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Piles of Tires Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

paulks: Homeless people have been regularly camping in this area. I feel uncomfortable with the situation, so for the safety of fellow cachers, I am permanently archiving this geocache.

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Hidden : 1/3/2009
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

A level hiking trail in Prospect Park will lead you to this cache. This cache is near a trail with a view of a lake. Alternatively, you might try approaching from the south, but you'll miss a nice walk, and extra stealth may be required as you pass through an industrial area. The fence has an opening to the east of the cache.


You're looking for a camouflaged container near the water's edge.

Notice the piles of tires stacked along the fence to the north of the cache.

Tire Trivia:
* A $1.50 waste tire recycling fee is charged for every car tire sold in Colorado.
* Over 33 million tires have been removed/reused/recycled in Colorado from 1996 through 2007.
* Recycled tires are used as fuel for some industrial plants (like the Holcim cement plant in Fremont County).
* Recycled tires are used in synthetic surfacing for playgrounds and running tracks.
* Water collecting in piles of waste tires is ideal mosquito breeding habitat.
* A tire contains the energy equivalent of about two gallons of oil.
* Occasionally landfills or tire-dumping grounds catch fire, and these tire fires are very difficult to extinguish.
* When US forces became bogged down in street-to-street fighting in Mogadishu, Somalia, local militia summoned help by burning tires--which sent up a smoke signal that pinpointed the areas where help was needed.
* Winnie Mandela popularized the tire necklace method of execution. A tire was pressed down over the victim's shoulders, gasoline poured into the tire's cavity, then set alight.

There is some litter near this cache, so if you'd like to do your good deed for the day, bring a shopping bag and carry a bit of the trash out. If the area is clean when you visit, you'll know that geocachers have been making a difference. Cache in Trash Out.

Access this cache via the unpaved footpath that joins the Clear Creek bike path at the southeast corner of the lake. Alternatively, you could drive along 44th Avenue, turn into a commercial building's parking lot, and park along the fence behind the warehouse. There is a locked gate in the fence north of the cache, but don't let that deter you. Continue east along the fence and walk through the gap to the park.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ng onfr bs gerr arne jngre'f rqtr.

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)