carolina north forest cache-o

What: an orienteering course with 22 geocaches for controls. 

Where: Carolina North Forest (CNF), Chapel Hill, NC.

Who: open to anyone. A report from Phil's and my effort is shared below.

Why: reconnect with and refine your intrinsic geo-senses! This is one of three courses set up to practice and prepare for BHC unplugged part 2. See also CCMNA and Horton Grove.

When: Go when you please. CNF is open from dawn until dusk year-round. Refer to this map to locate parking. This course is similar in length to CCMNA with less climbing. Expect a full day to clear it (maybe half that with extra eyes).

How: ditch the device, use printed maps. CNF EAST and CNF WEST are both legal (8.5x14) portraits at 1:7500 with a 100m UTM grid. Try your local public library for cheap color printing.

You will also want to print this PDF (8.5x11), which gives UTM coordinates, descriptions and hints for the geocaches. It also gives the dates "last found" current to when this list was compiled. You may want to follow the hyperlinks to check recent status. You can now free yourself from the screen and begin plotting locations of the caches by hand on these maps. Next, venture out by foot to find them! 

Be respectful, travel without a trace and re-hide caches. Notify cache owners of any issues. Please consider posting your results/experience in a comment below. 

1/11: Phil and I found 20 of the 22 caches in 12 miles and 3:51. We resorted to GPS for a couple of them in addition to the two that we couldn't find. Many were quick finds, some were struggles and a couple required some acrobatic maneuvers. Good times!