Scott Carpenter LbNA #69064
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Add Location| Owner: | Silver Eagle    |
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| Plant date: | Jul 18, 2015 |
| Location: | Centennial Park |
| City: | Boulder |
| County: | Boulder |
| State: | Colorado |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Front Range Hiker |
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| Last found: | Sep 15, 2015 |
| Status: | FF |
| Last edited: | Sep 15, 2015 |
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (moderate slope, 0.4 mi RT)
Status: alive
Malcolm Scott Carpenter was one of the original seven astronauts selected for NASA's Project Mercury in April 1959. He was the fourth American in space and the second American to orbit the Earth. He was born in Boulder in 1925, attended Boulder High School and studied Aeronautical Engineering at the University Of Colorado. He became an aviator in the Navy and then a test pilot before becoming an astronaut. He flew into space on May 24, 1962 in the Aurora 7 Spacecraft atop the Mercury-Atlas rocket for a three-orbit science mission that lasted nearly five hours. He never flew in space again and spent the last part of his NASA career developing underwater training to help astronauts with future spacewalks. He died in 2013 and this box honors him by looking down on Boulder from the Red Rocks Trail.
Directions:
Go west on Mapleton Ave to mouth of Sunshine Canyon Dr and Centennial Park on the left.
Clues:
Walk on trail at back of parking lot to old road and go right, passing jct for Sunshine Canyon Trail on right and another trail on left. At jct with Anemone Trail go left and uphill on Red Rocks Loop Trail. At next jct go left to steps going up to viewing area on right. Go right to top step and go left 10 steps to big pine tree, then continue 10 more steps to small cavity in rock wall. LB is within behind rocks. Be discreet while stamping in, then go up for view of Carpenter's home town.
Status: alive
Malcolm Scott Carpenter was one of the original seven astronauts selected for NASA's Project Mercury in April 1959. He was the fourth American in space and the second American to orbit the Earth. He was born in Boulder in 1925, attended Boulder High School and studied Aeronautical Engineering at the University Of Colorado. He became an aviator in the Navy and then a test pilot before becoming an astronaut. He flew into space on May 24, 1962 in the Aurora 7 Spacecraft atop the Mercury-Atlas rocket for a three-orbit science mission that lasted nearly five hours. He never flew in space again and spent the last part of his NASA career developing underwater training to help astronauts with future spacewalks. He died in 2013 and this box honors him by looking down on Boulder from the Red Rocks Trail.
Directions:
Go west on Mapleton Ave to mouth of Sunshine Canyon Dr and Centennial Park on the left.
Clues:
Walk on trail at back of parking lot to old road and go right, passing jct for Sunshine Canyon Trail on right and another trail on left. At jct with Anemone Trail go left and uphill on Red Rocks Loop Trail. At next jct go left to steps going up to viewing area on right. Go right to top step and go left 10 steps to big pine tree, then continue 10 more steps to small cavity in rock wall. LB is within behind rocks. Be discreet while stamping in, then go up for view of Carpenter's home town.