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GCNP8A

Traditional CacheGranite of the Apes

A cache by TahoeCrew     Hidden: 4/29/2005

Size: Size: Regular (Regular)     Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5     Terrain: 2 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)


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N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.??? 
In California, United States

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Ammo can hidden in a huge boulder field. Depending on how you approach and where you park, it can be less than 500 feet from the car. People say it is not a 1.5 terrain, so I am upping it to a 2. BUT if you park in the right place, it is a 1 to 1.5 max.
This cache continues to be stolen! We replaced it again today (6/28/06).

Watch your step when walking around the area as the decomposed granite is very crumbly like granola and is similar to marbles when you step on it on inclines.

While you are here make sure to check out the house nearby built around a boulder. The boulder is half in the house and half out of the house. It is a vacation rental so it is empty a lot but be aware that people may be staying there so respect their privacy. It is a really cool house!

This cache is part of a Series


We have seen Series caches with lots of difficult caches making up the series that take multiple days and a lot of moving around to complete. We wanted to make a series for travelers visiting Lake Tahoe (and locals!), especially with kids in mind. We will call ours a "Mini Series" since it is only 4 caches total, all close to each other and the whole series can be done in one afternoon. Our kids hid all the caches (with our help) so your kids should love the spots.

The series of caches are all located at or near local "bouldering" areas. Bouldering is a form of rock climbing on boulders instead of cliffs, with no need for ropes, harnesses and other gear. Just climbing shoes, a chalkbag and a crashpad.

When visiting these areas please respect the climbers, animals and nature that you may encounter. These places are very special to us and many people would like to keep them secret so please tread lightly and enjoy the cool "secret" spots! We climb at all of these areas often so don't be surprised if you are being watched while looking for the caches!

 


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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)

haqre n ebpx.(Decrypted Hints)

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 October 7, 2009 by mattbrady775 (377 found)
cool spot.....TNLNSL
thanks!

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 October 6, 2009 by Steve&Jen (440 found)
Cache #259 - Okay this one was pretty cool. Good climbing and messing around on the rocks. It was like the Tom Sawyer island at Disneyland. The GPS was bouncing a bit so took us longer than others. At one point we climbed than got back down because it seemed as if it might be on the bottom. But got back up there and finally found it. TFTC!!

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 August 14, 2009 by sunshinegirlz (863 found)
Grabbed another 10 caches today.TNLNSL TFTC Sunshinegirlz


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 July 31, 2009 by sscblaze (1170 found)
#1024

TFTC

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 July 31, 2009 by trackz man (1170 found)
Never saw the house but there are some BIG ones around-TFTC

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Current Time: 2/9/2010 3:01:11 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (11:01 PM GMT)
Last Updated: 10/7/2009 4:16:08 PM Pacific Daylight Time (11:16 PM GMT)
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum


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