I would like to do a group cache with a couple of the
harder ones and maybe a few of the easier ones in
Columbia. Something like "Murder" or the "Heist" tied
in with a few like Ag Park and Tiger Hollow.
As the resident Columbia cacher, I'll mention that while all of the caches
around here are possible to do in one day, there's some that take some
special circumstances. Without giving too much away, here's the breakdown:
The Great Columbian Multicache: No special equipment needed, other than
determination to finish it. It has a lot of stops, but it can be done in one
day - it seems to be taking people around 6-8 hours to finish it.
Cloak and Dagger: Once you're done decoding the cache page, it will probably
require a short bit of research to understand the clues you get from the
first two caches. A trip to the Summer Journal cache in conjunction with
this one would be a very good idea, or else some Internet research. This
cache has been successfully done in one day (along with other caches) by
someone visiting from Kansas City, via the Summer Journal route.
Murder: Part of the cache involves a password-protected Word document,
available on the cache page to download. It would be easy to bring this
along on a laptop, if one was available. Otherwise, see below for public net
access ideas in town.
The Heist: The initial cache will give you some information including a web
address, which has links to some very creatively done clues for the rest of
the cache.
Free wireless internet for laptops is available at Osama's Coffee Zone
downtown (no, not THAT Osama), and I believe they also have net-connected
computers available by the hour. Bring your own wireless card, though.
Lakota Coffee Co., also downtown, has both free Ethernet and wireless net
access, but I'm not sure if they have any computers of their own for use.
Both are on 9th Street - Osama's is close to campus and Shakespeare's Pizza,
and Lakota is a block or two south of Broadway.
Don't let the requirements for computers or research scare anyone away from
trying these caches - they're really a blast to do. I've not come across
anything quite like them anywhere else, and it's a bit sad that the visits
have dropped off sharply now that the active local cachers have hit them.
As Dan mentioned, the ones north of town are also worth a trip sometime too.
I had quite a good time at Gone Fishin' this weekend heaving rocks and
boulders to break the ice so I could go "angling" for the cache with a rope
and magnet. Keep an eye on the weather, though...if there's been a cold
snap, I suspect the ice might be too thick to get at this one.
--mark/ooga booga
P.S. Perhaps the summary of the caches above might be a good thing to stick
on the website somewhere...I'd hate for someone to come out here planning on
doing one of the "biggies" and not be able to.
