Karibu! You made it!
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cache
by Speal
Hidden:
7/9/2003
Size:
 (Virtual)
Difficulty: 
Terrain: 
(1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
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The top of Kilimanjaro.
After 5 days of hiking, I reached this spot and marked it on my
30th birthday. This is Kilimanjaro’s Uhuru peak, the highest point
on the tallest mountain in Africa. Can’t put a real cache here --
no place to hide it, too many people around, and no one will want
to stay long enough to find it. However, I think you’ll agree that
although this may be one of the toughest virtuals you’ve ever done,
standing on top is well worth the trip.
To claim credit for this cache go to the coordinates at the top
of the mountain. (Let me stress that: please ACTUALLY GO to those
coordinates and don't just pretend you went there. I can't stop
people from logging this cache (or any cache) if they are
determined to fake it, but I'm hoping that people will be honest
enough to not log unless they were actually there. I'm sorry to
have to say this so explicitly, but it seems that it's become an
issue. It's an enormous task to climb this mountain, and it's
unfair to those who accomplished it to log without actually making
the trip. If I have to, I'll make a scanned copy of the certificate
you get for a successful climb the required proof, but I'm hoping I
don't have to resort to that.)
Anyway, once you have actually reached the coordinates, there is
a sign to let you know you’ve reached the top. Send me an e-mail
with the route you took to climb the mountain, the number of days
you took to get there, the date you reached the summit, and finally
tell me the last word on that sign (not the stickers and whatnot
slapped on it, but the last word on the actual sign itself).
And by the way, please feel free to post a picture in your log,
but PLEASE make sure that picture does not contain a spoiler for
the answer to the cache question - no reason to make it even easier
for people who want to claim the cache under false pretenses.
Thanks, and good luck! It's a long haul, but trust me, it truly is
worth it.
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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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Zbfg crbcyr (creuncf gbb znal cbrcyr) gnxr gur Znenath ebhgr. Sbe jungrire ernfba (fhccbfrqyl abg rabhtu gvzr gb nppyvzngr) gur fhpprff engr ba guvf ebhgr vf ybjre guna ba fbzr bs gur bguref. Gurer ner cyragl bs bgure terng ebhgrf V'z gbyq, ohg zlfrys, V gbbx gur Znpunzr, juvpu jnf irel avpr (nsgre gur zhqql svefg qnl jnf bire).
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Current time: 11/22/2009 9:56:03 AM
Last Updated: 11/15/2009 7:49:16 PM
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