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The Cedar Sashay Multi-Cache

Hidden : 7/20/2010
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is in keeping with The Maple Mosey, The Alder Amble, The Madrona Meander, The Garry Oak Gambol, and the Doug Fir Frolic. If you have not yet done one of them, know that you are in for a delightful walk from waypoint to waypoint to final.

Sashay: to walk or proceed, especially in an easy or casual manner.

Cedar: The Western Redcedar is a large to very large tree, ranging up to 65-70 m tall and 3-4 m in trunk diameter, exceptionally even larger. It is long-lived; some individuals can live well over a thousand years, with the oldest verified being 1,460 years. Mature trees are often fluted or buttressed at the base.

The foliage forms flat sprays with scale-like leaves in opposite pairs, with successive pairs at 90° to each other. They are strongly aromatic, with a scent reminiscent of pineapple when crushed.

The "Quinault Lake Redcedar" is the largest known specimen in the world with a wood volume of 500 cubic metres (17,700 cu ft). It is located near the northwest shore of Lake Quinault north of Aberdeen. It is 55 m tall with a diameter of 6.04 m.

Western Redcedar has been called “the cornerstone of northwest Indian culture.” It was used to make dugouts, house planks, totems and mortuary poles. It was used for baskets, clothing and a variety of tooks and implements including arrows, spears, harpoons, dishes, rattles, combs and paddles. Trees were not felled; bark and planks were removed from portions of the tree allowing the tree to continue to live.

The power of redcedars is said to be so strong that a person can receive strength from standing with his or her back to the tree. The tree at the first waypoint is large enough for you to do this.

As with most of these tree-walk caches, coordinates are extremely variable due to tree cover, so please use the hints to find the correct locations with ease.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Cbbe pbbeqvangrf, fb cyrnfr ernq pnershyyl: - fgnl ba znwbe, rfgnoyvfurq genvyf sbe gur ragver gevc. - nyy prqnef vaibyirq ner ba gur rqtrf bs gur genvyf. - jc1 - onpxfvqr - jc2 - tb orlbaq jurer lbhe TCF jnagf lbh gb ghea naq gura znxr gjb yrsgf ba rfgnoyvfurq genvyf - jc3 - fgrc hc ba ybt naq ybbx n ovg oruvaq - svany - va fghzc jvgu fznyy prqne tebjvat bhg bs vg, whfg gjb fgrcf bss genvy

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)