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2013-06-01 16:00
smudge42
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- Found it
Out for the day with the intention of adding a few abanazar caches to the total. After a spot of detective work in the morning, we set out to investigate this one - no pun intended, but it was a case of checking out the difficulty levels, before committing ourselves.
As we neared the first WP, a fox sat staring at us from behind a bush - great to see nature up so close. As the first to reach it, I was up like a shot, only to fail to spot what was needed - starting to feel a bit of a fool, and there it was. Now to reach that little higher to get it.
The next WP proved a little trickier, and I went up the hard way, only to realise an alternative route was required. We all struggled to identify anything significant, but then with Andy in the tree, it was spotted.
Plenty of sheep to keep us company as we neared the next, and what a shocker it is. As it was an exploratiry visit, all kit was still in the car. To be honest, the hardest part (in hindsight) was getting started, and my Army Cadet assault course training came in very useful in launching Andy up the tree. Once up, the rest of us had great fun in ribbing him to climb higher & higher - we even considered nipping off for a cup of tea at one point.
My turn, and what appeared easy from below proved harder in practice. It was all in the technique, which I just about worked out as I neared the bottom again.
A huge challenge and a very rewarding cache. Cheers.
