GC16TM4 Traditional Cache Crow's Nest (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° 08.339 W104° 52.511 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 3
Not Available during winter  Horses  Needs maintenance  Medium hike (1km-10km) 
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Crow's Nest



CROW’S NEST

THE CROW WAS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE EARLY SAILOR’S NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT. THESE LAND LUBBING FOWL WERE CARRIED ON BOARD TO HELP THE NAVIGATOR DETERMINE WHERE THE CLOSEST LAND LAY WHEN THE WEATHER PREVENTED SIGHTING THE SHORE VISUALLY. IN CASES OF POOR VISIBILITY, A CROW WAS RELEASED AND THE NAVIGATOR PLOTTED A COURSE CORRESPONDING WITH THAT OF THE BIRD’S, BECAUSE IT INVARIABLY HEADED TOWARD LAND. THE CROW’S NEST WAS SITUATED HIGH IN THE MAIN MAST WHERE THE LOOKOUT STOOD HIS WATCH. OFTEN, HE SHARED THIS LOFTY PERCH WITH A CROW OR TWO SINCE THE CROW’S CAGES WERE KEPT THERE: HENCE THE “CROW’S NEST.”

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14 Logs: Found it 12  Needs Maintenance 2  

Found it 07/02/2019 By berg_kids
Bike caching, plus walking off the path. No puzzle clue.

Found it 06/27/2019 By R&B CO
Got an early start on hiking in Greenland Open Space before the heat of the day. This was the first of the caches we found. All good with the cache. Thanks for the fun.

Found it 04/26/2019 By Hikermama3
Found it. Wouldn’t want to do this on a really hot sunny day. Kind a cool finding some really old grave markers. Tftc

Found it 01/05/2019 By msstrong
Another quick find as I work my way back to the car after finding a couple of the caches up on this Ridge beautiful day today thanks for the fun placement in this beautiful location

Found it 08/18/2018 By TheTwinnedFir
Beautiful morning to find this spot. Found no puzzle pieces. SL. Left a little something and took a little something. TFTC!!!

Needs Maintenance 07/19/2018 By romanme2
The cache is fine but if you are going for the series there are NO more pieces

Found it 01/04/2018 By weblookie
Followed the cattle trail to get to GZ. Tftc

Found it 11/12/2017 By LLYN-lhvwn50
The container is in good shape but there are no puzzle pieces. It was nice wandering around along the ridge today. TFTC.

Found it 07/26/2017 By geoguru1
Read log for Butch Cassidy. This was an easy find. SL

Found it 09/20/2016 By gampa&gamma
Sure enjoyed hiking again in this area----especially in the fall with all of the colors! Found cache quickly, picked up TB, signed log. Thanks!

Needs Maintenance 08/20/2016 By Dean & Chris
Please go to your cache and replace the puzzle pieces.

Found it 08/20/2016 By Dean & Chris
We had to bushwhack through some scrub oak. Beautiful views from the site! We really liked this location! Thanks for bringing us up here.There are no more puzzle pieces left in the container. Otherwise everything is in good shape. We'll e-mail the CO and put in a maintenance request. Left TB for the next cacher. Tftc.

Found it 07/30/2016 By Pohka
After banging out Tom.Dogs cache I decided to make for this one, hard to say no to the Maritime History Series (btw, you need to put puzzle pieces in or send out the answer). Hike was pretty easy other than the fact I was in bike clothes (shoes, short, and jersey) so a little harder to move through the terrain, especially the shoe part (bike shoes, the one plus is mine are for mountain bike courses). Cache itself was in great shape other than no clues (second hint). Appreciate the placement.

Found it 07/05/2016 By SuperDolph
I wish I had a crow's nest to help me navigate through this nasty reef of scrub oak!! Great location, nice hike! The cache is in good shape but there are no more puzzle pieces. I'll message c/o to see if I can get a soft copy. TFTC!