May 10, 2007

Hiding Rocks: A Strange Avocation

Granite-in-Snow

 

The Cascade Mountains here in Washington State have been vibrating with spring the last few days. So we headed for high ground where I took a few incidental photos, not of the stunning snow caps, but rather a few example-shots of our rock and log clones. These were not remote locations; I simply wanted to identify in photographs, how easily the geocapsules blend into different environments.

 

 

Geocapsule-Shield

 

 

Though we saw nobody else on our walk along Lake Keechelus at Snoqualmie Pass, it’s always funny to anticipate people’s thoughts when they see a guy carrying a heavy-boulder and a camera.   

 

 

 

 

 

Even when the surrounding geology is basalt, the Granite geocapsule still mingles as though it belongs. A rock is pretty much a rock to your brain, wherever it lives. 

Rock-Field

 

 

Granite-Placement

 

 

 

There will always be well-intended environmentalists who huff at those who leave a cache behind, and geocachers have withstood this occasional derision while becoming more aware and responsible about cache placements. This new adventure called Geocapsuling is an attempt to nudge the sport even further in that direction.

 

 

 

 

The WIlderness Log blends with most any downed timber.

Log-Geocapsule

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