November 25, 2010 - One Year Anniversary Multi-cache

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Hidden : 11/25/2010
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is hidden on a very special day. Besides being Thanksgiving, it marks the one year anniversary of my kidney transplant.

March 2009 - after a few months of being sick, I finally had enough and made a doctor appointment. The doctor immediately diagnosed me with complete kidney failure. I was told that I was just days away from death. They put me on dialysis right away.

April 2009 -Sharp Hospital started running tests to find a match for a live kidney donor. Many friends and family offered to test and donate. The first four that were tested, were matches.

June 2009 - My brother, Dustin was the closest match. Without any hesitation, he decided to make the sacrifice and give me one of his kidneys. At this point, he had to undergo further testing to ensure that he was healthy enough to live with only one kidney for the rest of his life.

November 25, 2009 - Kidney transplant surgery takes place. It's a complete success! Dustin was walking around the hospital just a couple hours after he woke up. He was released two days later. I was released five days later.


One year later, I'm happy to say that both Dustin and I are doing great! Better than I ever imagined possible. Neither one of us are experiencing any side effects or difficulties as a result of this surgery. Four months ago, I was able to hike to the top of Mt. Whitney with FlagMan, AS73 and zatyko. Now, I am training to run the Carlsbad Half-Marathon in January of 2011, then hopefully a full marathon later that year. Thanks to my generous brother, I truly believe that I am healthier today than I have ever been my whole life.


The posted waypoints are not for the final cache, but for the first of six stops you need to make to obtain the final coordinates.
I'll give you the obvious....N32° 53 and W117° 14
At each stop, you will find a fitness sign. This sign will give examples of one or two exercises or stretches. Example: I may direct you to the "Bar Jump" exercise. I'll tell you that you are looking at the sixth letter. That would be the M. M is the 13th letter in the alphabet, using only the last digit, your answer would be 3. Got it? Good.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Onfr bs gerr

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)


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