Geocache saves mountain climbers
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Geocache saves mountain climbers
Thought you folks would appreciate this story, all over the news today here -<br>
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/l ... 5m.html<br>
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A couple of climbers got stuck on Mt Hood in Oregon, and dug themselves a snow cave - right on top of a geocache. The contents included the cache's coordinates, so they were able to phone in their location and get rescued.<br>
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They promised to take locator beacons next time they went climbing
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/l ... 5m.html<br>
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A couple of climbers got stuck on Mt Hood in Oregon, and dug themselves a snow cave - right on top of a geocache. The contents included the cache's coordinates, so they were able to phone in their location and get rescued.<br>
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They promised to take locator beacons next time they went climbing
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At first I thought "what are the odds of that?! digging a snowcave right on top of a geocache - that is REAL needle in a haystack stuff - odds of about a billion to one!"
But they didn't - they were out and about the next day when they came across it. Still amazing given that caches are supposed to be hidden, but the odds were a little better!
Still a good story.
But they didn't - they were out and about the next day when they came across it. Still amazing given that caches are supposed to be hidden, but the odds were a little better!
Still a good story.