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Pryors Hut Traditional Cache

Hidden : 06/13/2010
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


Photobucket My 30th hide.

This hut has special significance for me, it was one of the very few alpine huts to survive that dreadful summer of 2003. And how did it survive? I was one of the Light Tanker crew that did an over-night shift with the aim of protecting the hut. I was a novice fire-fighter and was a bit dismayed that I spent most of the night with a drip-torch lighting fires rather than putting them out. In fact, in the morning I had a ceremonial pee on a smoldering log just so I felt that I helped stop the fires. We had no idea what was going to hit Canberra in the coming days!

The hut was built in 1952 by Lindsay Pryor, to protect the workers who were establishing the nearby Arberetum, which we also saved.

There are 2 ways of approaching this cache. Park at Corin Dam and follow the steep at first, trail up Stockyard Spur. MtBikerOZ has a cache enroute and I also have a puzzle cache to tempt you.. Or, you can drive up to the Mt Franklin Road and park at the locked gate. I think that is about a 5k walk/ride from the gate. My hike from Corin Dam was over 16 k with a small detour to find a cache. Be careful on the first 300 m climb out of Corin Dam, it is the worst. I left the carpark at 9:00 am and was back by 4:00 pm and I am extremely unfit but there was much snow on the ground to slow me down.

For the first Few to Finds. I must admit that I did a shocking hide. I didn't realise there was going to be snow everywhere. The cache is hidden under a log but if you go up on a snow-less day, I don't mind if you find a better spot but please let me know so I can update the listing. There is an Agent Basil Pathtag for the FTF and a Geocoin to help lure you up

and I probably forgot to leave a pen so best bring your own.....as the serious cacher always does !

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Reeee, haqre gur ybt nf zragvbarq va gur qrfpevcgvba

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)