Grateful Dead bonus: St. Stephen Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 10/1/2012
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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36,086 Songs...
2,317 Concerts...
298 Cities...
30 Years...
11 Members...
1 Band

The Grateful Dead
"There is NOTHING like a Grateful Dead concert, period!"

The Grateful Dead were, are, and always will be one of the greatest rock bands of all time. There has been so much written about them, so many books, so many articles, that anything here would just be rehashing what has already been hashed before. Their music transcended every genre, from classical to country to rock to blues, they played it, they wrote it, they lived it. They are a culture unto themselves with a fan base of Deadheads that stretch from judges to doctors, from lawyers to criminals, from students to teachers, from atheletes to armchair quarterbacks. It seems that for years it just wasn't summer if the Dead weren't touring somewhere, selling out everywhere, and parking lots were full of people holding up a finger or two, asking for a miracle.


The Grateful Dead played in many places, but always had special ties to Oregon, from the early days with the kool aid acid tests, to their relationship with Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters. They always played somewhere in Oregon when there were in the northwest. I've decided to supplement the recent series of Grateful Dead geocaches in our area with a few of my own. These "bonus" caches will have a tie to the band, either through their music, or their fans, or.....well, who knows, you can never trust a prankster.

"Saint Stephen with a rose,
In and out of the garden he goes,
Country garden in the wind and the rain,
Wherever he goes the people all complain."

I was out caching one day, and when I saw this place, like a bolt of lighting, an idea came to me for another Grateful Dead cache. Cool, I really liked it but didn't act on it right away. Then a few days ago, I got another idea that I could tie this cache to. Cool, I like having caches that have more than one meaning. This one was just too good to pass up.

The first inspiration was the location. When you get here, you'll understand why. The song this cache is named for is "St. Stephen" and is a song written by Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh and Robert Hunter and originally released on the 1969 studio album "Aoxomoxoa". The same year, a live version of the song was released on "Live/Dead", their first concert album. Unlike the studio version, live versions usually included a section of the song called the "William Tell Bridge," which was used to segue into "The Eleven." After being played frequently in live concerts from the late 1960s to the early 1970s, the song fell out of regular performance; subsequent live performances of St. Stephen were thus considered a special event by Deadheads. The individual members have also performed it in their various solo bands, including Furthur, who are playing on their current West Coast tour. The song also makes reference to the last days and trial of the 1st century AD saint, Stephen, the first martyr of the New Testament of the Bible, who was stoned to death. If you click on the related web page link, you'll see the band performing the song in 1978.

"Saint Stephen will remain,
All he's lost he shall regain,
Seashore washed by the suds and foam,
Been here so long, he's got to calling it home."

Furthur at McMenamin's Edgefield Manor 9/27/2012

The second inspiration for this cache, once I saw what was at GZ, was one of the more prolific cachers in our neck of the woods. He's been in the game for almost 10 years, and has always been willing to share his experience with other cachers. He has hidden more geocaches than many geocachers have ever found, in all shapes and sizes. At one time or another, I'm sure we've all hunted for one of his caches, and have cursed at some of his more, uh, creative hides (especially when it's dark and you need that one cache to keep a streak alive). I won't embarrass him here, but he knows who he is, and that's all that really matters.

The cache is one that is familiar to all geocachers, in a location that most cachers are familiar with. No special tools needed to retrieve the cache, but one might help with getting the log out. Log only, so please bring the writing instrument of your choice. Please, initials only, and replace as found.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

zntargvp

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)


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