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High School Math #8 a.k.a. Old Growth Redwoods Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/17/2014
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

A camouflaged pill bottle within 80 feet of the posted coordinates. Find satellites in the parking lot as your device will be jumping all over when under the trees. Presidential gold dollars for FTF and STF.

Have you ever wished you could have visited this area 170 years ago? It was a forest of nearly 2000 year old giant redwoods. Then in the late 1800's it was logged and used for building in the gold rush. Few old growth Redwoods are left. Two are Tunnel Log in Memorial Park, and Methuselah Tree. located at N 37 24.351 W 122 18.195. Visiting this tree is a must! While about 8 minutes onto the Alambique trail in Wunderlich Co.Park I was surprised to find the shell of the bark of another old growth Redwood. This tree is located at the posted coordinates.  One reason these trees lived so long is the fire-resistant properties of their bark. Scrambling around with a snap line and measuring tape I extrapolated and estimated to determine the chord of the remaining circumferential arc to be 230 in., and the perpendicular distance from mid-chord to circumference was 75 in. This is sufficient information to determine the radius as ABC.DEF in. (tho 6 significant digits is not justified).  The cache at N 37 24.4BC  W 122 15.6DE  You can see where this tree was cut, at about 20+ feet. Was this tree larger than Methuselah, which was measured at a point above the base burls?  On your way in, look in the canyon for several 20+ foot circles of large trees. They were the saplings at the base of other logged giants.



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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Lbh pna inyvqngr lbhe chmmyr fbyhgvba jvgu pregvghqr Lbh pna inyvqngr lbhe chmmyr fbyhgvba jvgu pregvghqr.

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)