Mountain summits Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
By
wayn0 on 11-Dec-22. Waypoint GA27056
Cache Details
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| Type: | Locationless |
| Container: | Other |
| Proximity: | 161m |
Description
Hello mountain fans.. find a summit!
“International Mountain Day is celebrated annually on 11 December to create awareness about the importance of mountains to life, to highlight the opportunities and constraints in mountain development, and to build alliances that will bring positive change to mountain peoples and environments around the world.”
#MountainsMatter
Mountains don’t just look great.. At least half of the world’s population depends on mountain ecosystems to survive. Water, food, clean energy. But what is a mountain? This definition can vary depending on the resource you look at or the region you are enquiring about. When does a hill become a mountain? Is there a technical difference? In some regions there are even subcategories of hills and mountains like in Scotland. Marylins, Donalds, Grahams, Corbetts, Munros. So, for the purpose of this Locationless Cache here is “wayn0’s definition":
A large natural elevation of the earth's surface where the name of this natural elevation has the word mountain or mount in it. If the name of the natural elevation doesn’t have the word mountain or mount in it but it’s over 300m above its surroundings then all it requires is a name. An example of this is Ben Nevis.
To log this Locationless Cache you are required to get yourself to a mountain summit and take a photo. The first preference is of a view but if there isn’t one or not much of one then get an image of something of interest at the summit eg. Trig Station, summit cairn or mark, telecommunications tower etc. If you’re on a summit and there is no view and nothing of interest then screenshot your coordinates. This doesn’t have to involve a walk or hike. Many mountain tops you can drive to, eg. Mount Coot-tha in Brisbane which also has a carpark and cafe at the summit. This is why the D/T rating is averaged to D2.5/T2.5
So, please include in your log..
- Image from summit of a mountain
- Name of mountain
- Coordinates of summit
- Date of visit and provide a rough D/T rating of your journey because the rating can change depending on the mountain and time of year.
Optional extras..
- If you can it would be great to also get an image of the summit from a lower elevation.
- An interesting story on your visit and some information on any geocaches on the journey will be appreciated. I particularly enjoy stories of people experiencing what it’s like to leave the boundaries of a comfort zone.
There are no restrictions except providing your own images (or an image from someone you journeyed with). Any mountain in the world can be logged. *The same mountain can be logged multiple times. Geocachers can log multiple times. You don’t need a GPS or yourself in the image but it’s preferred. Your visit can pre-date the publication of this cache.
Some examples..
Bartle Frere view of summit and view from summit
Scafell Pike Summit Trig
Mt Coot-tha Summit View
* I've set proximity to 0 to hopefully remove alert messages when logging a summit that has already been logged.
For NON-summit mountain goodness, check out GA27100 Mountain Moments.
Logs
Difficulty 3 Star
Terrain 3 Star
Height 318m
Located in the Norfolk Island National Park you can drive almost to the summit. There is an outstanding view of almost the entire island from the summit.
Elevation - 772m, Terrain 3.5
Mr T walked to a trig on the summit of this mountain in 2016.
Logging for the Cacheopoly Game.
Great Cache
The terrain and difficulty is 1/1 today but it could be harder if we walked from the base, but I drove today to the summit. 28/12/2023
Thanks for the locationless cache
James0116
Summit elevation: 501m above sea level
Visited 12/05/2011 D/T rating: 2/2.5
Located at the end of a 4wd track atop Mumbulla Mountain, far south coast NSW. Track was narrow, rough, steep & lead to communication towers, a Trig & a fire tower. Once I got to the top there were 4 4WDs there belonging to communication techs. They were bemused that someone would drive up here to photograph a trig. Trig is accessible via a path leading to the fire tower, both of which are at the summit.
Views from the trig were limited due to tree cover & there was no access to the fire tower. You could climb the steps but the trap door was locked.
i climbed the mountain on 20th September 2020. the difficulty and terrain for the trig on top were 1 difficulty and 3 for terrain.
On the way home we headed up to Mount Canobolas. Our plan was the view and trigs.
Surprised how huge the antennas are. The view was amazing in between the trees.
My story is that i read you could easily get a 2WD up the road to the start of the track. For my lower sportier car this was not the case. Abandoning the car half way it added around an extra hour to my walk up the mountain. I’m glad I didn’t give up but the extra hour wasn’t appreciated very much! This hike is well worth it though! D/T rating for me 3.5, for regular summit goers probably easier
Not too high at 1,120m but trying to get to the summit in under 1hr 45min was certainly gruelling.
All part of the challenge geocache here #microadventure - the romeo challenge
I excepted and completed the challenge just in the nick of time.
Even got a photo at the cairn on top.
A D3 T4.5 was about so but on though the difficulty could have been up a notch.
My visit was the 6th March 2022.
TFTL
TFTC
For this cache we’ve chosen Mt Walsh near Biggenden (S 25° 33.626 E 152° 03.344) which we climbed in 2021.
Mt Walsh is a rocky bluff that stands tall over the surrounding countryside. The climb is fairly steep and tough going in certain sections but oh so worth the effort for the views.
And there are a couple of caches at the top that makes the climb even more worthwhile - a Traditional and an EarthCache. They are terrain rated 5 and 4.5 respectively.
Thank you for this cache Wayn0. It has rekindled some great memories.
