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2012-09-22 18:12
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- Found it
This was the second cache of the day caching with Ursus Bear, Team Postie Grum and young Sandvikans Sharky and Peguin, following on from the TerrcCache nearest to the entrance.
The climb into the fort after crossing the muddy causeway was a tricky challenge - I am amazed that Amberel has achieved it without rope or ladder as it is decidedly difficult. Fortunately, the ropes that Andy had used on his visit to set this cache were still there. Penguin climbed up like an agile salmon but Sharky was more of a walrus, making a 3 course banquet out of it before Mrs Grum kindly helped him out. I, the heartless father, was prepared to watch him struggle for as long as it took him to master the climb! When it was my own turn, I was very thankful for the rope and am pretty certain I'd not have been able to manage without it.
I hadn't suffered vertigo getting in to the fort, although this was where the real danger lay. However, the search for GZ for this cache tested my vertigo at least mildly, and I was rather less than comfortable on getting to the right level, although at GZ itself it was not as if I could actually fall off.
As for the TerraCache, Mrs Postie Grum went beyond the call of duty and climbed in, something which most definitely exacerbated my vertigo, albeit on her behalf. In the end, however, it was Mrs Ursus Bear who found the cache, a torch once again proving invaluable. Again a prisine log was to be found and fortunately, on this occasion, the magnet had performed its role correctly.
Many thanks for another excellent cache, Sandvika #1989
