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Ethan's Cache Mystery Cache

Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

A pleasant mountain ridge in a quiet and lovely location. Nice excuse for a picnic or just for a day in the great outdoors.

This is a puzzle cache. The coordinates shown are not the cache location but do indicate the general vicinity of the cache site. Thus, before you start, you will need to find Chris's Cache to retrieve starting coordinates.

In Chris's Cache, with subtle art,
A clue will tell you where to start.
And once you stand just where we say,
A dasheded line will point your way.
But more is needed, so we’re sharing
The distance taken from your bearing
Of seven parts, you’ll need but five
And, taken in yards, you will arrive.

Ethan's Cache also contains clue slips which will give you directions for finding Larry’s Grüner Petz-Baum Cache

Note: The original cache has been muggled and has been replaced. The names of those who previously found Ethan's Cache have been entered in the new logbook.

Note, June, 2007: We've replaced this cache with a new one. The coords you find in Chris' cache are just about where the cache is, now. Forget all the fancy clues about offsets, just go there.

December,2007 update:

Chris' Cache was in a burned out area that needs some recovery time. Since it is a link in a chain of puzzle caches, here's what you do. When you've received the longitude from Pool Ridge Trail for Chris' Cache, subtract .163 from it for Ethan's Cache. I'm just going to give you the latitude: 38° 33.551
Come find me!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Abg gur ovt, yvir gerr, ohg gur yvggyr, abg-yvir gerr.

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)