THE CAMEL TRAIL (Camel Trail 1, Riyadh Escarpment) Multi-Cache
THE CAMEL TRAIL (Camel Trail 1, Riyadh Escarpment)
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An easy drive followed by good walking conditions make this fairly straight forward though you do need to climb from the top of the escarpment to the bottom and back to the top. Expect to be away from your vehicle for about an hour and a half.
This is an offset cache technically making it a multi cache. The first part of the cache is easy to find and is intended to guide you to the top of the trail.
A fence prevents access to the cache from the bottom. However this camel trail is in the best condition of all of them and it is worth making the descent to marvel at the engineering. Note that you will descend to the bottom of the escarpment and climb back so take plenty to drink particularly if it is warm.
The following extract is from the log of Scarinian: I tethered Jorvic at the top of the trail and moving just under a hundred metres on a bearing of 57° I came to the bottom of a small water course, the corodinates of this cache. I dropped down the wadi side not far, perhaps 50cm, and there under a rock shelf I hid the marble chest of Zomann and it I placed the coordinates to the final cache before covering it from view by rocks in the now traditional way. I then descended to the bottom of this magnificent trail. On arriving at the bottom I turned left crossing to the other side of a small wadi and doubled back to where I had seen the Camelodia campfires burning. Recalling the wise words of the Old Widow Hag from Kingdom “Never enter enemy camps seeking intelligence taking the Scared Food Container of Riyadh with you” and so I hid it under a rock and covered it from view with stones. I unsheathed the Enchanted Sword of Scalim and entered into the Camelodia camp.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Gur sbyybjvat cnentencu jnf sbhaq va n yrggre jevggra ol gur Qhxr bs Xuhenvf eryngvat gb gur vapvqrag: Fpnevavna qrfpevorq ubj ur yrsg gur znva ebhgr ng A°24 31.653 R°46 24.609. Ur gura jrag bagb fnl gung ur jnf irel cyrnfrq ng uvf uvqvat cynpr orpnhfr gubhtu vg vf rnfl gb svaq gur ebpx, gur pnpur vf uvqqra haqre gur yrnfg boivbhf pbeare.