Tiki Surprise Traditional Geocache

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GeoCrater: I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in the last reviewer note.

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Hidden : 7/20/2009
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is just off the Chief Ladiga Trail between Weaver and Jacksonville.

You are looking for a small black container with just a few knick knacks in just for fun. I'm sure the land is private past the gate, so I don't suggest going in there. I was riding the trail one day and this spot caught my eye so I thought I'd place a cache here. Look for muggles coming both ways.

Here is some cool facts courtesy of Blue Ridge Bamboo, LLC for you to take along when you go:
  • Thomas Edison's first successful incandescent lamp (light bulb) used a filament made of carbonized bamboo. It was patented in 1880. This light bulb still burns today in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC.
  • Thomas Edison also used bamboo as rebar for the reinforcement of his swimming pool. To this day, the pool has never leaked.
  • Alexander Graham Bell used bamboo for the first phonograph needle.
  • Bamboo survived the atomic bomb at Hiroshima and provided the first re-greening after the blast in 1945.
  • With a tensile strength superior to mild steel (withstands up to 52,000 pounds of pressure psi) and a weight-to-strength ratio surpassing that of graphite, bamboo is the strongest growing woody plant on earth.
  • There is a suspension bridge in China 250 yards long, 9 foot wide and rests entirely on bamboo cables fastened over the water. It doesn't have a single nail or piece of iron in it.
  • Used in ladders, scaffolding and construction, bamboo is twice as stable as oak, walnut and teak.
  • Bamboo is the fastest growing plant on this planet and provides the best canopy for the greening of degraded lands. (Some species of Bamboo grow as much as 4 feet a day).
  • Its stands release 35% more oxygen than equivalent stands of trees. Bamboo can also lower light intensity and protects against ultraviolet rays.
  • Bamboo has thousands of uses including airplane "skins", aphrodisiacs, blinds, brushes, crafts, desalination filters, diesel fuel, fly-fishing poles, flooring, food, furniture, medicine, musical instruments, ornaments, paper, rope, scaffolding, umbrellas, walking sticks, wind chimes and many, many, more.
  • Bamboo is harvested and replenished with no impact to the environment. It can be selectively harvested annually and is capable of complete regeneration without need to replant.
  • Bamboo is an enduring natural resource and provides income, food, and housing to over 2.2 billion people worldwide.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Congrats to mtntrail for the FTF!

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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