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tearjerker Mystery Cache

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rolltiders: I am 76 years old, with some health issues, and can't do maintenance like I used to. So, RIP little cache [container removed].

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Hidden : 12/27/2013
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is located along the west side of the Feather River. Park at the coordinates given below, then hike about one-third mile south on the levee or the dirt tack just east of it. This is a difficult placement. Do not go alone, or at night, and you will need a large TOTT. If you try to get the cache without this tool, you may find the cache title to have personal meaning for you...To learn the specific cache coordinates, you must solve the sad puzzle below.

1. Alice helps her student obtain a brain operation to improve his IQ
2. this boat was caught in a "perfect storm" (2nd word, -1)
3. Capt Miller searches for a paratrooper in June of 1944 (1st word, 2nd letter)
4. romance between an expat and his nurse, Catherine (2nd word)
5. once owned by Squire Gordon, later sold to an abusive man
6. Stingo recites the poem, "Ample Make this Bed" (2nd word)
7. Andrew is an attorney who lives with his partner, Miguel (3rd letter)
8. Aurora has a love/hate relationship with her daughter, Emma (2nd word)
9. Hana looks after a critically burned man (2nd word)
10. Frances Johnson requested her ashes be thrown off of this structure
11. Travis takes in a stray dog in post Civil War Texas
12. Luath, Bodger and Tao journey 250 miles thru the wilderness (2nd word)
13. "Please, Ma'am, I was wondering if you'd care to have my sister"
14. Joy teaches Elsa to survive on her own
15. teenager whose diary was published after her death in war camp (1st name)

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

yrggre B=mreb; hc uvtu

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)