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A Cache of Palindromes Traditional Geocache

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EraSeek: This is (or may be) the cache that started the locationless caches. It is certainly one of the first (if not the first) caches that drew worldwide logs. A true uniter, in it's secondary form. But, alas, it has run its full coarse. Another story that has drawn to a close. Goodnight sweet thought.

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Hidden : 10/2/2001
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This is the local page for the physical cache.
There is also a Virtual cache page with the same name.
Or you can also log the virtual at Coordinate Palindrome

"Cache seekers assume all risks and responsibilities involved in seeking this and any cache."

PALINDROMES

87 + 78 = 165
              165 + 561 = 726
                               726 + 627 = 1353
                                                1353 + 3531 = 4884, a palindrome

Able was I ere I saw Elba – a palindrome

Hannah -a palindrome

Palindromes are those things that will read the same backwards or forwards. They are a bit of an oddity. People have written whole nonsensical stories that are palindromes, where the last letter and every letter in between will match the first letters, in a kind of mirror image.

Numeric palindromes are even more of an oddity in that you can take a set of numbers, reverse them, and add them to the first set of numbers, and sooner or later the sum will result in a palindrome. All except for the number 196. See link:

http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/threeyears/threeyears.html

Even art has a form of palindrome called tessellations, where, in example, the form of a goose flying one way defines the form of a goose flying the opposite way, in a kind of tiled pattern.

THIS CACHE IS DIFFERENT in that you have a choice in logging a find.

Either you can visit the physical cache whose coordinate is a set of palindromes, or you can find a set of coordinates that are a palindrome on your own, visit it, and log the coordinates and a photo on Waymarking , or both, to claim a find. Thus this cache is either a physical cache with one location, or a virtual cache with many possible locations, your choice, or both.

Here is BillsBayou's analysis of Palindrome coordinates

AT THE ABOVE PALINDROME coordinates for THE PHYSICAL CACHE you will see a very large maple tree nearby. This patriarch of a tree holds the cache. The cache is a large thermos and is wrapped in a black plastic trash bag. The cache has an REI bear bell, several glow sticks, and some toys. You may get a bit wet in the tall grass.You also need a ACCESS STEWARDSHIP permit to park

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ng urnq urvtug.

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)