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Average Ratings for Cache GC2X3RJ

These averaged ratings are generated from 2 individual ratings.

Average rating:	H55544		Average difficulty:		(3.5)
			Average terrain:		(4)

Decoded rating:

H
5 = Distance to cache	= More than 1 mile (1.6km)
5 = Route surface	= Rough/bumpy/might need hands
5 = Route slope	= MORE than 500ft (150m) or more than 20%
4 = Route obstructions	= Large branches or tree trunks/thick vegetation
4 = Cache height	= More than 6ft above ground (2m)

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Individual Ratings for Cache GC2X3RJ

Rating by Team Microdot on 19-Aug-2012

Rating:	H45532		Difficulty:		(3)
			Terrain:		(3.5)

Decoded rating:

H
4 = Distance to cache	= 0.7 miles to 1 mile (1.1km to 1.6km)
5 = Route surface	= Rough/bumpy/might need hands
5 = Route slope	= MORE than 500ft (150m) or more than 20%
3 = Route obstructions	= Small branches/moderate vegetation/steps
2 = Cache height	= 0ft to 3ft above ground (0cm to 1m)

Comments:

Parking for a couple of cars @ N 53° 39.423 W 002°27.114

There's a narrow entrance opposite the parking layby onto the Public Footpath which will get you without much difficulty to within 250m of GZ.

By narrow entrance I mean just wide enough for an adult to walk through. Wheelchair access would be impossible via this route.

Decent wide, flat earth / grit paths to within around 250m of the cache although they are punctuated in places with short muddy stretches which must be a fairly permanent feature given the obvious worn alternative tracks which go around the mud.

There are one or two sloping sections on the path if memory serves. A mountain bike would probably be able to use these paths with relative ease. Anything else on wheels would probably struggle with the muddy / uneven bits.

The last 250m is a complete contrast. The path becomes a narrow track, grassy in places, overgrown in others. It is very uneven and rutted and involves a fair number of natural (as opposed to manmade)rocky steps, some of them quite high. When the weather is wet this path can be a real challenge for kids to negotiate as the rocks can be very slippery, and they should most certainly have adult supervision as there are places where it would be very easy to slip from the narrow path into the water.

A reasonably fit adult with decent stamina and balance should have no trouble getting to GZ - especially if prepared to take a steady pace.

Rating by vplmoo_n_xeikon on 30-Jul-2011

Rating:	H55555		Difficulty:		(3.5)
			Terrain:		(4.5)

Decoded rating:

H
5 = Distance to cache	= More than 1 mile (1.6km)
5 = Route surface	= Rough/bumpy/might need hands
5 = Route slope	= MORE than 500ft (150m) or more than 20%
5 = Route obstructions	= Climbing/crawling required
5 = Cache height	= Assistance will be needed/don't want to say

Comments:

This cache is a challenge. There are boulders, fallen trees, collapsed river banks and steep climbs to get to the cache as well as swift water.

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