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GCR9XZ

Traditional Cache Waihou Springs Cache 2.0
A  cache by Selina_and_Eric       Hidden: 11/11/2005  
Size: Size: Regular (Regular)      Difficulty: 2 out of 5      Terrain: 2.5 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)

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N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.???  []
In Hawaii, United States

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Hike through a very different Pine Forest (Yes a pine forest in Hawaii)

The hard part of this cache is that you will NOT be able to get a GPS reading until you are about 100 Meters from the cache site.. So you need to follow these clues. You should be on a trail for ALL of this adventure.

1) Drive to the top of Olinda road to the start of the trail which is well marked as Waihou Springs Trail.

2) Follow the trail and take the loop trail to the highest point uphill. Then find a less travelled trail which continues uphill and to the right. Sometimes people place sticks and branches over the start of this less traveled trail so people do not mistake it for the loop trail but the trail is still visible.

2) Follow the less traveled trail up and then to the right to cross the gulch at the rocky waterfall top and streambed (Do NOT climb down into or fall into the ravine).

3) Now walk back down the mountain (you will actually be walking uphill) along the edge of the gully in a cow pasture. At this pont your GPS should be working and you should be able to start your search for the Geo Cache.

The cache is a 8 quart rubbermade container and contains some very fine things :-)

Read the Hints/Spoiler if you need more clues.

The original cache was set in October of 2001 but was archived in 2003 because the owner moved away from Maui.


Additional Hints ( Decrypt ) 

Decryption Key
A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z
(letter above equals below,
and vice versa)

Gur pnpur vf uvqqra haqre n snyyra gerr ng gur cbvag jurer gur gerr sryy bire n srapr. Vg vf pbirerq ol oenapurf ng gur onfr jurer gur srapr zrrgf gur gerr. (Decrypted Hints)




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no campfires no horses no off-road vehicles no quads no motorcycles bikes allowed parking available blank blank blank blank blank
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Cache Logs
 November 3 by msstrong (297 found)
great hike, beautiful forest great hide, fun place to do some caching. TFTC.

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 October 29 by Crag Climber (1596 found)
Very beautiful area!
Thanks for bringing me here!
Mohalo!!
TFTC

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 September 20 by mauihollyday (1 found)
my first geo cache experience! Took a Chiba_girl cache coin & deposited a penguin...

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 May 16 by ToeKnee K (235 found)
Decided to try this on our last day in Maui. Typically do not take my non-caching wife on the more challenging treks. (I will pay for this one...)
Beautiful area. L - Snowman kit (from Alaska); ToeKnee K geonickel; little Buddha

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 April 5 by maui&mountainlife (1119 found)
This was really an adventure for us. We made it to the cache, logged in, dropped a TB and then got turned around coming back. I wanted to go one way and the hubby wanted to go the other way. We went my way first and getting further from the path, then I agreed maybe his way back was better. We did much more hiking then needed but had fun on this one. TFTGH.

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Current time: 11/22/2009 6:19:18 AM
Last Updated: 11/4/2009 6:17:50 PM
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum

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