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Elevation challenge Mystery Cache

Hidden : 9/8/2021
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
4.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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I was recently talking to Brilang and he suggested that this area needed an elevation challenge and while these are not my most favorite types of challenges – mainly because I don’t qualify for most – I decided to place one.   Thanks to Hügh for helping me figure out one that I do qualify for as being the CO that is something I have to do.  So this one is for Brilang.  Enjoy the hike up to make the find on this one.

Mount Waddington, once known as Mystery Mountain, is the highest peak that lies entirely within British Columbia with an elevation of 4,019 m (13,186 ft).  Mount Waddington and its attendant peaks pose some of the most serious expedition mountaineering to be had in North America — and some of the most extreme relief and spectacular mountain scenery.

In order to qualify for this challenge you will need to put on your hiking gear and do some serious mountain climbing.  You must climb to the top of this mountain 4 times!!!  However you will not have to actually physically do this. (See I can be sweet sometimes) For this challenge you will need to add up the elevation of your highest TEN caches to total MORE THAN 16,076 m (52,744 ft) BUT (don’t you just hate buts!!) you can only use traditional caches and they must all be located within BC itself.  

Please log a Found it when you physically sign the cache AND you qualify or Write Note - when you physically sign the cache BUT you're still working on it.

If you wish you could list your qualifying caches.  Only if you wish to do so!

My qualifying caches are:

I have found the sum of 17470 meters of elevation on 9 caches and I needed 16076 meters of elevation

gccode

Elevation

Visitdate

Name

GC15KC3

  2026

2014-06-27

     Cornwall Mountain Pin Exchange

GCK143

  1997

2014-07-29

     Heather Meadows Micro Cache

GC2GWND

  1975

2014-07-29

     Paintbrush Trail

GC1TY1Z

  1975

2014-06-27

     Gold Country - Cornwall Hills Park & Lookout

GC33RB0

  1937

2011-09-04

     Heaven is an Alpine Flowery Meadow

GC587VK

  1912

2014-08-02

     Albert's Favorite Spot : TE6

GC9284

  1911

2011-09-04

     Conair @ Stoyoma Mtn.

GC4P81Z

  1897

2014-08-02

     Jeeps on Mt. Thynne

GC1E2AR

  1840

2011-09-03

     Let's Shack up # 2 - The Cabin @ Cabin lake

Many thanks to Hügh for creating the Challenge Checker for this challenge

 

PGC Checker

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)