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Cache

Caches Disguised as Graves

"In 1849 Capt. Stansbury found one marked grave which, 'instead of containing the mortal remains of a human being, had been a safe receptacle for divers casks of brandy.' J.G.…

Constructing a Cache

"'A proper place being selected, which is usually near the border of some stream, where the bank is high enough to be in no danger of inundation, a round hole two…

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Scott AlumbaughIn early March 2020, I decided to bikepack the length of the Pony Express Trail in Summer 2021, following the Pony Express Bikepacking Route, a nearly all off-road route created by Jan Bennett. You can learn more here >

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