One Thousand - That's Nuts!!! Mystery Cache
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One Thousand - That's Nuts!!!
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Unless you have been sleeping, or you are new to this game (hobby,
obsession…), there exists among us a couple of cachers that are
about to join the ranks of those Vermonters (um, we mean flask) who
have found 1,000 or more caches.
The posted coordinates will only get
you to a pull off on a dirt road in Johnson. But it is a nice
place to park
When one has found so many caches, there is a need to put out new
caches for them to reach their goal, and to that end, we have
attempted to make a cache worthy of their 1000th find!
We did a little research and found out that, as hard as this is to
believe, even DJ and CAL started out crawling, just like we all
did. Here's a little snippet of their very first log:
October 9, 2004
Found it.
Myself and CAL found on the second try.
This was my first Geocaching trip. Saw a big moose cow.
hope to do another this weekend.
Can you imagine these two "hoped" to do 2 complete caches within
just one weekend! 
Now, many of us stay home next to a warm cozy fireplace with the
Christmas tree all decorated in anticipation of Christmas Day, but
by Christmas of that same year, DJ and CAL were over the edge and
sharing Tupperware buried deep in the snow:
Merry Christmas
this was one of the toughest ones yet. We walked in from where the
plow truck stopped. The road was all ice. We slipped and fell
twice.
CAL found it easily, but when we got to the cache we had to dig
thru a foot of snow. Then, the box was frozen with ice to the rock
and to the leaves. It took 30 minutes to dig it loose with several
sticks. Had a great time - the challenge is half the
fun.
It didn't take long for them to go from the crawl, thru the walk,
right into a full run and by May they were logging what we like to
call a "Cache-Your-Brains-Out-Weekend":
This was our 19th of a 25 cache weekend.
It was a beautiful day and the bugs were horrible.
CAL found it easily.
Thanks for the exercise
The neatest part about these 2 is that they are truly wonderful
people who have always made us all feel welcome; even the youngest
of our group. I remember the first time we were caching with them
and QGirl stops me along the trail to whisper with a big grin, "DJ
talked to me!"
So once again, congratulations DJ and CAL on your 1000th find!!
This is a wonderful hike along a very long trail. It has a pretty
good elevation change but the view at the top is well worth it.
Please don't leave the area before you check it out at North 44deg
39.298 West 073deg 43.386
About the cache: It's a multi and, as usual, the final is a
regular size lock and lock, the other stages aren't. (hmm, where
have I written that before?)
Some things are new, some are combinations of things seen
before.
It is our belief that you can not do this cache alone.
(Please do not take this as a challenge, we realize that it may be
possible, but you will more than likely trash one of the stages.)
Please do not brute force any of the stages, all the required
equipment is available within feet, so please be patient and think
before acting.
As a matter of fact somewhere along the way
you will wish you had some 'help'. Once the object of interest is
located, with your back to the object, walk 13 paces (what is a
pace? I'm not sure, but I counted each time my right foot hit the
ground!) at a bearing of 310 degrees magnetic and there you will
find some help.
So let's get this thing started. We don’t believe you have seen
this type of puzzle before. For some of you the rate of solution
can be measured in wpm. So, to get the first stage coordinates you
just need to decipher the following:
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gomhrtd pmvr yp yjr ;rgy smf fp ejsy vp,rd msyits;/ Smf yjr smdert
eo;; ,shovs;;u s[[rst/
Dp pgg upi hp yp nrhom upit drstvj sy Mptyj“ gptyu=gpit frhtrrd
yjotyu=momr [pomy pmr jimftrf yjotyu drbrm/ Erdy” xrtp drbrmyu =yep
frhtrrd gptyu=yjtrr [pomy gpit gobr rohjy/
Note: If you have not yet completed the caches One
Great Year and The Bonus, you can start at the parking coordinates
for One Great Year and do all three caches from the same spot. It's
a nice walk along a long trail. Good luck and most of all HAVE FUN.
Contents: A gift for DJ and CAL, School Kit, Auto Compass Ball,
Lighted Magnifier, Jumbo Crayons, Memo Holders, Compass/Thermo
Keychain, Compass keychain, mini paint set etc.
FTF Trophy, Logbook, Pens, Pencils and Stash note.
Additional Hints
(No hints available.)
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