GC16TKZ Traditional Cache Scuttlebutt (Maritime History Series)
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 2 out of 5 | Terrain: 3.5 out of 5
By: cirrus @ | Hide Date: 10/19/2007 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 07.572 W104° 56.083 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 6
Scenic view  Available during winter  Medium hike (1km-10km) 
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Scuttlebutt



SCUTTLEBUTT

THE ORIGIN OF THE WORD “SCUTTLE BUTT,” WHICH IS NAUTICAL PARLANCE FOR A RUMOR, COMES FROM A COMBINATION OF “SCUTTLE”, TO MAKE A HOLE IN THE SHIP’S SIDE CAUSING HER TO SINK, AND “BUTT”, A CASK OR HOGSHEAD USED IN THE DAYS OF WOODEN SHIPS TO HOLD DRINKING WATER; THUS THE TERM “SCUTTLEBUTT” MEANS A CASK WITH A HOLE IN IT. “SCUTTLE” DESCRIBES WHAT MOST RUMORS ACCOMPLISH, IF NOT TO THE SHIP, AT LEAST TO MORALE. “BUTT” DESCRIBES THE WATER CASK WHERE MEN NATURALLY CONGREGATED, AND THAT’S WHERE MOST RUMORS GET STARTED. THE TERMS “GALLEY YARN” AND “MESS DECK INTELLIGENCE” ALSO MEAN THE SPREADING OF RUMORS AND MANY, OF COURSE, START ON THE MESS DECK.

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11 Logs: Found it 11  

Found it 06/23/2019 By colorado-rattll
Short stop while making my way along this trail.

Found it 02/18/2018 By JandBMurphy
Nice chain of caches. Cache in good condition.

Found it 02/18/2018 By Bokmeow
out doing a day of caching with jandbmurphy! all is well and good with the cache tftc! tnlnsl .

Found it 01/31/2018 By gampa&gamma
It was a beautiful morning for a hike, so we decided to explore the scenic trails west of Palmer Lake. We hiked up from the lower reservoir to get the Sundance Mountain cache first, then continued west aong the "Backwoods Trail" until we got to the the Bearing Tree cache. We didn't go after the Backwoods #1 cache since it had a few recent DNFs by experienced cachers. The trails were snowpacked and icy so we were thankful that we had brought along our trekking poles. All containers and logs were in great shape. We grabbed a puzzle piece in hopes of someday going after the final. Thanks to all the COs for placing and maintaining these caches.

Found it 08/25/2017 By Redsoxav8r
Great view fm GZ on a GLORIOUS day to be playing outside. TFTC. And... GO, ARMY! BigSmile

Found it 06/14/2017 By KJKlock
Set out with Crumb Crunchers to find a few caches today. It was a great day for hiking. This was #3 of 6.

Found it 06/14/2017 By XTerra85
After the first 2 caches we hit the easy part of the trail. They seemed to pop up quickly on us. Found this one easily. Sl, thanks!

Found it 05/29/2017 By Hikermama3
Found it, easy, tftc

Found it 05/10/2017 By ColoradoSmith
TFTC! Another puzzle piece collected...

Found it 07/10/2016 By Back Country Horsemen
Yipee! I only have one more clue of this series to find to get to start figuring out how to solve the puzzle (which I may need help with looking at what I have so far). I started on this many many years ago & hope to get it finished before it disappears.

Found it 07/10/2016 By RPieperCO
Thanks for the fun cache! I set off early this morning with Back Country Horseman, her pup and my two kiddos 3 and 5. We parked down below and made the trek up Sundance Mountain trail. Tough climb up and nearly broke the kiddos, but once up top they enjoyed the trail and finding all the caches with us. Each cache we found was in great condition! We signed and stamped all the logs. We made it as far back as the Ice Cave trail ending our adventure at The Baring Tree and turned around for the hike back. What a hot day! We were completely exhausted and headed to McD's for ice cream and refreshments! All said we clocked in at 4.9 miles over a 5 hour hike. So much fun! Thanks for placing these caches for us to enjoy!