Calcite Cave Traditional Geocache

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Zeke: So long, farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, goodnight!

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Hidden : 11/24/2001
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Located above an area of many slot canyons. Cache was placed with using map & compass skills in mind. Fun place to get slightly lost, except at night.

7.62mm ammo can
Various backpacking-type items

The box is hidden in a very small cave, the only cave, in this high point east of Palm Wash. It is a place where non-players would look (as if someone would ever come up here), so please re-hide the cache well. No calcite in the cave, but the southeast slope of the hill is strewn with it.

The nearby Calcite Mine, WEST of Palm Wash, is a popular and interesting place to visit. If you include it in your adventure, you can also do the Calcite Cubby Cache. Next to the mine, looking in a northerly direction is a huge object known as Locomotive Rock. (From the cache, Locomotive Rock looks more like Giant Thumbprint.)

Calcite Cave cache is less than .5 mile east, but on the OTHER side of Palm Wash. You can drop into this deep crevasse at the base of Locomotive Rock. At this point, Palm Wash is a really cool slot to explore. There is a REAL calcite cave down there (actually a shallow mine, I think). Carved out of the rock is a doorway sized & shaped entrance into a small room. (Hmmm, “DROP into this deep crevasse” is bad terminology. I should say, “carefully descend.”)

However, be aware that many people visit Calcite Mine and some like to throw rocks into the slot. Even a small rock from that height could ruin your day, so consider who is topside before you go down. See the cheater for another route to the cache.

The Ten Essentials are really important. Map & compass very helpful when you are up top, but the twisty-turny slots can be very disorienting, and you could end up out there after dark. Please visit (visit link)

This is another karma cache -see Jacumba 3446 (waypoint GC205F) for details.

Zeke & Debi

Bonus – Consider going to the tanks near North Fork, NNW of the cache (see the cheater). If you have a problem with heights, you’ll get a thrill looking into this slot.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Furrc Gnaxf, Nsbbg naq Nsvryq ol Wreel Fpunq.

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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