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Virtual CacheKaribu! You made it!

A cache by Speal     Hidden: 7/9/2003

Size: Size: Virtual (Virtual)     Difficulty: 1 out of 5     Terrain: 5 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)


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N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.??? 
In Tanzania

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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)

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).(Decrypted Hints)

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 January 14 by lwercken (160 found)
An incredible trip! TFTC!

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Photo Summit of Kilimanjaro

 January 6 by Bergkaese (1219 found)
From Marangu in 5 days on the summit and descent to Horombo hut, with 10 participants

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Photo Zertifikat
Photo Das Ziel

 January 6 by aks (1514 found)
Because of our English is not that good ; we say "thank you for hiding" on this way .
Sincerely, AKS



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 November 15, 2009 by G-Duda (1196 found)
Hi,
thanks for this cache.
Greetings
G-Duda

(3 Sternchen bei GCVote)

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 November 3, 2009 by INKA-H (1023 found)
Thanks for this nice VC:
Hawedere INKA

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Current Time: 2/9/2010 6:42:39 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (2:42 AM GMT)
Last Updated: 1/23/2010 6:10:31 AM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (2:10 PM GMT)
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum


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