Emmett Five-Oh: The Traveling Cache - Chapter One Mystery Cache

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emmett: I will be archiving all my caches in the coming weeks, though a few will hang around a little longer to accommodate specific requests. New versions of my caches may pop up again some day, but not on this site. Feel free to send me an email if you would like to know more.

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Hidden : 3/5/2006
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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This cache is so named in part because it marks my fiftieth active cache hide including micros and final caches. Since I’ve hit the half-century milestone it seemed good to come up with something different.

That’s where the other part of the name comes in. The Traveling Cache (TC) is a unique cache in that its goal is to move from place to place, never sitting in any one location too long. Each time it is moved, a container is left behind to allow subsequent cachers to log finds in spots the TC once called home. Meanwhile, the TC itself will move about to who knows where, as new chapters are created by people who would like to extend the series.

In theory, cachers can have multiple signatures in the same log book since the original log will move with the TC container, yet each chapter stands alone as a permanent cache because of the new container and log book that are left behind when the TC is moved.

The puzzle below will lead you to the location where the Traveling Cache was first placed. The traveling container has since been moved but a “left behind” container and log book are now in place awaiting your visit.

How many new chapters will be published? How far will the Traveling Cache move? Read below and learn how it works, then solve the puzzle and get involved by tracking down the original container and signing your name in the official log book, wherever it may be, and by creating your own chapter to add to the series.


The Concept

Once a tenth find has been logged after a chapter has been created, or once the Traveling Cache has been in one spot for thirty days or more, it becomes eligible to be moved to a new location.

Anyone can move the cache and create a new chapter. All you need do is post a note alerting others of your intent, then wait until ten finds have been logged or thirty days have elapsed from the day the current chapter was published, whichever comes first.

However, you must carefully read and follow the rules of the road below before you move the Traveling Cache.


The Chapter One Puzzle

The posted coordinates are for Tipling Rock in the Nobscott Reservation. The cache is not located there but it's a nice place to visit. To determine the actual location of this cache, solve the puzzle below.

Central Mass Railroad 2 - In preparing Chapter One, I noted that mredden’s Central Mass Railroad 2 is not that far away. In fact mredden's posted coordinates for stage one of Central Mass Railroad 2 are just 2.639 miles from the Chapter One location. Central Mass Railroad 2 is a must cache if you like a creative, tough find, though a summertime trek may not be much fun due to trail overgrowth and aerial invaders.

Predator - Looking again at the area map, I see a Predator Cache off in the other direction, 5.824 miles to stage one in fact. Now there is a cache with two creative hides. Well worth a visit if that is your cup of tea.

Insidious - Finally, let me be so bold as to point out that Insidious IV stage one is not far at all from The Traveling Cache – Chapter One, 1.447 miles to be exact. It features one, maybe even two, of the toughest micro hides you’ll find, or not find, anywhere. I think most will agree, insidious yes, but creative as well.

Designated parking for this first chapter of the Traveling Cache series is a large lot northwest of the cache. Expect no more than a half hour round trip from there not including find time. The cache is located about fifty feet north of the trail.

There is an alternate, smaller parking area on the same road, west of the cache, and though the hike will be shorter at seven minutes round trip, it will not be particularly enjoyable. This option, however, will take you past an interesting structure a little more than halfway to the cache

From the designated parking lot, Chapter One can be found in tandem with another nearby cache (one hour round trip), the identity of which should be evident once you solve the puzzle.

Finally, for those who enjoy CSI-style conquests, there may well be enough information on this page to allow a find without actually solving the puzzle. This option may be worth a try if you are otherwise stumped.

Credits - It wouldn't be right if I did not mention TNC 1 - How Far? since this puzzle is modeled after that one. If you are having trouble solving this, maybe a look at TNC 1 will help (visit link)


Suggestions

Personally, I would like to see the Traveling Cache placed in spots that would draw attention to another new or already existing cache. It could be placed near a parking area for a new or existing cache or as a detour on a route to another cache.

An alternate idea would be placing it somewhere you would never expect to find a cache, perhaps even hidden "in plain sight."

Another suggestion would be moving it at a time that coincides with a special event or activity like a geomeet or community fair or carnival.


Rules of the Road

All new chapters of the Traveling Cache will be subject to the prevailing rules governing cache hides. Each will require examination and approval by a geocaching.com reviewer.

The "rules of the road" posted here should be copied exactly and pasted at the bottom of the cache page for all subsequent editions of the Traveling Cache.

Prior to relocating the cache, the mover will place a small container (not a micro) in the spot where the Traveling Cache was hidden. Inside the new container should be a log book and some trade items.

To avoid any confusion, the "mover" should post a note, at least one day or more in advance, alerting others of your intent to move the cache. Once you post this note, you have essentially reserved the right to move the cache. You should also publish a follow up note once you actually retrieve the Traveling Cache and take it to a new home.

Once an FTF is claimed at the new chapter, the owner of the new chapter or someone he/she designates will place the precise coordinates to the new chapter in the "left behind" container at the site of the prior chapter.

Please do not place a new puzzle in the left behind container. As a prerequisite to adding a new chapter, you must be willing to place the precise north and west coordinates for your new cache in the left behind container after an FTF is claimed.

The delay in placing coords for the new chapter in the prior chapter's left behind container is to assure the new chapter is not found by anyone before it is actually published, thus providing a level playing field for the FTF.

The puzzle for each new chapter should involve identifying three favorite caches and providing instructions that lead from those caches to the new location where the next chapter has been hidden. In so doing, those who create new chapters are encouraged to applaud other noteworthy caches.

Thus each new chapter will either be a single stage cache for those who solve the new chapter’s puzzle or it could be a puzzle/multi-cache hybrid for those who find a previous chapter and use the left behind clues to locate subsequent chapters.


The Traveling Cache series

Chapter One by Emmett
Chapter Two by CacheNCarryMA (visit link)
Chapter Three by Bigrock95 (visit link)
Chapter Four by Loch Cache (visit link)
Chapter Five by Emmett (visit link)
Chapter Six by UMass72 and Ether Bunny (visit link)


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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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