GC828R6 Wherigo Cache EOTS
Type: Wherigo | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 3.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: Dud&Plato @ | Hide Date: 12/31/2018 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 24.486 W105° 00.443 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Available at all times  Available during winter  Stealth required 

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The mighty EOTS has been sighted and has taken on guarding a geocache. Only through wacky and mysterious adventures can it hopefully be bested. 

 

This is a choose your own 'how' whereigo. Things are not always straight forward, and it's recommended you read this entire cache listing before attempting this one.

This cache tries to have a little bit of everything. The physical cache itself is traditional. The options of how to find it, include a letterbox style, a puzzle style, a longer multi style, all with a touch of whereigo thrown in.

The actual tasks involved with this whereigo are not that difficult. However, patience and persistence will be required. For many, getting started may be the difficult part. That old coot ... well what can I say.

Once you 'get started' the how you proceed is up to you.

One option allows you to proceed rather straight forward. It's just the longer option with many more stops.

The other option allows for you to attempt to find the cache letterbox style, with clues directing where you should look.

The last option is a kind of reverse geocache style, telling you how far away you are from things... but not which direction.

Every option has it's own spin or twist. Some more difficult, some more random, some vague, some more direct. There is more information available while you play. 

Important WhereIGo playing information:

This cache was made to be a challenge, with more than one way to complete it. Please take note of the following before even attempting to play it:

  • Sometimes options will change. What you selected before may reveal new options if selected again.
  • Sometimes you have to wait. Even after you have selected something. Sometimes you don't have to 'do' anything BUT wait. We're not talking hours here, but don't assume because nothing has happened, that nothing will.
  • Explore EVERY option in the player. Clues can be hidden where you may not expect them. Checking items, characters, tasks, and locations etc. Get to know your whereigo! :) 

Some things are meant to be difficult, but having this many options allows for more potential bugs. The author tried to squash as many of these as possible and continues to do so. WhereIGo is a grumpy beast sometimes. PLEASE report any bugs you experience. As a last resort, you can attempt to restart the cart and pick an alternative method to solve it. I hope to get it to a point this disclaimer is not necessary, but until that point, don't hesitate to contact me for assistance! 

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13 Logs: Found it 12  Owner Maintenance 1  

Found it 12/31/2019 By SuperDolph
I'm impressed with the amount of work that went into this one! We were a little stumped at first but then everything came together. TFTC!

Found it 12/10/2019 By BearAdair
Headed north with animjason, and Bhob today targeting non-traditional geocaches. This was one of them.

Great container.

Thanks Dud&Plato! Logged EOTS from a ninth galaxy using c:geo!

~ Geocache Find #726 ~

Found it 12/10/2019 By animjason
Caching north today with BearAdair, and Bhob. I am always targeting Wherigos, and even have a BM list of all active Colorado ones (I think it's up to date).

I was surprised to find this container type, and happy. Thanks for the cool final, and location. That was fun.

Thanks Dud&Plato! Logged EOTS from a ninth galaxy using c:geo!

~ Geocache Find #10791 ~

Found it 08/02/2019 By OwenfromKC
TFTCSL thanks for the fun Urban where I go. All is well.

Found it 05/25/2019 By rangerhal
Out grabbing a few caches with blackfire5th. I have mixed feelings about this one. At times, as advertised, the cartridge was rather frustrating. We went with Agent Smith and once we figured out that walking was not the way to zero in on this one it went pretty well. We did appreciate the clever symbolism of the storms. Thanks for all the effort to put this cache together!

Found it 05/25/2019 By blackfire5th
It took us on and off all day, but the coot finally helped us out! We enjoyed the storms! TFTC!

Owner Maintenance 04/09/2019 By Dud&Plato
Checked on this one today. Seems some muggles decided to liberate some swag but the cache and log remain exactly where it should be in fine shape. Will keep a closer eye on this one. Please report any issues and happy caching!

Found it 03/31/2019 By Denali41
This morning my puppies Orizaba and Chimborazo and I embarked on a caching adventure that included this great wherigo; the superlative Park Place cache by icezevbra11; and the finals of the three recent puzzles created by Barasaur. I ended up signing all five caches, so it was a marvelous morning, indeed.

I had tried the cartridge soon after it was published but was somewhat stymied at the starting zone. I returned home and thought about things. Based on certain techniques built in to Dud&Plato's three wherigo caches associated with this year's annual Wingin it! event, I made some hunches and they turned out to be correct. I ran them by Tom at a recent event and he enthusiastically confirmed that I was thinking correctly, and he subsequently emailed me with strong encouragement. I really appreciate the creativity that goes into building wherigo cartridges, and Dud&Plato excels in this dimension. For me, building even simple ones has been quite an experience, so I have admiration for the CO and the ideas he incorporates into his cartridges. This one certainly entailed some neat twists, but I worked through them this morning showing delight at each small step toward getting to the cartridge's end. My puppies were a bit bored, particularly at the first zone where I spent too much time in their opinion.

The cartridge took me in some circles, but each turn and "Task" became a learning experience. Thanks for this. Of course it gets a Favorite point.

Found it 01/12/2019 By OneKindWord
I love WIG caches and this one is less than 1/2 mile from home, so I decided to head out and grab it today. I ran into waawhoo at the seventh stage of how I was playing, he was playing a different way so we split up and then ended up at the final about the same time. This is a very fun and well done cartridge. Great location for the final as well. Thanks for the awesome Wherigo adventure!

Found it 01/12/2019 By waawhoo
I started this with the group of cachers the night of the geo dinner but I gave up after leaving Ground Zero with the group. I was just a little too cold. I happen to be in the area today so I came back out to see if I could finish this. going through a couple stages I ran into OKW doing it as well. so we split up again as we had different stages to go to. then we met up near Ground Zero once we got the final coordinates and found this guy. I end up doing the reversed where I go. Thanks for the hide!

Found it 01/10/2019 By icezebra11
I'm feeling a little nauseous from spinning in circles looking for this cache but I was successful so now I can relax and let my stomach settle BigSmile

I saw the notification that this new WIG was published yesterday but didn't have a chance to go for it right away. Today my afternoon was free so after loading the cartridge into both my phone (Android) and Oregon 450T, the two pups and I got in the truck and headed for the posted coordinates. I found a nearby parking spot and they waited in the truck impatiently while I walked to the zone and commenced with the cartridge. Well that took some doing and the pups waited much longer than I thought they would have to. Once I was given the choice I went with the multi-cache option. At first I thought I'd try one of the methods on the phone and another on the Oregon but the Oregon acted up before getting through the first stage so rather than fiddle with it, I figured the pups had been waiting long enough and just went with the phone.

I got back to the truck and two very anxious pups and we headed for our next series of locations. Long story short, we drove to every one of the many locations necessary except for the final two stages. We parked a few hundred yards down the way from the penultimate stage and the pups were very happy to get to walk to it. Once we hit the final zone and received the final coordinates I plugged them into the Oregon and used it to navigate to the final cache location. It was a quick find once at GZ and I was happy to be the first to sign the log after the event group. So according to the CO's note, because I was the first to complete it without any assistance, I can share {FTF} with the test group. Thanks!

Though I haven't found a whole lot of WIGs, this was certainly the most complex of the ones I've done. And I've yet to attempt to create a WIG but I would think this one took at least an associates degree in programming to put it all together! Wink VERY WELL DONE Dud&Plato!!!

Found it 01/09/2019 By Pixel Magic
We were part of the test group that found this cache after quite a blustery and circuitous romp around the area. Amazing what imaginations members of our community are capable of. Well done Sir Tom.

Need to heed clues. No words are extraneous.

Found it 01/09/2019 By Suz_In
{FTF} I was lucky to find this cache first with a group of nice people.. ( lucky to meet some nice persons i would say ;) )..

thanks a lot Barasaur..