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Ball & Chain Traditional Geocache

Hidden : 9/24/2016
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Cache is a bison tube that has only a logbook. Please bring your own writing instrument to sign the logbook, and replace as found. Parking has been waypointed.


Look 15m NW of the cache to understand the meaning behind the title. Such an interesting little spot.

Update: November 27th, 2016: Thanks to Bug Finders for the below information on this piece of art:

The Artists Statement The sentence reflects the stupidity of human activity when working with the natural environment. Virtually everything in our natural environment has some trace of human involvement attached to it: the air and water have pollutants, the landscape has roads and/or buildings, our gardens have reconditioned soil and or garden centre hybrid plants of one species or another. Through it all we still persist with a romantic notion that we are the stewards of the Earth. Humans are guided with a utilitarian obsession to harness every conceivable natural element and conform it to practical use. Our attempts to disassociate ourselves from this sublime human nature only fuels our anxieties to persist. Art Creates a language that tricks us into believing we have and earthly purpose but at the same time draws or attention and human activity away from the Earth. With our preoccupation with art this diversion steers or human energy away from the Earth allowing it a time for undisturbed healing. Art isn't nature but at the same time it plays a necessary role in safe guarding nature from complete human perception. To lose arts' ability to solely communicate with ourselves, or to tie the natural world down for utilitarian purposes only, this would be our final sentence.

Congratulations to McInyre22 & dawson2760 on the FTF!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Trg orgjrra gur gerrf, ybbx AJ, ernpu hc, naq chyy qbja.

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)