tt - GHMCMC Stage 7: Dam That's Big! Traditional Cache
tt - GHMCMC Stage 7: Dam That's Big!
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Golden Horseshoe
Multi-Cacher Multi-Cache
Stage 7 of the GHMCMC series.
Dam That's Big
by TrimblesTrek
Hidden over four years ago, initially as a
brainstorm of Flick, the GHMCMC has pretty much run it's
course as a cache series.
So, as of July 1, 2007, the FINAL stage of the GHMCMC series will
be removed. Each of the individual caches will continue as
standalone caches at the discretion of the individual cache
owners.
Thanks to everyone who participated in hiding the caches, and to
the hundreds of cachers who found the various caches!
This cache has been hidden near a section of the Elora-Cataract
Trailway... a forty-seven kilometer, multi-use trailway linking
parks, watersheds and communities in south-central Ontario. During
your cache hunt, you will visit the Belwood Conservation Area, and
the Shand Dam.
Access: A user fee of $3.50 per person is required to park
your vehicle in the park. BUT, as a user of the Elora-Cataract
Trailway, you are allowed into the park, on foot, via the Trailway.
Darned decent of them I'd say!
When we hid the cache, we parked on a local road near the entrance
to Belwood Conservation Area and walked across the road to joint
the Trailway. From there, it's about 850m as the crow flies to the
cache. Since none of us are crows though, you'll have to navigate a
couple of obstacles to get to the cache area.
The cache is hidden on the North side of the Grand River, so you'll
have to get across it somehow. We stayed on the Trailway and walked
across Shand Dam, then made our way down to the river via a well
marked trail. It's possible to wade across the river too... the
local fishermen do it all the time. In all, we walked about 1.5km
to the cache site. Depending on how you tackle it, your mileage may
vary.
The cache initially contained the usual assortment of trinkets, log
book, pencils etc. It has been hidden well so please take care to
rehide the cache so it can't been seen.
2003/08/06 - The cache is in exactly the same location as it was
originally, but has been concealed better. This is a tricky hiding
spot. You will not be able to see the container until you
physically moved a lever-like item that is concealing the cache.
Decrypt hint #3 if you want the complete spoiler!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
[1. ]Lbh'yy unir gb *chyy gur yrire* gur rkcbfr gur pnpur.
[2. ]Va n ubyybj gerr, nobhg purfg urvtug. Gurer vf n gjb sbbg ybat 3 vapu gerr oenapu wnzzrq vagb gur ubyybj frpgvba. Chyy sbejneq ba gur gbc bs gur oenapu gb rkcbfr gur pnpur. Lbh'yy unir gb ernpu vafvqr naq qbja gb trg vg. Vg'f n gvtug svg!
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