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animjason's "Mile High Club" Challenge Mystery Cache

Hidden : 6/6/2012
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
4.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Are you a member of the Mile High Club?

Created by animjason



Now that the giggles are over and your mind is out of the gutter...
This is a Challenge Cache and the cache IS at the posted coordinates.
Neither "Mile High Club" cache may be used for this challenge.

The qualification for this challenge will be very easy for Colorado cachers; not so much for "flat landers". The terrain rating for this cache is based on the actual placement and not for the "challenge".
"I'm not only the owner of this Club; I'm also a member." ~ animjason


To qualify, you must find the following NINE CACHE TYPES that each have an elevation equal to or greater than ONE MILE (5,280ft) above sea level. (Traditional, Multi (posted coordinates), Mystery/Challenge (posted coordinates), Letterbox Hybrid, Virtual, Webcam, Earthcache, Event and either CITO OR Wherigo). They do not need to be found on the same day. Then, do the simple math to obtain the average elevation of these nine caches. It may look intimidating, but remember, practically every cache in Colorado is already over one mile above sea level! You may use the Geocaching.com TOPO/Terrain maps or GSAK to get the elevations and post which caches you found and when, along with their elevation and their combined average elevation.

My list for Example:
1. Traditional: GC141NQ The Highest Cache in Colorado on 8-26-10 at 14422.6ft
2. Multi: GC2QZE1 Cache-a-Moose Melted on 10-29-14 at 9363.5ft
3. Mystery/Challenge: GC2FGAV Solitude above Cirque on 8-17-11 at 13116.8ft
4. Letterbox Hybrid: GC4HFFN Cache of Smileys on 8-14-18 at 9767.1ft
5. Virtual: GC7C07 Top Of The World on 6-27-12 at 14252.0ft
6. Webcam: GCQB9V Woodland Park Webcam Cache on 4-22-11 at 8372.7ft
7. Earthcache: GC3P9RH Pikes Peak Granite on 8-2-14 at 14091.2ft
8. Event: GC4D9Z1 Mt Elbert Flash Mob on 8-31-13 at 14422.6ft
9. CITO (OR) Wherigo: GC738CD Cache In Trash Out-Staunton State Park on 4-27-17 at 8540.0ft (OR) GC4RPKM Silverton Co on 10-18-16 at 9265.4ft
Average Elevation: 11,897.1ft


HALL OF FAME
1. kenyansherpa: 15,047'
2. Team Dennis: 13,041'
3. ernie66: 12,838'

Don't forget to grab my other Mile High Club Challenge!


There is a Travel Checkers Rug Game for the FTF along with some random SWAG. You may sign this cache before qualifying, but please don't take the prize. Ground Zero can be very dangerous, so I gave it a higher terrain rating. I'll post spoiler photos if needed, but for now I will only provide a hint.

Special thanks to sassydil for providing the ammo can and doing the hike with me to place this!

First Member of the Club: sleuthers

Logo designed by animjason. ©2012 WinderWorks. Use with permission only, please.

Added Sept 2016:
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)