[GeoStL] Re: Benchmark hunting
- From: Dan Henke <thunder_monk@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 06:30:08 -0800 (PST)
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Congratulations Roger on a great achievement and am
looking forward some day to hunting a few BMs with you
Dan (Thunder)
--- Roger Barnes <rogbarn@xxxxxx> wrote:
> -
> Happycycler and I spent a successful afternoon
> benchmark hunting around
> Chesterfield on Sunday. We found one that was
> originally set by the
> Missouri River Commission (possibly in the 1800s),
> documented by the NGS
> in 1934. It has been updated, protected by a new
> sleeve and well marked
> in the corner of a cemetery on Long Rd near Wild
> Horse Creek Rd. One
> could only be found by triangulation from two "X"
> marks on the curb of
> the road near Babler State Park. It was covered by
> grass and debris
> just enough to hide it from everyone except
> determined benchmark hunters
> (us). In the end, we claimed 11 finds. 8 of them
> also include their
> associated azimuth disk, so we actually found 19
> markers! To
> commemorate our 100th benchmark find, we found the
> benchmark with the
> designation SL-100 on Orrville Road. We ended up
> with fading light at
> Strecher Road near Kehrs Mill Road where a large
> group of deer were
> feeding.
>
> Keep on hunting (benchmarks or caches, your choice)
>
> Roger
>
>
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