Skip to content

Robert's Ridge Mystery Cache

Hidden : 12/29/2015
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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:

I have taken the Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Trail to make it the Warriors and Brothers in Arms Trail.  I hope to provide a little education,  fun, challenge, and just maybe an appreciation for the generations of Americans who put their lives on the line so that we may enjoy our freedoms – to include Geocaching. These vignettes are not comprehensive histories – all factual errors are mine. If you find an error, contact me so that I can fix it.


Cache is not at the posted location

The Battle of Takur Ghar was a short but intense military engagement between United States special operations forces and al Qaeda insurgents fought in March 2002, atop Takur Ghar mountain, Afghanistan. For the U.S. side, the battle proved the deadliest entanglement of Operation Anaconda, an effort early in the war in Afghanistan to rout al Qaeda forces from the Shahi-Kot Valley and Arma Mountains. The battle saw three helicopter landings by the U.S. on the mountain top, each greeted by direct assault from al Qaeda forces. Although Takur Ghar was eventually taken, seven U.S. service members were killed and many wounded. In honor of the first casualty of the battle, Navy SEAL Neil C. Roberts, the battle is also known as the Battle of Roberts Ridge.

US Air Force MSgt John Chapman was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on 22 August 2018 for his selfless and heroic actions on that day becoming the first airman since the Vietnam War to be so honored
.
MSgt John Chapman
.

8 44 33 1 222 2 222 44 33 1 444 7777 1 555 666 222 2 8 33 3 1 2 8 1 66 666 777 8 44 1 8 44 444 777 8 999 1 33 444 4 44 8 1 3 33 4 777 33 33 7777 1 333 444 333 8 999 1 33 444 4 44 8 1 7 8 1 7777 444 99 1 333 444 888 33 1 8 44 777 33 33 1 22 999 1 9 33 7777 8 1 7777 33 888 33 66 8 999 1 7777 444 99 1 3 33 4 777 33 33 7777 1 333 666 777 8 999 1 7777 33 888 33 66 1 7 8 1 333 444 888 33 1 7777 444 99 1 33 444 4 44 8 1

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Inavgl vf abg gur ernfba vg vf xabja nf Eboregf Evqtr

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)