Last year was the first year we decided to partake in the underground phenomenon of geocaching. The main draw of this worldwide scavenger hunt is of course, finding caches, however something I have yet to discuss is the art of hiding caches themselves.
July 1st, 2010 is the day that Joe and I hid our first geocache. We hid it in a beautiful little park in Burlington, that we used to frequent because of the enchanting Labryinth that was built there. This particular one is a Chartres design, characterized by its elegant concentric circular pattern. A popular misconception about Laybryinths is that they are mazes, this is untrue.
A maze is a series of corridors that is meant to confound the individual attempting to navigate it, whereas a Labryinth is in fact, a single path. There is a set starting point, and a set end point, which is generally its centre. People walk a Labryinth to achieve some kind of inner peace or spiritual enlightenment. We just think it’s a cool location, and the movie Labryinth is one of my favourite Henson films. The star of Labryinth, is the venerable Mr. David Bowie so we decided to name our geocache, Ziggy Stardust.
(Below is a screen capture of our cache's description)
Ziggy Stardust is an offset Multi-Cache, meaning that you have to find clues at multiple waypoints to determine the final coordinates of the cache. It’s takes about a half an hour, or longer if you struggle with math, to complete. Joe and I have had a lot of success with our cache. Thus far, it has been found by 61 people, with only two logged failures, and it’s been favourited by 2 people as well! Most cachers have been very kind with their comments. Not only have there been multiple logs celebrating our caches meticulous puzzle-like construct, but most people have actually been very appreciative of being able to explore such an intriguing park.
If you’re an avid geocacher and you happen to venture to Burlington Ontario, do an online search for Ziggy Stardust. It’s a great little cache and a wonderful way to spend an afternoon exploring a beautiful green space. Also, if you get the chance, let me know how it’s holding up. Since moving, we haven’t had many opportunities to make sure it’s still in good condition.
“Ziggy played guitar, jammin’ good with Weird and Gilly and the Spiders from Mars, he played it left hand but made it too far Became the special man, then we were Ziggy’s band… Ohh yeah, ziggy played guitar.”
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