GC7J8YJ Taylor Mountain Blackout (Tribute) (Traditional Cache) in Washington, United States created by Shaddow

GC7J8YJ ▼

A cache by Shaddow Message this owner

Hidden : 2/13/2018

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Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This is not the Taylor Mountain Blackout Challenge, it is only a tribute

Blackout challenges are no longer allowed. This is just a traditional cache, just like any other. You find it and you can claim that you found the Taylor Mountain Blackout...

Tribute.

However, if you're interested in such things, and would like to claim that you blacked out Taylor Mountain, then I will be happy to track the information and provide 'official' verification just like my other Issaquah Alps blackout caches. More information about this is provided below.

Taylor Mountain Blackout

Welcome to the Taylor Mountain Blackout Challenge cache!

This cache is another of the now familiar blackout caches located around the Seattle area for which, in order to complete the challenge and find the cache, you must first find all the other active caches within a given area.

About Taylor Mountain

Taylor Mountain is one in a group of six foothill mountains within the Issaquah Alps. It is east of Tiger Mountain and southwest of Rattlesnake Mountain.

Taylor Mountain Regional Park Map

Blackout Area

The area for this particular blackout is Taylor Mountain. You may have noticed that the word ‘park’ was not included, that’s because I’ve defined the area by the greater geology and geopolitical boundaries not just those of the very popular but smaller park located at the upper sections of the mountain.

Boundary Map

Interactive Google Map of the Blackout Area

In order to complete this challenge you must, for at a least one single point in time, have found or owned all the active caches in the given area as determined by the posted coordinates. At the time of posting there were 39 caches including this one.

The Specific Boundaries

The blackout area is the geological boundary of Taylor Mountain which includes the politically defined Taylor Mountain Park. To make it easier, the boundary is then modified to coincide with natural or manmade features, specifically waterways and roads.

The boundaries are:
North: The center of Washington State Route 18
East: The center of the Raging River and Williams Creek, and the bottom of the valley in between the two
South: The center of the Cedar River
West: The center of Landsburg Rd SE and 276th Ave SE

These boundaries are also shown in the map above which is clickable to take you to an interactive Google terrain map. The map will help clarify the boundary but unfortunately will not identify any caches since it is not possible to have the boundary and current geocaches shown on the same Google map at the same time. The good news is that you can fairly easily determine the included caches using Groundspeak’s map tool. GSAK users can poly filter using these coordinates.

Questions will naturally come up for caches near the boundary or for other reasons so I’ve listed some of them below. Email me with questions you have about any others.

Included:
Finding this cache is of course necessary for completion
GCRGXW Hobart-Hobart TransPacific Multi-cache Part 1
GCRGXX Hobart-Hobart TransPacific Multi-cache Part 2
GC22DM8 Play Ball!
GCTCX7 Pandora’s Box of Troubles
GC21AY8 Watershed Tour

Not Included:
GC47EYQ Monty Python: The Tale of Sir Robin
GCYGN6 The Other Side Of The Mountain
Disabled Caches
Events and CITOs

Note regarding difficult hides and puzzles:
There are a number of very difficult caches and it’s not reasonable to expect everyone to be able to find and solve them all completely independently. Asking for help and hints or nudges is absolutely fine and even expected but do try to stick to the general intent of the game. For example, make a few attempts at the cache before asking for a location hint and spend a couple hours on the puzzle before asking for help. When you do ask for help try a hint or nudge rather than the full solution or location. There aren't any hint police, but give it your best shot.

Blackout Verification Requirements

Once you have found all the required caches post a log on this cache page with your claim and submit your information for verification by using one of the four methods below. Be sure to include the day and time that you completely blacked out the area. After passing the verification process a congratulations note will be posted to the page and your name and related blackout stats will be added to the finishers table. If you would like to save this cache as your final one, I would be happy to do a pre-verification review prior to your trip.

Bookmark List Method
- Create a bookmark list called "[your name]’s Taylor Mountain Blackout"
- Make the bookmark list public and include this cache on it so that it shows up in the bookmark lists shown on this cache page
- Add to the list all the caches you have found within the boundaries

My Finds Pocket Query Method
- Forward by email your complete My Finds Pocket Query as downloaded from the geocaching website. My email address is shaddow.geo at gmail.com

GSAK GPX Method
- Forward by email a gpx file created by GSAK with a poly filter using these coordinates. My email address is shaddow.geo at gmail.com

Log List Method
- Post a log to the cache page listing the date you found each cache, the cache code and the cache name. Post one cache per line and start each line with a line number. Use a single space between each item. You can order the list in any way that you want but maintain the given structure as it is very important to make it much easier to import into a spreadsheet. Please post the list only once after completing the challenges. Do not post as you go as each log would generate an email that will spam and irritate myself and the watchers. The list should look very similar to this:

001 5/4/11 GCXXX1 The First Cache In My List
002 6/1/11 GCXXX5 The Second Cache In My List
003 7/2/11 GCXXXB Another Cache Found By Me
…
203 8/17/12 GCXXXY The Second To Last Cache In My List
204 8/22/12 GCXXXZ The Last Cache In My List

The Cache

The cache is an .50 cal ammo can at ground level and covered with natural camouflage. It’s located about 50’ off the road in and requires a bit of bushwhacking.

Finishers

Finishers of the Taylor Mountain Blackout

Order	Geocacher Name	Total Found	Completion Date
FTF	Muddy Teapot	46	2018 03/05
2	obarshay	39	2018 06/08
3	mmcash	39	2018 06/23
4	LandRover	49	2018 07/06
5	spewey	38	2018 08/04
6	Scouting4Ever	53	2019 06/15
7	TheLimeCat	41	2020 05/10

8	Cool Cow Cachers	42	2022 02/24
9	promethes451	28	2022 07/20
10	danamber	27	2022 07/23
11	Ms Marvelous	29	2022 07/28
12	latetrap	29	2022 08/27
13	pioneer woman	27	2023 04/18

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gnxr lbhe cvpx: 1) sver naq jngre 2) byq naq arj 3) qrnq naq nyvir 4) glc AJ uvqr ybpngvba 5) or pnershy bs gur arneol yrqtr be lbh znl snyy vagb gur cbaq

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)

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Taylor Mountain Blackout (Tribute) Traditional Cache

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