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This is a five stage multi that will introduce you to some trails and trailheads in the West Reno area. I have finally got this cache back up. If you've already found it everything is in close to the same place, so if you feel like it Abeyoni and Honey and the Bear, you can do it again. Total time should be about 1 ½-3hrs, if you do it in the right order. There is more general information in the first 3 paragraphs of the longer description.
IMPORTANT- the following wouldn't fit in the limit of 500 characters of the short description, so keep reading! FOR ALMOST ALL STAGES PLEASE BE STEALTY, THE TRAILS ARE HEAVILY WALKED. ALSO, FOR A LOT OF THE LEGS THE COODINATES WERE VERY SCREWY. FOR ANY LEGS THAT THERE ARE DISCREPANCIES PLEASE E-MAIL ME THE COORDINATES THAT YOU HAVE SO I CAN FIX IT. The coordinates given are for the LATITUDE part of the cache. This cache leads to a second stage which then actually gives the final stage's latitude. There is another set of coordinates below that give the starting of the LONGITUDE part of the cache. That will lead to a second longitude stage, where the final cache's longitude will be given. Put 1 and 1 together and you'll find the final cache. I've given encrypted hints for each stage below. Details on each stage are given below:
To find Stage 1- LATITUDE 1- Park in the obvious paved parking lot at the trailhead. The trail you will be on is relatively new. I believe the trail goes on for miles. Don't go up there in the rain, it conducts water very well I hear. I suggest exploring the trail more, bring your bike if you feel so inclined. Don't go overland until your within 100 feet of the cache, if you do you're working too hard. The cache shouldn't be too hard to find. It is in a hide-a-key container with the next stage's coordinates written on the inside cover. Replace the cache in the same way you found it.There is a log inside if you wish to sign it.
To Find Stage 2-LATITUDES 2- Park in the parking lot. It is not a hard one to find. The cache is near the end of the trail in one direction, or the beginning in the other. Most of the trail (not the part you'll be on) is a nature trail that is hidden in between some houses, if you have time hike up it, find a nearby cache, and read the signs. The cache is, a white samll round container with the coodinates written on the inside cover. Inside is the latitude of the final cache. I've also included a logbook if your so inclined as to sign it.
To find stage 3-LONGITUDE 1- Cache is found at N39* 30.682, W119* 51.529. Park in the park to the east. There is an obvious parking lot. The trail you will be on extends all the way past Wingfield Park and is good for bikes. It has recently been upgraded making it a more comfortable place to be. The container is a hide-a-key, the coordinates for the next stage are inside. Please re-hide the cache well. Coordinates were very screwy upon placement.
To find Stage 4- LONGITUDE 2- Park on the sidewalk, try not to block the street. Go in around the gate. This cache is in a wahite round tube. To get it out of its hiding place, poke at it from the smaller end, it should come out. The trail you are on now is a popular Reno trail. You are near a part where it dead ends for a while. Going the other direction it continues for miles. The longitude of teh final cache is written on the inside of the lid.
To find the FINAL STAGE- Just a little ways up the road from another of the stages, this cache can be accessed in one of two ways. I walked in the longer, but much flatter way. The other option is walking down a large hill, which I think turns out to actually be longer than the other way, even though the GPS says 500 feet when you're at the car. Stay on a paved trail for a good part of the way, then walk up for a while on a semi-visible dirt trail, try not to get to wet while you're walking. Cache is in a painted cell-safe container. When at the cache you won't believe what it smells like and where you are, it's definitely not a normal Reno sight. At placement it contained assorted items and a Shamu TB, who wants to go to Sea World. Coordinates were very screwy in the cache area. People have said that they are 50-60 feet off.
Tell me of your experiences and, if any, what you would change. Thanks to Honey and the Bear for checking to make sure I did this cache right before I posted it. I want to hear from you. Enjoy this cache, and I hope you'll come back to walk on these trails to a further extent another day. The parts this cache will take you on are only the beginning!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
[Latitude- Stage 1] Uvqqra oruvaq n ebpx crepurq va nabgure ebpx gung vf pbirerq ol terra yvpura.
[Latitude-Stage 2]Gur bgure arinqn rffragvny fprarerl
[Longitude-Stage 1]Tb hc.
[Longitude-Stage 2] Va gur guvat xrrcvat lbh sebz yrnivat gur genvy
[Final Stage] Ybbx haqre gur ebbgf bs n gerr. Vg'f pnzzbrq naq vf sne onpx va gur ebbgf