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Tiger Mountain's Logging Legacy Traditional Geocache

Hidden : 10/31/2004
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


On February 23, 1925 a Climax locomotive raced out of control down the tracks toward Holder Creek on Tiger Mountain. The locomotive, belonging to the Wood & Iverson logging company derailed near the location of a bridge spanning the small creek. One man, Nick Karis, was killed but others including the engineer were able to jump to safety.* This cache is near the location of the fatal railroad accident. A few rusty couplers, wheels and twisted remnants of a track layer still bear testimony to the accident.


Satellites were tough to hang onto so this may take some searching and that is why I gave it a 3 rating. Just keep in mind you do not need to climb up, slide down, walk through, stomp on or splash in to get the cache, the retrieval is easy.

* Schmelzer, Ken. "Wood & Iverson: Loggers of Tiger Mountain." Oso Publishing Company, Arlington, WA. 2001.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pynffvp CAJ uvqr, gnyy, wnttrq, n fgrc sebz genvy.

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)