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SS: Barbara Gordon Traditional Cache

Hidden : 12/1/2010
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

A easy cache that forms part of the Shipwreck Series. For the series methodology and more info visit SS: Shipwreck Series via the related web page link. This cache can be accessed from Die Dam. Camp overnight or do a day picnic for R15 per person and R40 for the car. No day visitors 15 Dec - 15 Jan. You do not need a 4x4 to drive to this cache.

The Barbara Gordon was a British three masted wooden barque of 338 tons, built in 1836 at Sunderland, and commanded by Captain J. Lilley.

She was wrecked at midnight on 5 May 1853 while on a voyage from Adelaide to Swansea and London with a cargo of 181 bales of wool and 338 tons of copper ore. Five passengers including a child, and one seaman drowned while trying to reach shore on a raft.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

arkg gb cbyr

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)