The Fairy-Marmot Alliance Strikes Back Multi-Cache
MamaMarmot: Such a sad thing to have to archive this one. Several stages were regularly going missing, and the final stage was recently buried by gravel. Nooooo! So good news - the city is taking care of our public lands! Bad news - they didn't check the info in the final container and contact me before destorying it. To those of you who successfully completed the challenge - bravo! Maybe the fairies will reappear one day to keep the pigs in check.
The Fairy-Marmot Alliance Strikes Back
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A fairy-friendly multi-stage multi in the Northeast Heights.
Fairies can be friends with pigs of all kinds, even Sandpigs, but after the placement of his 5th death-to-fairs themed nano, the fairies decided it was time to strike back. They teamed up with some local marmots to hide this epic choose-your-own-adventure cache that will lead you to their bucket-sized nano-setting pig rehabilitation facility. If you choose wisely, you may be able to free an imprisoned (the fairies would say rehabilitating) pig from a large cache full of fairies. Choose the wrong path, and you may be squealing like a pig by the time you get to the cache...if you ever get there!
This cache is placed for Tealeaf's 10th Caching Anniversary! Tealeaf always represents the fairies well at local events, and she deserves a fairy cache to celebrate this milestone. It is inspired by Sandpig, who enjoys placing tiny caches in hard-to-reach wilderness areas.
You ever wonder where a few unfortunate Pigs end up when someone hides a new Large-sized cache in an easily-accessible area? Some Pigs end up in a bucket in the NORTHEAST HEIGHTS. Some people say that they can hear the squeals of these poor trapped Pigs all the way across the Rio Grande.
This is a FUN walk, where you will enjoy walking on easy trails and asphault through scrub brush, sand and goatheads. You will also enjoy some nice scenery. You may get to enjoy parts of the walk more than once if you choose the wrong path!
At the coordinates, you will find 4 possible paths. Pick one and follow the coordinates listed to your chosen Stage 2. Remember - fairies and marmots are both mischievous creatures. They will probably enjoy playing with you as you try to find the cache! Some paths will lead you one step closer to the cache. Others will lead you astray.
The cache is a LARGE bucket hidden somewhere in the Northeast Heights. If you find it, please DO NOT REMOVE THE BUCKET from its hidey-hole. Pulling it out will make some fairies and marmots VERY ANGRY! Leave it in place, pop the top, and enjoy all the swag!!! Original contents: logbook, 2 multi-colored leis, 2 traveling (rehabilitated) pigs, a pig with a nano (it tried to swallow the evidence), a troll (joined the alliance), a squirrel TB, an oscar award, 2 glow-in-the-dark yo-yos, a clown nose, white Halloween make-up, a large fairy wand, a glow-in-the-dark fairy, 6 fairy pencils, and 6 fairy whistles. There may have been even more... it's a VERY LARGE cache! Bring some swag to trade. Enjoy!
Congrats to Duck-Boy and fgfsumh for the FTF! The Alliance grows...
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