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The Emptiness Machine Traditional Cache

Hidden : 10/21/2024
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


**Dan Henry Hiking Trail & Gadget Geocache Adventure Cache #1** Up Six Mile Canyon near Palisade State Park. Park by the bridge (waypoint). Download caches—no cell service. Each cache involves a gadget puzzle—please don't remove the puzzle item. Spoiler photos available due to canyon walls. Have fun!

The Story Behind the Cache:

I was digging around the basement of an old machine shop in Ogden a few months ago and stumbled upon a machinist’s diary from 1890. It described some kind of contraption called "The Emptiness Machine."

Emptiness Machine Image

For reasons I can’t quite explain, I decided to follow the instructions and try to build one myself. I don’t know what I was hoping for, but whatever it was, I didn’t receive it. I guess I fell for the promise of the emptiness machine.
After several attempts, I was left with nothing but a hollow feeling.

Maybe you’ll find something where I couldn’t.

Must sign the log to count as a find.


Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Nzzb pna uvqqra haqre fbzr qevsg jbbq naq ebpxf. Frr fcbvyre cubgb.

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)