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4_5 Challenge 2:40D_40T Mystery Cache

Hidden : 7/27/2014
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
4.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This is a challenge cache.  The container is hid at the given coordinates.  You must qualify in order to claim the find.  In order to qualify, your stats must show 40 finds of a difficulty of 4.5 AND 40 finds of a terrain of 4.5.


This cache is placed on a path I call the Ridge trail.  The ridge is the dividing line between the Aptos Creek drainage, and Hinckley Creek drainage. On some maps it might be the "pigs trail" or the "bacon trail".  It has been marked "no bikes", but I think 95% of the travelors on this path are mountain bikers riding down the hill.

Caches that are rated 4.5 are not as often overrated.  There are very few easy caches with a rating of 4.5 in it.  You have to struggle with difficult puzzles, hike long miles, sometimes climb trees, use special totts.  Most people trying to fill out their grid, complete their 4.5's after their 5.0's.

This is the 2nd in a series that summarizes how many caches that measure both 4.5 Difficulty or 4.5 Terrain.  You probably want to start working on balancing out your rows and columns, because the last one requires 100, including a minimum of 10 in every square. Good luck.  I have completed the qualifications for the entire series, and enjoyed the entire process.

Have fun!  The cache is a duct taped preform hanging in a Madrone tree 30-feet off the trail on the left side.

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

yrsg fvqr bs genvy (qbjauvyy)va n znqebar(be vf vg znamnavgn)

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)