El árbol solitario
A
cache
by Surveyor Alex and Pedro Cancel
Hidden:
9/27/2008
Size:
 (Regular)
Difficulty: 
Terrain: 
(1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
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My biggest challenge to date. Walk through a mountain on the south
part of Puerto Rico to see a curious tree and a Puerto Rican flag
on top of it. Outstanding views wait for you there. This spot can
be seen right after you pass El Jíbaro monument on road #52
south.
Every time I travel on PR #52 south to my home in Santa Isabel, I
see a curious tree and a flag on the top of a mountain right after
el Jíbaro monument. After a couple of months planning and scouting,
I finally found the way up, and the views are absolutely
amazing.
Now these are your instructions to properly reach the cache, follow
them because the trail is pretty difficult sometimes. First follow
PR #52 south and make an exit right on the toll plaza (peaje) to
road PR #1 North, follow it for nearly 2 minutes and make a right
on waypoint #1. Continue this road to the end and park near the
house, begin your trek at waypoint #2 and on waypoint #3 make a
left. Continue your way up on the trail until you see the tree near
waypoint #4, follow a near invisible trail to waypoint #5. On this
point I lost the trail, try to follow the following set of 5
waypoints on the list to reach the tree because I think it's the
best way up. The trail exists but it can't be seen because it's
pretty overgrown by recent rain events.
You can see the whole trail on Google Earth, prior to the hunt it's
recommendable to print the image and compare it to the track log on
your GPS unit while you're on the hike. This way you can see where
you are and how much hike is left.
It took us 2 hours to reach the top because we made several stops
to rest. The way down was faster, like an hour and 10 minutes. 5.6
km. round trip.
Please be very careful when you do this cache, it's absolutely
necessary to bring lots and lots of water, it's no joke. Long pants
are very useful, sunblock, hat, food, thirst quencher beverages,
walking sticks, hiking boots and you may consider a machete because
on rainy seasons it gets pretty overgrown on some spots of the
trail, first aid kit and a geobuddy to give you company during your
journey.
Since this cache is so remote, it will be difficult for me to give
frequent maintenance, please help me with this task when you visit
it.
The cache is a regular lock and lock with an FTF prize and pin, my
new TB Rock isn't dead, log book, 2 pencils, sharpener and lots of
goodies.
A video of the hike to the Árbol Solitario can be seen at:
www.vimeo.com/1834981
I hope you enjoy this cache experience as much as I did.
CACHE OR DIE!!
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 n terng fcbg gb gnxr cvpgherf bs lbh, gur CE-52 uvtujnl, gur zbhagnvaf naq gur Pnevoorna Frn.
(Decrypted Hints)
Find...
 SURVEYOR ALEX AND PEDRO CANCEL AT THE FLAG POLE
Surveyor Alex and the tree
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 July 4 by wally_123 (13 found)
Gracias por brindarme la oportunidad de llegar hasta aquí y compartir con tanta gente buena. La vista es simplemente impresionante e incomparable. Disfruté de esta experiencia al máximo!!! TFTC
[view this log] | July 4 by Arod* (25 found)
Esta ha sido la camita mas larga y retadora que he hecho hasta ahora. Me encantó la experiencia!!! Found it!!! TFTC
[view this log] | July 4 by grechen23 (25 found)
Una experiencia realmente inigualable!!! Encontrado y firmado! TFTC
[view this log] | July 4 by ada, cesar y andy (6 found)
La experiencia mas espectacular... un camino largo y complicado pero con una recompensa extraordinaria. La vista, el aire que se respira son totalmente diferentes a lo vivido hasta el momento. Gracias al team organizador por permitirnos vivir este momento maravilloso.
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| July 4 by edmart (234 found)
Tremendo el lugar... mejor la compañía.Separé esta fecha memorable, "El Día del Árbol Solitario", para mi cache #200. De paso Ineabelle y yo aprovechamos para comenzar a celebrar nuestro aniversario de bodas #18 allá arriba. La vista es espectacular.... pero más espectacular fue sibir con todo el grupo que se animó a hacerlo ese día. Gracias Surveyor por llevarnos hasta aquí, gracias a todos los compañeros y compañeras que aceptaron el reto. Jamás será igual.... cada vez que pasemos por allí lo recordaremos. TFTC,
T: Vaso de Arizona
L: Un dólar SL Cache #200
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Last Updated: 9/9/2009 1:47:20 PM
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