Dead Drop VENONA Traditional Cache
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This is a 63 cubic inch espionage themed Geocache in a high traffic Muggle zone: Be alert! To access the cache contents, unscrew the container from the tethered lid. Screw the container back on firmly but not excessively tight. Recommended equipment: Rubber boots, trek pole, and pen. The cache container is not long enough to hold a paperback book so no Bookcrossing trade items will fit, unfortunately but most travel bugs will fit.
Greetings, Agent ABANZR, if that really is your name! On behalf of the staff and faculty of Anatolii and Natasha’s Tradecraft Institute, AaNTI, I would like to welcome you to Dead Drop VENONA! When your controller transmits the statement, “Do you have a relative in Upper Volta?" IN ANY CONTEXT, you are to go to the dead drop in the (STEEP) tree line at the coordinates listed to retrive your one-time pads. The camouflaged spy tube is about 4 inches in diameter and 6 inches long and is tethered to an excellent replica of an ordinary tree. Bring your own writing tool.
This is the fifth surviving Geocache in our Dead Drop series as shown below:
Name / Waypoint / Status
Grigorii / GCQB7K / Captured
Méi Guì / GC1PM39 / Active
Friedrichstrasse / GC35DQG / Active
ZZZ / GC380N7 / Active
INFINITY / GC4AQXN / Active
VENONA / GC4E9WT / Active
Approach instructions: Park at least 300 feet away from the cache coordinates to permit you to casually reconnoiter and plan your infiltration and exfiltration routes as you approach the dead drop site. This apparent civilian parking lot was actually constructed for the sole purpose of concealing our various nearby dead drops. The tree line in which the drop is located is NOT SUITABLE for wheelchair access.
As you near the coordinates listed, you will observe steep grades, slippery mud, and a small creek so bring a trek pole to help with balance. The tree line will afford you some concealment during your search.
AaNTI has followed standard tradecraft guidelines in placing this dead drop. The placement is easy to describe, easy to find, and affords the agent with clear field of view in a concealed position while accessing the cache.
Remember CITO: Cache In Trash Out. If you carry a garbage bag and pick up some litter as soon as you disembark from your super spy car/rocket sled, you can claim to be a harmless Geocacher if challenged by enemy agents. Just show your “bag of convincingly real litter materials” as verification of your cover story for being where you are before flashing the enemy with your memory eraser PDA attachment and then exfiltrate to EVB QR WNARVEB for a few exotic beverages, shaken, not stirred.
On behalf of all the staff and faculty of AaNTI, let me wish you all the best on your mission, Agent ABANZR!
Please report back if the log scroll is damp or the camouflage needs maintenance so that it can be serviced quickly.
(Note: millions of muggles world wide have been volunteered to play the roles of enemy agents and ignorant bystanders.)
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