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Traveler's Silver Challenge, 750 USA Counties Mystery Cache

Hidden : 1/14/2023
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


As I have been crossing this country I have attempted to find a cache in each county we drive through. That has not always been easy because finding a parking spot for a large RV within reasonable distance of a qualifying cache can be problematic. According to most sources there are 3142 Counties in the USA and this includes DC. Your challenge is to find a cache in at least 750 of the counties in the U.S.A.,  which would be about 25% of the counties. 

A long TOTT or a hairy Tree Climb is required.  If you can't replace where found don't try as that height is necessary to support the terrain rating.

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A bit of history: 10 year ago I published a similiar challenge pre moratorium for 10% and other than myself almost no one qualified as few cachers were paying attention to counties. That cache now has ~35 finders as cachers are now paying attention county finds. Times change, in 2012 I could ask for a percentage number, today I'm requied to state a numer.

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)