Caches that have been placed by the Iron Chef:

Iron Chef's base of operations is located at:
          Univ. California at Santa Cruz, the home of the Iron Chef
          N 36*59.901 W 122*03.230 (WGS-84).

I now have 21 geocaches placed with a few more in the works.  The 21 caches can be accessed though the menu on the left.  In addition to the web page at Geocaching.com I have also made my own web page for my caches that I call their ICGP.

Since my base of ops is in Santa Cruz, most of my caches are in Santa Cruz County or there abouts.  To mark my own waypoints I have my own little system that I will explain here.  Take for example the waypoint and geocache name below.

G-NX-001  The Strawberry Cascade
G-NX-L##  Name of Geocache

The G stands for Geocache waypoint.  The NX just because it is in the planning stages and may not get placed due to one reason or another.  The L factor is the location region.

Location Regions:

L - Major Cities (region, state)
0 - Santa Cruz, Capitola, Aptos, Watsonville, Monterey, San Luis Obispo (Central Coast, CA)
1 - San Diego, LA, Santa Barbara (San Diego County and Southern California, CA)
2 - San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento (Bay Area, CA)
3 - Yosemite Village, Merced, Fresno (Sierras and Death Valley, CA)
4 - Eureka, Mendecino, Fort Bragg, Napa Valley (Northern California, CA)
5 - Wherever my adventures take me

The ## is the number of the cache within its respective zone.  01 means that it was the first location that I considered placing a geocache at.  Although I number these locations as I go along you may have noticed that I don't necessarily release my geocaches in order.  There are a few reasons for this.  The first and main one being that I can't afford to place all the geocaches that I would like to and so I pick and choose those that I think other people would like the most.  Also some of these locations arn't suitable for traditional geocaches at all and so they become a part of a puzzle multi-cache or a virtual cache as I continue to place them.

So that is what I do in a nutshell when it comes to placing a geocache.  As always feel free to e-mail me and I will answer any questions that you have.  Enjoy!

27 August 2001 - After a few months of being a geocacher, I am very involved and excited about geocaching as a whole.  This site is beginning to look a bit like my room.... very scattered.  So in an attempt to streamline stuff (and make my life easier), I'm going to start my journalizing my geocaching adventures over at www.xenga.com because I feel like it and I think that they have a premium service.  So make sure to check the new Journal of the Iron Chef at www.xenga.com/Iron_Chef/

- Iron Chef's Placed Caches Navigation -


[Home] [G-NX-001] [G-NX-003] [G-NX-025] [G-NX-026] [G-NX-101]

 

Iron Chef's Geocaches (ICGP Main^*):
11/05/2001 Turkey Bash Cache (CA)
11/10/2001 Ladybug Lookout (California)
11/04/2001 Santa Cruz Geocache Turkey Bash (CA)
10/21/2001 Brain Scratch (CA)
10/21/2001 Bohemian Rhapsody (CA)
10/06/2001 ?Bridge To The Happened What (CA)
9/11/2001 Pyle Driver (CA)
9/03/2001 Blackbeard's Booty (CA)
9/03/2001 Whale Poop Isle (CA)
8/25/2001 Baja Coronado (CA)
8/20/2001 Otay Wakes (CA)
8/15/2001 Gunpowder Point (CA)
7/25/2001 Banana Slug Meadow Zwo (CA) - ICGP
7/14/2001 A Prelude to Darkness and Light (CA) - ICGP
6/14/2001 Ernie's Keep (CA) - ICGP
5/19/2001 The Strawberry Cascade (CA) - ICGP
4/23/2001 Banana Slug Meadow (CA) - ICGP
                        ^{*ICGP = Iron Chef's Geocache Page}
 

Iron Chef's Planned Geocaches (survey in progress):
When           ICG ID#         Location
11/16/01 G-NX-042: Santa Cruz, CA
11/??/01 G-NX-006: Santa Cruz, CA
11/??/01 G-NX-007: Santa Cruz, CA
11/23/01 G-NX-107: San Diego, CA
10/01/01 GS-NX-005: Geocache Theme: Jazz (GS-5)
12/10/01 GS-NX-001: Geocache Series 'Central Coast'
1/19/02 G-NX-039: Scotts Valley, CA (10/19/01 - delayed)
              *date refers to planned posting

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Other Pages in Iron Chef Geocaching

About Geocaching
Iron Chef's Found Geocaches
Iron Chef's Geocaches
Geocaching Supplies
Garmin Etrex Venture GPS Product Review
 

For additional hints or help finding these caches please e-mail Iron Chef.