GCH6CE Crazy Hobbit (Unknown Cache) in California, United States created by JudgeCrater

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GCH6CE ▼

A cache by JudgeCrater Message this owner

Hidden : 11/6/2003

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Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Level traveling without difficulty except for bands of hungry orcs. Starting coordinates are one place you might begin your journey.

Bilbo Baggins was a most likable little fellow who lived on The Hill. He wanted nothing more than to live in his warm snug hole, with good hot meals at least four times a day. But this was not to be. An evil force was approaching and if he did not act all would be lost. Bilbo was to have a grand adventure that would take him far and wide, far from his quiet home in the Shire. During his travels he recorded his travels very carefully, mapping out his journey. It seems he lived in an area familiar to us all. It has changed much since his day and the hills and valleys are no longer as recorded on his map. But a few features have remained the same, as does the location of his cache.

Fearing the orcs would take him prisoner one dark night, he hid his cache. During his flight from the orcs, he lost his way and was unable to find his cache. You are supplied a version of the map but poor Bilbo failed to mark the coordinates for you. With no coordinates, and the land features so different, how is it possible to succeed? I am afraid the cache has been lost forever. Will wandering wraths or an evil dragon stumble upon it first? Gandalf the Grey assures me that with the use of strong magical spells and the cunning of a fox, it can be found.

Oh and the map might help. Be sure you get the full size image 1200x800.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Qb V unir gb qenj lbh n znc? Vg'f bayl n qvssvphygl 4. Naq ubj pbzr lbh unir abg qbar Srapryvar Pnpur lrg?

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)