This is our 91st T5, and it was most definitely the hardest.

We have found the other abanazer T5 caches so when this was published, it immediately became our aim to find it. When I decoded the instructions, and Mrs Dizzy read them, we had a talk and she decided that it might not be her cup of tea. I did not want to try it alone, so took up the very kind offer of Digdug who was excellent company and provided the reassurance that if things got a bit too dangerous, then together we could overcome anything.

We met up at a nearby parking place at 10.00 and found the cache at 11.30.

The first part of the journey to "Lasciate ogne speranza,voi ch'intrate" went smoothly and we soon arrived there and  swapped some trackables and discovered Amberel's Top Cache Coin.

Then it got interesting. I had the instructions and was leading our way, and a couple of times, we paused, I read out the next stage, and looked at where we should go, then checked with Digdug, because that way looks impossible!! How can we go there??

But we did!

And what an adventure it was. Many ups and downs and squeezes. I was wearing my climbing harness, but had to stop and take it off at one place because it jsut got caught and I could not go forward. I was wearing a T shirt and jacket, and still the sweat was running off me. My knee pads kept slipping down to my ankles and became a hindrance too.

The route passes by some very interesting rock formations which we paused to photograph on the way back.

So we finally arrived at the cache, and it was then that I realised that I'd left my UV lamp in my rucksack, which we left at "Lasciate". Doh!!

So then I spent a few minutes looking for the cache, much to the amusement of Digdug who would not play "You're getting warm". So I found it and was pleased no, VERY pleased to see that we were the FTF.

We stayed in the area of the cache for a few minutes to relax and savour the silence and the atmosphere, and then began our journey back.

I was surprised to find that going back over/under/up/down/through and around the obstacles was easier than it had been on our outward journey.

So...If you can get there, you can get back!

We had not gone very far when we saw a light in the distance! It was abanazer! It was great to meet you, and in such a great place too.

We then made our way back to the surface to find that it was raining! Weren't we in the right place?

To any other adventurers planning on finding this cache....DO NOT GO ALONE...Go with someone that knows what they're doing.

Thanks very much for this, my first Opencache. It was an absolutely brilliant experience.

Pictures for this log entry:

Mr Dizzy

Underground

The Passage

Way to Go

This Way

Looking Up

Wonderful

Wonderful

Wonderful

Who Can This Be?

It's abanazer