MTL-E001 · Expedition Ring
The Wave Ring
You completed the adventure.
A silver band engraved with rolling waves — the first ring ever placed. It rode in a zipped pocket through the bluff run and the jade cove, and now it waits in the spray-cooled dark near Salmon Creek Falls, listening to a hundred feet of falling water.
Want a guide on how to get to it?
Two ways in — the fast one, or the full story.
From the maker's bench
The waves were the obvious engraving and the right one — this coastline is the reason the whole project exists. It went into hiding still cold from the creek. Whoever finds it: it has already been behind a waterfall longer than most rings ever get wet.
The clue
“Everything you need is hidden within the film. Watch the waterfall sequence closely — the falls tell you where to look, and nothing about the spot requires a risky move.”
Full context hidden within the film
- Tier
- Expedition Ring
- Status
- Available
- Region
- Salmon Creek Falls area, Big Sur — approximate
- Date hidden
- 2026-08-07
- Date found
- —
- Can be kept
- Yes — finders keep it
- Must be rehidden
- No
- Travels
- No
- Partner-held
- No
- Coordinates
- Clue-gated
The Ring Run — just get there
The shortest safe path to standing where the clue matters. The full adventure is better — but the hunt is the hunt.
- Access
- Southern Big Sur, Highway 1 — the trailhead sits at a hairpin turn. Episode 001 shows the pullout.
- Distance
- About half a mile round trip
- Time on the ground
- 30–60 minutes on the ground
- Difficulty
- Short but steep — loose rock, poison oak beside the trail, slick stone near the water
- Check Caltrans for Highway 1 conditions before you drive — closures reroute everything.
- Park fully off the highway at the trailhead pullout. Long sleeves and grippy shoes.
- Follow the established trail up-canyon to the falls. It is short and steep; take the extra ten minutes.
- At the falls, watch Episode 001's waterfall sequence again. The film tells you where to look.
- The spot requires no climbing, no wading into the hydraulics, and no risky move. If it feels dangerous, you've misread the clue.
Safety & ethics
The placement is reachable from the established falls area without climbing wet rock faces or entering the waterfall's hydraulics. Wet rock is slick rock — if a spot requires a risky move, you've misread the clue. Poison oak lines the trail; cover up.
Every placement is permission-based, environmentally responsible, and legally accessible. Coordinates and clues never override safety, law, professional guidance, or environmental responsibility.