Trogdor's Shovel AKA: P&H Model 206
A
cache
by Trogdor!
Hidden:
1/4/2004
Size:
 (Regular)
Difficulty: 
Terrain: 
(1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
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Cache is located near the top of a hill in Marrland Openspace in
Simi Valley. You can start by getting to Ikenewit's Ruins first. Oh
yeah, thanks Ikenewit for the Pics!
After the fire burned through Simi Valley, a lot of forgotten roads
that were previously totally overgrown, are now exposed leading us
to some very unique places. This cache is located in a former
limestone quarry with awesome views. Please be very careful when
traversing the areas where landslides have taken out the old road
on the way up the hill.
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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vafvqr gur gernq
(Decrypted Hints)
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 Good Old P&H Model 206
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 September 10 by Johnny5o1 (289 found)
Rode my bike up Las Llajas trail and found all the caches along the way. All the way to the Shovel (hiked). Very Hot in the canyon today.
[view this log] | June 22 by colin&daddy (4036 found)
Hullabaloo, THAT was fun!
Seriously, for cachers like erik, or lounging_at_walden, that was probably just a stroll in the park, but that was pretty epic for me. I must admit I 'm rather impressed with myself. From Wild Animals, I crossed back over the creek and followed some faint deer trails across the south face, hurdling the erosion ditches, constantly working higher, bushwhacking when I lost the deer trails, until I was able to ascend to the saddle between the summits. That trail(?) that went straight up the ridge looked impossible, so from the saddle I worked around to a secondary ridge that seemed to offer my best chance, short of heading all the way east to the road up from Las Llajas canyon. The ground was so soft it was three steps up, two down, but I persisted until I made it to the higher ridgeline and could get on solid ground. From there it was just 500 feet to the shovel. Finally made it. And could not find the cache. Nooooooooo! I will NOT DNF this. Looked some more, keeping a wary eye on the bees that are using the engine block as a hive. Looked some more. Still can't find it. Dang it, I am not DNFing this. Ate an energy bar, hoping for some rejuvenation. Didn't help. Finally decided to see if GeoCraig could offer any words of wisdom. Miraculously, my pathetic phone actually found signal and I was able to phone a friend. Sadly, Craig found it so long ago, he couldn't help. Graciously, he offered to email the previous finder and report. I dared the bees again, practically crawling in, under and all around No. 206 without success. Curses. Finally, with no more help from Craig, I reluctantly gave up. As I was climbing back up the rocks to retrace my path and head back down the ridge, I saw something that made me return and check one last place I hadn't looked. Oh, you devil. Yes! NOt sure why the welcoming committee exists, surely not the intent of the original hider, but whatever. SL, extremely grateful that I did not have to DNF! Now to see if I can survive the trip back down.
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| June 20 by PhysicsMan5000 (76 found)
Very interesting find. One of my friends noted that "This [location] is like Travel Town for Simi Valley." I agree, although it is not quite as accessible as Travel Town. RCKen also noted that the cache was not in the same location as he had found it last time, although it is still located on the shovel. I will definitely come back to this place. It is very cool!
[view this log] |  June 20 by RCKen (709 found)
Took a group of friends up to the shovel today. Trail is in good shape at this time and the slide area in the beginning is easily passable. I think this spot is fairly popular as we encountered other hikers on this trail. Someone relocated the cache from the original hiding spot which was visible to a different spot on the shovel. Hint "No snakes". Cache is in good condition at this time.
[view this log] | January 31 by MLHoover (221 found)
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Current time: 11/21/2009 8:43:57 AM
Last Updated: 9/10/2009 10:33:03 PM
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