Secret of Santa Susana Pass
A
cache
by tozainamboku
Hidden:
6/6/2009
Size:
 (Regular)
Difficulty: 
Terrain:
(1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
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The year is 1867 and you are travelling from Los Angeles to San
Buenaventura.
In the northwest corner of the San Fernando valley, the stage
route is a steep trail cut into the mountain that is known as the
devil's slide. It takes a team of four horses to drag the
stagecoach up the slide. Coming down the slide is even more
dangerous. Passengers generally get out and walk along this section
of the road.
According to an ancient legend there is a secret treasure hidden
in the Santa Susana pass. The Chumash and Tongva tribes that
inhabited the land before the arrival of Spanish missionaries
believe the animals guarded the secret. Only someone who could
communicate with the animals could find the location of the
treasure
To find this cache you will play the Wherigo cartridge
"Stagecoach - Devil's Slide". It will take you on the old stage
coach road to find the Secret of Santa Susana Pass.
Additional Hints (
Decrypt
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Decryption Key
A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z
(letter above equals below,
and vice versa)
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haqre obyqre
(Decrypted Hints)
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 Devil's Slide
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 November 12 by MamaMia (397 found)
Awesome view at the cache. What a journey the wagon ride up and down this stretch must have been!  TFTC
[view this log] | November 12 by tom4props (3337 found)
This was a whole new way of doing the Devil's Slide and Santa Susana Pass. I loved it. MamaMia and I, along with our Belgian Malinois Pepper, had a load of fun and really enjoyed the historical aspects of the game, which really brought the history to life! So cool. 
Thanks Marty. Happy caching!
PS - I just got my new Garmin Oregon 400t the other day and this was my (and MamaMia's) very first Wherigo!
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| July 19 by EMC of Northridge, CA (20372 found)
Many many thanks to LaEd for loaning me his Oregon so we could complete this adventure!! Thanks, toz, for another complex cache to solve!
Fun, funny, entertaining, confusing, hot, uphill, educational - I hope more cachers make the effort to enjoy this experience, too! I do recommend leaving a car at the top, bringing extra water, bringing a camera, and having a life line handy.
Will there be more from the tozmeister?
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| July 19 by RCKen (709 found)
Found this with EMC of Northridge and fOtOmOmm as we discovered the "Secret of Santa Susana Pass" today. There were a few glitches that we ran into today but with a little help from a previous finder and a lot of patients we were able to to complete the story.
[view this log] | July 19 by f0t0m0m (19382 found)
Found this with EMC of Northridge, CA. and RCKen. We came to the area specifically for this cache. A nicely constructed history lesson mixed in with alot of humor...We started the hike about 7 AM and ended about 10:45AM... by that time the temperature was getting a little warm at about 95 Degrees.... We met at the top... left some cars, and then started from the bottom... Thanks for the cache.
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Current time: 11/21/2009 11:04:42 PM
Last Updated: 11/13/2009 4:47:03 AM
Rendered: From Database
Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum
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