Skip to content

Return of the Crazy Hobbit Mystery Cache

Hidden : 7/21/2015
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

Join now to view geocache location details. It's free!

Watch

How Geocaching Works

Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions in our disclaimer.

Geocache Description:

This is a reincarnation of the Crazy Hobbit cache GCH6CE, one of my favorite Judge Crater caches originally hidden 11/6/2003. That cache was archived but now it lives on in Return of the Crazy Hobbit. What follows below is the original description and hint. If you found GCH6CE, well then relive the memories and try it again.



Level traveling without difficulty except for bands of hungry orcs. Starting coordinates are one place you might begin your journey.

Bilbo Baggins was a most likable little fellow who lived on The Hill. He wanted nothing more than to live in his warm snug hole, with good hot meals at least four times a day. But this was not to be. An evil force was approaching and if he did not act all would be lost. Bilbo was to have a grand adventure that would take him far and wide, far from his quiet home in the Shire. During his travels he recorded his travels very carefully, mapping out his journey. It seems he lived in an area familiar to us all. It has changed much since his day and the hills and valleys are no longer as recorded on his map. But a few features have remained the same, as does the location of his cache.

Fearing the orcs would take him prisoner one dark night, he hid his cache. During his flight from the orcs, he lost his way and was unable to find his cache. You are supplied a version of the map but poor Bilbo failed to mark the coordinates for you. With no coordinates, and the land features so different, how is it possible to succeed? I am afraid the cache has been lost forever. Will wandering wraths or an evil dragon stumble upon it first? Gandalf the Grey assures me that with the use of strong magical spells and the cunning of a fox, it can be found.

Oh and the map might help. Be sure you get the full size image 1200x800.

Congrats to fastflyer for the FTF!!!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Qb V unir gb qenj lbh n znc? Vg'f bayl n qvssvphygl 4. Naq ubj pbzr lbh unir abg qbar Srapryvar Pnpur lrg?

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)