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Challenges in 5 counties Challenge Mystery Cache

Hidden : 5/4/2023
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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**The geocache is at the posted coordinates** But before you can log it online you need to complete the challenge:

Find challenge caches in 5 different U.S. counties.

For such an easy tree climb, the terrain rating is only as high as 4 because it is 30' high. There are plenty of branches and you are not exposed to large heights. The micro size is due to the good chance kids in the park will try an climb this.

As for the challenge, I personally qualify. You can check to see if you qualify here:

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After using the checker myself I found that I qualify with challenge caches in these 23 counties. It'll be interesting to see who has the most counties done.
- Utah County (UT): GC1CR2J 'The Terrain 3 Mini Challenge ' (Unknown Cache) on 2018-09-16.
- Bannock County (ID): GC8KRWZ 'Total Elevation Challenge - Bronze - Mount Everest' (Unknown Cache) on 2020-03-28.
- Uinta County (WY): GC1CM3A 'Wyoming's "Caching through the years"' (Unknown Cache) on 2020-12-29.
- Davis County (UT): GC7C95H 'Diamond Daily Cacher Badge Challenge' (Unknown Cache) on 2020-12-31.
- Salt Lake County (UT): GC1CRBQ 'The Terrain 4 Mini Challenge ' (Unknown Cache) on 2021-01-02.
- Clark County (NV): GC1QA81 'Nevada's Well Rounded Cacher Challenge' (Unknown Cache) on 2021-01-07.
- Iron County (UT): GC3E3MQ '"The" Challenge' (Unknown Cache) on 2021-01-10.
- Weber County (UT): GC301HA 'Zero to Sixty in 7.0 Caches Challenge' (Unknown Cache) on 2021-01-21.
- Elmore County (ID): GC2A29Q 'Tentha's Baker's Dozen Challenge' (Unknown Cache) on 2021-02-12.
- Bingham County (ID): GC572JK 'Date Challenge - November - Signal GTTB CS 247' (Unknown Cache) on 2021-04-18.
- Bonneville County (ID): GC3E6ZG 'One Busy Day Challenge: SE Idaho' (Unknown Cache) on 2021-05-06.
- Butte County (ID): GC56XZF 'Date Challenge - 29th - Signal GTTB CS 213' (Unknown Cache) on 2021-05-24.
- Mohave County (AZ): GC3DNV6 'Diverse Day Challenge' (Unknown Cache) on 2021-07-27.
- Owyhee County (ID): GC3TTKZ '001 ICS - Terrain 5 by 5 Challenge ' (Unknown Cache) on 2021-08-03.
- Maricopa County (AZ): GC3CTPX 'Streak Challenge - 150 Days' (Unknown Cache) on 2021-11-19.
- Pima County (AZ): GC8PV4G 'Attend One CITO Event Challenge ' (Unknown Cache) on 2021-11-26.
- Pinal County (AZ): GC8GVZD 'M $CWLD$ ’GEOLOGICAL NOVICE' TRAVELER CHALLENGE' (Unknown Cache) on 2022-01-05.
- Box Elder County (UT): GC4RKJT '101 DofC Challenge' (Unknown Cache) on 2022-05-31.
- Tooele County (UT): GC9634W 'TWENTY TWENTY S Challenge regular d/t' (Unknown Cache) on 2022-07-19.
- Canyon County (ID): GC5F090 'Caching With Friends Challenge' (Unknown Cache) on 2022-12-06.
- Washington County (UT): GC3BNFF 'Challenge of the Century: Multi-Caches' (Unknown Cache) on 2023-01-03.
- Kittitas County (WA): GC4JTQC 'A challenge along the road to GCD #4' (Unknown Cache) on 2023-02-26.
- King County (WA): GC8M7M2 'Continental Community Challenge' (Unknown Cache) on 2023-03-09.

 

Pocatello Parks and Recreation have granted us permission to use this tree. The close by neighbors know what's going on, but for your stealth in case anyone else comes and asks what's going on, I recommend bringing a frisbee disc that you 'lost in the tree'. Another option is to be in green pants and sage/tan button up shirt, looking like the parks department, inspecting the tree's buds and bark as you go - that second one was an idea the parks department had, but sadly they wouldn't let us borrow one of their shirts for a disguise.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Bapr 30' uvtu, frnepu sbe n ovfba ghor jurer gur gehax svanyyl raqf naq fcyvgf vagb oenapurf.

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)