Below the Edges - Red Tarn

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N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.???  [] In Northwest England, United Kingdom

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The cache is a small lock tight plastic box hidden above Red Tarn near the Swirral Edge Path up Helvellyn

There are 3 potential routes to the cache; firstly from the summit of Helvellyn coming down via Swirral Edge, Secondly up the Glenridding Valley and up the Red Tarn Beck and Thirdly cut across to Red Tarn from the "Hole-in-the-wall" or start of the Striding Edge Path.
Either of the routes requires a significant walk of at least 2-3 miles uphill in a remote landscape, the paths are generally well kept and the Edges are for the more experienced walkers. I don't recommend the walk for young children!

Please always remember the conditions on the Fells can change very quickly and dramatically, always prepare for the worst and don't take risks! Therefore walking boots and waterproofs are needed.

From the Red Tarn outlet flow ascend up towards Swirral Edge to find the cache, which is hidden near to the path, just above 750m elevation.

No severe slopes have to be navigated to find the cache and please keep to the path up until approximately 20 metres.

On a clear day there can be wonderful views of people silhouetted across Striding Edge, across the Tarn and up towards the summit of Helvellyn.

Please re hide the cache well and be on the lookout for muggles as the route can get busy.

The usual contents in the box, small trackables will fit in, please don't remove the log book, geocache notice, pencils and shapener, Thanks.

Enjoy the location, All the Best!

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)

Gneafvqr bs gur ynetr ebpx (Decrypted Hints)

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Along the ridge from Birkhouse Moor

Looking down towards the "Hole-in-the-wall"

On the path down towards Glenridding

On the Swirral Edge Path

Ullswater views

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Cache Logs

October 18 by naughty-dog (3 found) Despite being familiar with geocache hunting, it is something I never got in to. Was doing Hellvelyn via Striding Edge but the weather got the better of us and we had to detour down to the tarn before crossing over to Glenridding valley and back down to the village for some tomato soup hehe. Found this cache no problem. Stole the marble and left 2 AA batteries (charged of course down). Not sure if batteries was a good idea in case they leaked but it seems a busy spot so shouldn't stay in the cache for too long. Incidentally, this is my very first cache find and I kinda enjoyed the thrill - looks like I will be taking my GPS more often from now on. Thanx for the find. [view this log]

October 11 by 2sanstef (107 found) What a lovely walk! well worth visiting this cache took pencil sharpener, left marble TYFC [view this log]

October 7 by The Pippins (663 found) I approached this cache from the top of Helvellyn which is harder I believe because you have to negotiate some tricky rocks to get the path. Once on this path the cache was a nice easy find. There was a lovely view of Red Tarn. TNLN. SL. TFTC. [view this log]

September 26 by skullshrinker (23 found) Found it with Aleksandr De Meerkat as part of a three cache jolly up Helvellyn. A scorcher of a day super walk despite Aleksandr De Meerkat's blisters!!! Co-ords spot on TFTC. Skullshrinker [view this log]

September 26 by Aleksandr De Meerkat (15 found) Found on the way up Helvellyn, lovely location. Lots of people about. TFTC. [view this log]

Current time: 11/22/2009 6:08:39 AM
Last Updated: 10/18/2009 5:25:16 PM
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum