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Under the Mountain (Canterbury) Traditional Cache

Hidden : 8/25/2002
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   not chosen (not chosen)

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Geocache Description:

A 1/2 hour or so walk gaining around 140m. Located south-west of Timaru, South Canterbury.

This cache is located in a reserve area south west of Timaru. To get to the cache requires a walk from the car park area of about 1/2 hour or so each way up a steep but well defined track gaining about 140m in altitude. If you have time, the full walk is 3 hours return.

Follow the track up the hill until you reach the first flat area, where the track drops down again (44S26.0562, 170E52.0624) Leave main track here.

Cache container is a camo painted screw top plastic jar, approx 1 litre.
Hint: GPS coverage is pretty good at the site.

Beware of:
Gravel roads, fords and getting lost in the back roads. The track would also be a bit slippery in the wet. Note, this is a reserve area so no dogs would are allowed.

Contents:
2 x cable ties
1 x pineapple pencil sharpener (from Barnett)
1 x small bag amazing fruits
1 x 24v relay from part of an air conditioning control board.
Anything brought to this cache will need to be pretty small.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[leave track where?]Gurerf n ersrpgvir gevnatyr ba n gerr. [which way?]Urnq ebhtuyl AJ hc n frzv-qrsvarq genpx gb gur pbbeqvangrf. [where is it?]Pnpur uvqqra ng gur onfr bs n gerr (be cbffvoyl n ohfu) va gur pyrne nern abg sne nobir gur ohfuyvar.

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)