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towlebooth · Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2004 9:15 am Post subject: Project APE?

Since I don't frequest the groundspeak forums could someone tell me what these are/were? Just curious because they seem to have all been archived and the user banned. If that's the case, why did they get their own icon?

Project APE caches

Marsha and Silent Bob · Past MnGCA President Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 6261

Joelcam · Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2004 9:55 am Post subject:

There is one still out there. It's in the Seattle, WA area... called Mission 9, Tunnel of Light. (http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=7d120ae2-855c-430d-9c14-3d7427de4bdd)
I contacted the owner last week before I headed out there on vacation. He said it's not advisable to try it this time of year because of the harsh winter conditions. The roads are closed in the area until mid-April. The 2nd day I was in town, they got 7 inches of snow up in the pass and I decided not even to try to get up there. Looks like a neat cache. There was one visitor who went in December 2 years ago (daring soul I guess). I wondered why they have their own icon, I never did ask that, but thanks to SB I know! Smile

KC0GRN · Past MnGCA Board Joined: 22 Feb 2004 Posts: 1424

What a coincidence, I'll be out in Seattle at the end of April.... Perhaps I should contact the guy and see if the cache will be accesible by then.

Marsha and Silent Bob · Past MnGCA President Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 6261

KC0GRN · Past MnGCA Board Joined: 22 Feb 2004 Posts: 1424

Thanks Silent Bob,

I contacted Moun10bike and he just replied to me. The cache will be accessible when I'm out there, just not through the tunnel (apparently they keep that closed until may) but there is an alternate route to get to it.

I've already made plans to attempt getting it while I'm out there, so I got at least one good cache I'm looking forward to getting.

Anyone want a travel bug of theirs dropped off out at this cache?

Ramsey63 · Geocacher Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 49

Sad to see that the Mission 9: Tunnel of Light (Project APE) cache has now been archived. (GC1169) We were happy to visit it last year and will remember the nice time we had on the hike up to it.

bflentje · Geocacher Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 3673

pfalstad · Geocacher Joined: 02 Feb 2006 Posts: 967 Location: Edina

Glad I got to find it last year. The Illinois one was archived less than two weeks after I found it, but this one lasted almost a year.

timewellspent · Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:54 pm Post subject: