Via Ferrata Traditional Cache
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This is a climber's cache that requires special equipment and skills.
"Via ferrata" is an Italian term meaning "iron way". It refers to routes in the mountains where ladders, cables, and iron handholds and footholds have been placed to make the route easier, or in some cases, even possible. There is a via ferrata on the cliffs just east of Telluride, put up by Chuck Kroger (google "Krogerata"). This route has spectacular views and amazing exposure. In places you move across iron steps with nothing but air below the step for 400 feet down. It requires helmet, harness, and dual lanyards to clip into the cables. This should not be attempted by anyone but experienced rock climbers.
The cache is located just past the most awesome part of the via ferrata, assuming you started from the southeast end. It is on a wide flat ledge - there is no need to search near the edge or get more than a few feet from the trail.
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(Decrypt)
Ghpxrq haqre checyr ebpx, jrqtrq va cynpr ol oyhr-terra ebpxf.
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