The Cache of Amontillado Letterbox Hybrid
timebandits: Fortunato has escaped... the rumor is true. Be watchful this week-- he will be back!
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Size: 
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A cache requiring stealth, best accomplished with a friend or
foe.
There is a stamp in the cache for you to stamp into your own log
book (or paper). Please bring your own inkpad if you want to
stamp.
The thousand injuries of
Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon
insult, I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my
soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat.
At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitely
settled—but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved
precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish, but punish with
impunity…
It was now midnight, and my task was drawing to a close. I had
completed the eighth, the ninth, and the tenth tier. I had finished
a portion of the eleventh; there remained a single stone to be
fitted and plastered in. I struggled with its weight; I placed it
partially in its destined position. But now there came from out the
niche a low laugh that erected the hairs upon my head. It was
succeeded by a sad voice, which I had difficulty in recognizing as
that of the noble Fortunato…
I thrust a torch through the remaining aperture and let it fall
within. There came forth in return only a jingling of the bells. My
heart grew sick—on account of the dampness of the catacombs. I
hastened to make an end of my labor. I forced the last stone into
its position; I plastered it up. Against the new masonry I
re-erected the old rampart of bones. For the half of a century no
mortal has disturbed them. In pace requiescat.
Edgar Allan Poe
The Cask of Amontillado
The journey begins with the path shrouded by darkness and guarded
by the two stone sentinels at the coordinates listed. The journey
ends as you near the second set of stone sentinels. Look toward the
setting sun and you will see the final resting place of
Fortunato.
Do NOT, and I repeat, Do NOT reach into the tomb. There are
dangers lurking there far worse than the bones of
Fortunato.
A "Mother Nature Watches Us" geocoin awaits the FTF.
Additional Hints
(No hints available.)