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8 from 2000 Challenge! Mystery Cache

Hidden : 8/27/2014
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

On May 3, 2000 Dave Ulmer placed a container at N 45° 17.460 W 122° 24.800 and started what he called "Great American GPS Stash Hunt". On September 2 Goecaching.com was launched with 75 known caches (stashes) around the world (Geocaching History). The objective of this challenge is to set off to find some of these early geocaches.


There are still 16 geocaches in California that were placed in 2000. There were 8 months when geocaches could be placed. Hmm? I know! Let’s have a challenge that requires you to find 8 geocaches from the year 2000. That’s one for each month of geocaching in the year 2000 or half of all the existing ones in California. I’ll be nice, any eight year-2000 geocaches will do. To the best of my ability to figure out, you would need to travel to at least three states to collect one that was placed each month. Bonus points for accomplishing this feat!

So here are the requirements to log a find:
1)  Find any eight geocaches that were hidden in the year 2000.
2)  Geocaches must have the original GC code. That means there should not be any GC codes much higher than GC11E, which was hidden on 12/31/2000.
3)  List your eight finds including a) cache name b) GC code c) date found.
4) You may sign the log at any time but must wait until you find at least eight before recording your find.

I know of at least three geocachers and teams in the area that already meet this cache’s recording requirements. I have  found two of these caches. Hopefully this challenge will spur more geocachers to search out the oldies.

ACTIVE, YEAR 2000, CALIFORNIA GEOCACHES AS OF AUGUST 27, 2014

GC5B           Phil's Memorial Cache (Oldest CA. Cache)         09/10/2000
GC5F           Yuba City                                                           09/24/2000
GC78           Firestone                                                           10/02/2000
GC9C          Rabbit Eye View                                                10/27/2000
GCA0           Creekside Stash                                                10/30/2000
GCAB           Orange County Stash (V3.0)                             11/08/2000
GCC2          Azucar Mine Offset                                            11/24/2000
GCD2          Doggie Do (revived!)                                         12/02/2000
GCD6          Born Free                                                          12/02/2000
GCD4          Bovine Hill Stash                                                12/03/2000
GCDE           Igor                                                                   12/10/2000
GC111         Napa County's First Geocache                           12/24/2000
GC104         Dragon Head Cache                                          12/28/2000
GC106         Santa Barbara One                                           12/28/2000
GC108         Survival Cache                                                   12/29/2000
GC11E         Vitreous                                                            12/31/2000



Congratulations to BeachBums! on their FTF!
"Bonus Points" to owlandpussycat on first to list and Budzdunwerkin on first to find with all months in 2000!

F 655
H #7

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Byvir terra ovfba ghor, jrfg fvqr bs gerr. Nggnpurq gb fgnxr. Pbirerq ol angheny pnzb.

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)