GC76WH2 Traditional Cache "Yggdrasil" - MythCache #6
Type: Traditional | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: Nighthawkers @ | Hide Date: 06/06/2017 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 57.551 W105° 02.075 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0

My cache-kids love mythology - Our first 5 hides were Greek, so we decided to "branch out" and do a Norse myth cache. You can park at Safeway and walk across the street to the trail, or there is a dirt turnout southbound Lowell just north of GZ. Small camo'd container big enough for small swag or TB. TB placed in original. Congrats to Fork L Man for FTF.  


Yggdrasil is the "World Tree", an immense mythical tree that was the center of the cosmos and connected the nine worlds in Norse mythology: Gimle, the High Heaven; Asgard, the home of the gods; Midgard, middle earth and home to mortals; Vana Heim, World of the Vanirgods; Alf Heim, World of the Elves; Jotun Heim, World of Giants and Trolls; Darkalf Heim, World of the Gnomes, Hel/Nifl Heim, Underworld; and Musdel Heim, World of Fire. The branches of Yggdrasil extended far into the heavens, and the tree is supported by three roots that extend far away into other worlds. Creatures live within Yggdrasil, including the dragon of destruction Níðhöggr in the roots and an unnamed eagle in the branches. A squirrel called Ratatoskr scurries up and down the tree Yggdrasil carrying insults between the eagle and Níðhöggr. 

Eventually, the branches and leaves of Yggdrasil began to wither and droop, signaling the coming of Ragnorokk, the day of reckoning when the destiny of the god would be decided. Demons rose from Hel and a battle raged between the gods and all other beings. Níðhöggr, the dragon of destruction, finally chewed through the roots of Yggdrasil and it broke, and the sacred halls of Asgard toppled and fell.

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10 Logs: Found it 8  Write note 1  Temporarily Disable Listing 1  

Temporarily Disable Listing 03/02/2019 By Nighthawkers
Looks like they have the site marked off by construction. I’ll keep checking and either enable or archive once construction is complete.

Write note 03/02/2019 By robuster91
it looks like they are building some thing on this spot they have fenced the tree off all the way around and its possible there taking the tree down

Found it 11/04/2018 By mipi13
Tftc

Found it 10/19/2018 By DBsearching
Found it after a short search.
TFTC

Found it 09/14/2018 By DanndyDan
The retrieval of this one push me out of my comfort zone for sure. TFTH

Found it 08/09/2018 By Back Country Horsemen
Trio of us looked for this & Peace Love Pie dug it up.

Found it 08/08/2018 By dustyriver
A find with peace love pi and Back Country Horseman - Sure a lot of holes around here.

Found it 08/08/2018 By peace love pi
Found with Back Country Horsemen and Dusty River after the almost event this evening. TFTC! All is well with this cache.

Found it 08/08/2018 By LiveWire77
Forgot pen, Short Circuit 77 took a picture and posted for us. Thank you for placing this cache so we could enjoy the search and its discovery.

Found it 08/08/2018 By shortcircuit77
Live Wire 77 and I coming up for the 8-8-18 event and decided to grab this one across the street. We committed the worst faux pas and forgot a pen. Took a picture of the container and log. Thank you for placing this cache so we could enjoy the game.