Finding the starting point is fun. I have a lead or two. We shall see.
Blast that Ryan! :-) (tongue in cheek, that is) I am determined to be the
first finder. Unless someone has found it already and not told Ryan that
is. His boxes make me smile, but luckily, I haven't hit truly sadistic ones
yet.
Cadenza
From: "dvn2rckr"
Reply-To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 16:10:13 -0000
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [LbNA] equipment question
Unless, of course, you attempt to tackle Ryan of Portland's infamous
& sadistic Applegate Trail Rest Area Letterbox near Grants Pass,
Oregon. Then, you'll need a several thousand dollar nuclear powered
military lensatic compass with laser guided precision, a GPS for
back up accuracy, a full flood light since your hunt will take you
well into the night regardless of when you begin & numerous
bottles/tubes of Zanfel/Technu for the almost assured miserable case
of poison oak you'll catch when you give up 'dead reckoning' the
various azimuths in the clues and then you surrender to the hunt &
peck method of finding the letterbox! Truly sadistic, he is...
dvn2r ckr
Hmmm...maybe that's why he's spent the entire summer on the East
Coast tackling the AT--he's trying to get out of firing range from
us frustrated Ryan box seekers... Fortunately, we can now say that
we've found every single Ryan LB that we've sought--granted, a
couple took multiple attempts, but we've eventually found them! Ah,
the sense of accomplishment... ;)
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, HANNAHKAT@a... wrote:
> For a compass, I find, you don't need anything too fancy for
letterboxing. I
> recommend a Silva Brand model (there are many). You don't need to
spend more
> than $10 - 18 dollars or so for a pretty good one. I use them for
orienteering
> classes for scouts and school kids etc. They work well, but it's
not a great
> hardship if you lose or break it (though I've never had one break
yet).
>
> -Kim (Rustypuff)
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