[GeoStL] Re: NGR: St. Francious County: How to Shoot an Anvil 200 Feet in the Air

  • From: Jon Mertz <jemertz@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:22:13 -0500

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On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Steve Bromley <steve.bromley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> To make it a 5 difficulity, you must launch an anvil to a height of not less
> than 75 feet and catch it before it hits the ground.
> Steve
>
> It's not only the destination but the path you take and the friends you make
> along the way
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> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Jon Mertz <jemertz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> Easy: Hide a cache in the anvil crater
>> Medium: Hollow out an anvil
>> Puzzle: Calculate the correct amount of powder to launch an anvil X
>> feet in the air. Given hurricane-force wind speed Y and a directly
>> vertical launch trajectory, calculate the number of feet from start
>> that the anvil lands (or calculate the required winds to move the
>> anvil a given distance). Use both calculated values to determine
>> latitude and longitude
>> Locationless: Have people launch their own anvil in order to log the cache.
>>
>> Happy Hunting!
>> -Jon
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 8:35 PM, Glenn <potbellystove@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> > thats pretty neat.
>> >
>> > On Oct 25, 2009, at 8:05 PM, Arlene Jones wrote:
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>> >> I do know him. I can talk to him and see if he would like to do
>> >> anything to help get a cache going that somehow honors his
>> >> nontraditional sport.
>> >>
>> >>> From: alindb01@xxxxxxx
>> >>> To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >>> Subject: [GeoStL] NGR: St. Francious County: How to Shoot an Anvil
>> >>> 200 Feet in the Air
>> >>> Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:16:14 -0500
>> >>>
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>> >>> Firearms-aficionado friend sent this. Arlene, do you know this gent?
>> >>> Glenn, I don't suppose there's any way to work this into a cache,
>> >>> although
>> >>> it's likely to be hard on log books. However, it certainly has
>> >>> possibilities as a bomb-squad proof cache container. I'm going to
>> >>> start
>> >>> watching the flea market for used anvils, harder to hide than film
>> >>> canisters, but more muggle-proof.
>> >>> Wayne
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> _____
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>> >>> _____
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>> >>> What the.....? Not much to do in Farmington? "Anvil Days"
>> >>>
>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhQ4dE_RGnQ
>> >>> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhQ4dE_RGnQ&feature=player_embedded>
>> >>> &feature=player_embedded
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>> > Glenn
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