The Scarlet Pimpernel - IC King Geocache Park Letterbox Hybrid
Hidden : 5/14/2004
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This is a standard ammo can with a stamper and ink pad secured to the inside of the cache (please do not take these). There is plenty of poison ivy.




Poison Plant Alert
Thorns
Cache In Trash Out Cache In - Trash Out!
Available year-round Available year-round
Restricted hours Restricted hours
Bicycles permitted on paths Bicycles permitted on paths
Long pants suggested Long pants suggested
More than Half a Mile from Trailhead More than Half a Mile from Trailhead
Some Climbing Some Climbing (No special equipment required)
Bring a Flashlight Bring a Flashlight
Off-trail Hiking Required Off-trail Hiking Required
Steep Hike Steep Hike
Mud Mud!
Parking Parking Lat: 35.53.794
Long: 083.57.108 ~ Mapquest
Trade Up or Trade Even
Generated by The Selector

This cache is on the side of the trail opposite from the railroad tracks. If you can even see the tracks, you are looking in the wrong area.
The fence in the woods is the park property line. Do not try to climb it!

This area has been developed into a Mtn. Bike/Hiking trail park by local volunteers and has a great trail system in it. Its best to park at this location: N35 53.794 W083 57.108. The cache is not accessible from Oak Rd. The trailhead is at the N.E. end of the parking lot along the lakeshore. After a rain, some sections of the trail will be muddy and the Park gate will be closed at night.
There is an active railroad track just North of the park. THERE IS NO NEED TO GO ON THE RR TRACKS. The trail goes a short distance along the lakeshore and then into the woods. There are numerous trails near the cache

Note: this park has had a troubled past (intimate activities) and that caching in groups of 2-3 may be more comfortable. It is by no means a dangerous park. It has experienced a real turn around lately. Mountain Bikers and Geocachers are claiming it back as their park. Help us keep this park a family park!
Local geocachers have mapped out locations for many future caches in this park. The primary goal being to maximize the number of quality caches that can be placed in the park. Please go to this forum thread for suggested locations of future caches:
IC King Geocache Park

NOTE AND DISCLAIMER: This cache is hidden in the great outdoors. Welcome to the South! We've got skeeters; we've got chiggers; we've got ticks; we've got ants; we've got snakes and other critters; we've got poison ivy, oak, and sumac; we've got mold and allergens; we've got kudzu and other pesky vines; and boy, have we got briars, brambles, and stickers! Depending on the place you elect to enter the off-trail portion of the hunt, you may very well find these and other denizens of our environment. Please dress accordingly and take adequate precautions whenever you interact with nature. And don't forget to cache in, trash out.

I would highly recommend printing off the .pdf map available here:
http://www.cs.utk.edu/~dunigan/mtnbike/icking.html

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)


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