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Sugarloaf Traditional Cache

Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Sugarloaf Mountain is an open-space preserve in San Mateo CA, with a stunning 360-degree view of SF, Oakland, the bay, and the coast mountains. There are several approaches to the summit. Each involves some steep hiking. The cache is at 567'. The land is public, but sometimes signs saying "Extreme Fire Danger! No Trespassing!" are posted. The locals consistently ignore this. Be smart: don't burn anything.

8/2/21: I adopted this cache from Vaccine and will try to maintain historical accuracy given it is a very old cache.

7/21/05: I have adopted this cache from the previous owners but tried to keep everything historically accurate since it's a fairly older cache. The original location is starting to get overrun with PO and thistles, so the location has changed and the coordinates have been updated. It has been restocked and put back into action. Enjoy!

NOTE: If you have found the cache previously before 7/05 you are welcome to find it and log it again.

8/20/05: Regarding the no trespassing signs, this is a note on another cache also located on Sugarloaf:

Please note that you may see No Trespassing signs. I contacted the San Mateo Parks and Rec Dept and the following is the e-mail I received from them:

Hello, The area which you are referring to is City of San Mateo's Sugarloaf Mountain, and is public property. There are still signs up from the previous owner stating that it is private property. Thank You for alerting us about the signs. Dennis Frank, Landscape Architect Department of Parks and Recreation.

NOTE: 11/1/05 - I have spoken to Dennis Frank from the Department of Parks and Rec, as well as Sandra Lam from the San Mateo Fire Prevention Dept. Both of whom said just to "use some common sense and your own discretion. People hike there all year around and the area isn't patrolled". They also said they were working to remove the signs, although, they don't know where they are all located. If you visit, PLEASE POST OR EMAIL ME THE COORDS OF ANY "NO TRESPASSING" SIGNS you encounter, so I can make sure they are all being removed.

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Original description:

It's a standard Tupperware container.

Initial contents are:

logbook

pen

six little rubber ducks

a disposable camera

Age of Empires II CD

a bug named Carl who wants to go to Edinburgh in July/August

I didn't have a printer handy, so I didn't print out the standard "What is this thing" document. If someone would add one to the cache, I'd appreciate it.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur pnpur vf ng gur uvtu cbvag bs gur zbhagnva, sbegl srrg be fb bss gur genvy, haqre fbzr oenapurf/onex.

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)