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SF Greats: Gateway Traditional Cache

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rragan: Time to put something new here. Thanks

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Hidden : 1/5/2023
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


This area has a lot of muggle traffic hiking up to the Dish. Please try not to find/replace when muggles can observe. Usually they will pass by fairly quickly giving an opportunity. Thanks

Frederick Pohl's Hugo winning novel of a hollow asteroid, Gateway,  made by aliens. Nearly a thousand small, abandoned starships are located at Gateway. By extremely dangerous trial and error humans have partially learned how to operate them. The controls for selecting a destination have been identified, but nobody knows where a particular setting will take the ship, how long the trip will last, or even if enough fuel is available to get back. You could get rich or you could die.

This series of caches is themed around some of the great science fiction novels. It will take you along an area of the Alpine Trail in Portola Valley. This one is a brief detour off the trail but since the spot opened up, I'm using it.

Please replace as found and beware of muggles. This area can be quite busy at times. Park near the alternative Dish entry. 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Oynpx syng cnpx jvgu zntarg vafvqr nssvkrq gb onpx bs ybjrfg oynpx zrgny cvrpr wbvavat gjb cbyrf. Ercynpr jvgu bcravat qbjajneq gb erqhpr punapr bs jngre vaphefvba.

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)