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T.B.K. #1 - Horrific Micro Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 2/12/2009
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This is the first of a five cache series I am very suitably naming "The Battery Killer".


A few words of advice on this cache series:

1) Muggles, Muggles everywhere so your best stealth is required.

2) Rehide the container as good or better than you found it.

3) Did I mention MUGGLES?

4) If a cache is unobtainable due to muggle infestation then please come back for it on a future attempt. Hiding them is a joy for me, replacing a container is not.

I am taking this opportunity to introduce some of my own five star evil into the Portland metro area. This one is in the spirit of some other difficult micro caches in the area. I have enjoyed making three or four trips back to hunt some of the really "crazy"/ "Vicious" and "Shady" micros... ACTUALLY I have not enjoyed making the return trips back at all... I was lying about that...and I have wished harm on all of these cache owners at times for these monstrously hard to find caches... I guess some might enjoy the headache they get from a lengthy search and the thought of a DNF failure.

I despise impossible hides and yet I find myself in the middle of the night making these ugly little nightmarish devices. This sign only micro was slated to be a hard 3.5 star difficulty however, while searching for a suitable location, I came across this area and had a much more wicked idea of how to arrange this one. I am not providing a description of the container nor will I be giving a hint. I will tell you that the container is approximately two inches wide and six inches tall at its widest points.

For an added irritation, light tree cover may play with your GPSr signal a bit.

Coords are taken from a 2100 average.

Remember to bring a pen to sign the log.

Muggles may be present at times making this one impossible to hunt...this only adds to the challenge. Due to the location and nature of this hide, please rehide this one as well as or better than you found it. This will insure that it will have staying power and it will also make the next hunter "earn their five stars". I hope you enjoy this extremely frustrating and horribly devious micro as much as I had altering it and placing it.

Scream, curse, stamp your feet, throw a tantrum...if it makes you feel better...but it will not help you find it...

PLEASE DO NOT GIVE HINTS OR SPOILERS IN YOUR LOGS! I DO NOT WANT TO DELETE ANYONE, HOWEVER, IF YOU DO, I WILL BE FORCED TO REMOVE THE LOG TO PROTECT THE SPIRIT AND INTEGRITY OF THE CACHE. ALSO, I WILL BE CHECKING THE LOG SHEET OFTEN SO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOUR NAME IS ON IT BEFORE POSTING A FIND! AGAIN, IF YOU DO NOT SIGN THE LOG, I WILL BE FORCED TO REMOVE YOUR FIND.

If you hunt this one and do not find it, please post a DNF log for every seperate visit. I would like to keep track of it all.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Guvf pna or npprffrq ivn Terraoevre Cxjl.

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)