introduced me to some of his relatives and some of his geocaching buddies and we had a nice conversation. Then I was off to do a few more caches on my way home to Salt Lake. Of all the 900+ I've done this will be one the most memorable. Thanks Spidertracks for the great adventure.

03/09/2004 By SpiderTracks
Just stopped by to check on this one. All is well. Still some snow along the trail to the cache. - ST