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abcpatricia's Really Lost Cache Traditional Cache

Hidden : 1/1/2014
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

abcpatricia's Lost Cache (GC4660V) was swept away in the June 2013 Floods. This cache is the replacement but why not make it a new cache so everyone can revisit this beautiful spot! Note Cache container is a former PEANUT Butter jar.
 


The cache is about 10 meters off a major trail however the trail has been partially eroded by the flood but it is easily walkable. I suggest crossing the stream at the stepping stones about 400 m to the West. The real challenge is finding the dry route to the cache. You need to be on the South side of the creek. Be prepared to get wet if going straight toward the cache from the North! This area shows the power and height of the flood.

My Log from Tools of the Trade II - Found it 12/10/2012

I have done the impossible - found an unplotted cache! Here's the story:

I initially missed GZ of Tools of the Trade II, my coordinates had be about 20 meters North. I saw some yellow flagging off to the NE into the trees and investigated but it didn't look like the right spot. As I searched a couple came down the path so I headed back South through the trees and came across a really neat old, big, hollow popular tree. I checked it out and looking through one of the sections I saw the round silhouette of a peanut butter jar. I pulled out the cache and found that I was the first to find, the CO was abcpatricia, and it was planted October 9, 2010. I signed the log and took some pictures. I went back to the path and almost immediately spotted the flagging tape of Tools of the Trade II about 30 meters away which I enjoyed retrieving.

I suspect this cache was planted but then not allowed because it was too close to the solution of Tools but the cache owner never relocated. I've e-mailed abcpatricia (the original cache owner) but had no response.

I have done what I have only dreamed of: found a cache un-looked for, found a cache that is not even marked, and I was the FTF.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Frnpu sebz Fbhgu fvqr bs snyyra ybt va n gvtug tebhc bs fznyy fcehpr.

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)