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Tuberia de Gas Mystery Cache

Hidden : 5/28/2007
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Tuberia de Gas is a four leg multi-cache mini-adventure and IS NOT AT THE LISTED COORDINATES (about 1.5 miles away).

Leg one was improperly replaced and was lost. The coordinates for leg two (now the fist stage) are:
N38 03.532 W122 32.419
(This change does not affect the results of "Three Parts" GC147RB)


The second leg has everything you need to obtain segment three. Find the phone number on the orange sticker. Starting from the left, assign the letters A-J to each number. The next stage is at: N38 03.ADI W122 32.HJB
Before moving on, make sure you have ALL the available tools to help you on your quest (½” can make the difference between an easy grab and failure.)


Did you get EVERYTHING you need? Mid way to the third leg is where you will lose the fire road. Looking due south you can see the next leg. Faint animal trails and bush whacking are required the rest of the way. This segment is intended to be obtained using a specific method. There are 3 “boosters” available (I only needed to use two). Should you decide to do things your own way (vice the intended way) MAKE SURE YOU CAN RETURN THE CONTAINER TO ITS ORIGINAL PLACE BEFORE YOU ATTEMPT THE GRAB. There is no need to open the container - just copy the coordinates.


The fourth and final leg is to the south. Go uphill, at the open glen look for the orange marker then follow your GPSr downhill, NE or you can take the more direct route along the steep side of the hill. A simple plastic jar painted dark green, hidden in a common way.


This cache requires hiking up a medium grade fire road and then about 450 straight line feet of bushwhacking. As each segment is completed please return everything back to its intended starting position. Everything you need to complete the cache is available along the way. If you're not POSITIVE you can return a segment to its original position DON’T DO IT.


One more time – If you fail to return things as they were the next searcher may not have a fair shot at getting the cache.
P.S. If you use the suggested parking your route will take you past my CA (BEL MARIN KEYES) - GCXJKR cache. I give hints on request.

Make sure you keep the coordinates for all stages to do the computations for cache Three Parts (GC147RB).


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Zber guna whfg pbbeqf ng Fgt 2 Ba qbjauvyy fvqr

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)