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Entmoot Traditional Cache

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yavanna_21: Going to clean up cache area and open up the spot for someone else to hide. I no longer cache.

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Hidden : 11/3/2008
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

ENTMOOT: A gathering of ents.
A cache along the Butler-Freeport Trail.

EDIT: Cache ammo can was stolen and presumably replaced by the thief with the glass container.
Ents were created by Yavanna, one of the Valar. Their purpose was to be shepherds of the trees, keeping them safe from orcs and dwarves. Ents stand about 15 feet tall and have very treelike characteristics. The elves taught the Ents to speak. Ents are on a constant search for the Entwives, who disappeared after their gardens were destroyed by Sauron.

An Entmoot is a rare meeting of Ents. One occurred during the War of the Ring, where the Ents decided after three days to march on Saruman's fortress at Isengard. This march was called the Last March of the Ents.


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"Treebeard" by Alan Lee

"Suddenly he stopped, put the hobbits down, and raised his curled hands to his mouth so that they made a hollow tube; then he blew or called through them. A great hoom, hom rang out like a deep-throated horn in the woods, and seemed to echo from the trees. Far off there came from several directions a similar hoom, hom that was not an echo but an answer."

"As soon as the whole company was assembled, standing in a wide circle round Treebeard, a curious and unintelligible conversation began. The Ents began to murmur slowly: first one joined and then another, until they were all chanting together in a long rising and falling rhythm, now louder on one side of the ring, now dying away there and rising to a great boom on the other side."
~The Two Towers, JRR Tolkien

Look up from your GPS screen while caching. Take in the beauty of your surroundings. Look at the trees-you may never go to this spot again, but these trees will stand over the area and protect it for many years to come.

You are looking for a .50 caliber ammo can. EDIT: The ammo can had been stolen and the thief replaced it with a pickle jar. Thanks to Fred of Ivywood Gang for giving me this ammo can and some of the swag! The difficulty rating is a two because satellite reception may not be the best.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Va gur oryyl bs na Rag.

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)