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"...If It Ain't Got That Ping" #4 - CARW2026 Traditional Cache

Hidden : 2/16/2026
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:


This cache has been placed for the CARW event with the intention that it not be located prior to 9:00am hours Saturday, February 28, 2026.  Should you hunt and find this cache before the event start, it will not count for the event, and FTF points are only valid as of 9:00am hours, February 28. 

"Take the 'C' Cache"

 

A Jazz Series by Team Cachetastrophes (Jazzhiker & oceanwaves22)

 

Blue Mountain Hop 
Béla Fleck

Béla Fleck (or Béla Fleck and the Flecktones) is another example of jazz fusion, where jazz's complex style and harmony are blended with other styles of music such as bluegrass. Not only does Béla Fleck incorporate the banjo but also the fiddle into "Blue Mountain Hop." This track, first recorded onto the album The Bluegrass Sessions, integrates  a trio of distinct, renowned fiddlers—Vassar Clements, Stuart Duncan and Mark Schatz—who trade virtuoso solos and provide textural backing alongside his banjo.

Bluegrass afficionados might be inclined to label "Blue Mountain Hop" under the bluegrass genre whereas jazz afficionados might differ. What do you think?

The song can be found at this link:

Blue Mountain Hop

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In order to solve for the finale, you will need to have gathered the letters from the following 5 caches in the series:

  1. GCBJR7B "...If It Ain't Got That Ping" #1 - CARW2026 (Traditional Cache) in Alberta, Canada created by Team Cachetastrophes
  2. GCBJR7N "...If It Ain't Got That Ping" #2 - CARW2026 (Traditional Cache) in Alberta, Canada created by Team Cachetastrophes
  3. GCBJR7W "...If It Ain't Got That Ping" #3 - CARW2026 (Traditional Cache) in Alberta, Canada created by Team Cachetastrophes
  4. GCBJR80 "...If It Ain't Got That Ping" #4 - CARW2026 (Traditional Cache) in Alberta, Canada created by Team Cachetastrophes
  5. GCBJR85 "...If It Ain't Got That Ping" #5 - CARW2026 (Traditional Cache) in Alberta, Canada created by Team Cachetastrophes

Finale:

GCBJR8W "...If It Ain't Got That Ping" Finale - CARW2026 (Unknown Cache) in Alberta, Canada created by Team Cachetastrophes

 

The "Gig" Insturctions:

1. Find the venue (locate the cache)
2. Identify the soloist (name the object you find)
3. Capture the intro (record the first letter of that object's name)
4. Save the setlist (you'll need this to unlock the Finale Bonus Cache!)

Containers are delicate, please be careful with them and replace exactly as you found them!  This one hides inside the concert hall for extra protection.  Please keep covered so cache remains hidden!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

n snyyra tvnag ubyqf gur Oyhr Zbhagnva Ubc, uryq vafvqr gur pnzbrq pbapreg unyy

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)