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The Oregon History Challenge! Mystery Cache

Hidden : 7/29/2008
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Do you believe in "Oldie but Goodie"?
Are you obsessed with caching?
Do you want a challenge that skips those quickie micros?
Answering YES to any (or all) of these questions qualifies you for the newest
Challenge cache:


The

Oregon

History Challenge!


At this time there are 22 caches in Oregon that were placed during the first year of Geocaching (5-3-00 to 5-3-01). The challenge is to find them all (hiders count as finders), then e-mail me and when I've verified the finds you'll be able to log this cache. The D/T rating is because at least one of the caches is a 3.5* difficulty and one is a 5* terrain, the actual cache is much easier, but I'm not saying by how much.

Only those who qualify (completed all caches) can post finds for this cache, even if you find it with someone who does qualify.

Final Coordinates: You will be able to find the final coordinates to this cache while on the hunt of all of the caches, if for some reason you happen to miss the coordinates or are not able to figure out where the final coordinates are by the time you complete all of the caches, the cache owner will give you a hint to help you along the way.

Date

Code

Name

Owner

12 May 00

GC12

GC12 5/12/2000

by Jerry Connelly (adopted by GeoNap)

4 Jun 00

GC16

GC16 6/4/2000

by Jerry Connelly (Adopted by Homerz)

21 Jul 00

GC17

Geocache 7/21/00

by Jerry Connelly (adopted by nmartin)

22 Oct 00

GC92

Un-Original Stash

by Makaio and Ponyryder

4 Nov 00

GCA5

Hembre Ridge

by Guy Hammer

7 Jan 01

GC142

The Burn

by Ward Cunningham

20 Jan 01

GC194

See for miles

by canrattler

6 Feb 01

GC232

See the Ocean

by Kevin and Skip

10 Feb 01

GC25C

Council Crest Cache

by Brad , Chad , Joel and Paula

14 Feb 01

GC2B2

Littlerock

by PMOGUY

17 Feb 01

GC313

Quarry Glory

by Soup

18 Feb 01

GC31C

Three Dog Cache

by JMarkantes

11 Mar 01

GC469

Need a drink?

by Shebear & Storminn for Prospector

11 Mar 01

GC471

Roxy

by bego (adopted by blazerfan)

11 Mar 01

GC48B

The Government Duck

by Brad and Chad

12 Mar 01

GC473

Valley View

by Batman,Catwoman,Riddler

24 Mar 01

GC53C

Sprung-A-Creek

by Gutshot

12 Apr 01

GC67C

Chief Sam's bluff

by Dirk (adopted by Lazyboy then CS+B

25 Apr 01

GC7D9

Spring Has Sprung

by Bufford & FiFi

26 Apr 01

GC856

Valley of the Rogue

by W9JIM

26 Apr 01

GC857

Rainie Falls

by W9JIM

28 Apr 01

GC810

Valley Floor

by Peanuthead


If the number of first-year caches drops (due to archiving) to less than 15 this cache will also be archived.

Geocachers working the Challenge:

Name

Found/Owned

family explorer

12

tincuphunter

4

Sage Rat 5

1

Sandy Hams

21

LiefPhotos

1

PMOGUY  

6

longtrails

21

PartOfTheProblem

2

ZSteve

4

theRubinator

6

blazek

20

   
   

Updated: 20 Aug 11

 Geocachers who have finished the Challenge:

Name

Qualified

Found

 logscaler & Red

 FTF

 June 6, 2009

 Dasindog

 2

October 16, 2009 

tobe4evr1

3  July 10, 2010
ukrainian princess 4  July 10, 2010

monsterbox

5 July 16, 2010

hamsx2

6 August 17, 2010
hams2x 7 17 Aug 10
ornith 8 4 Nov 10
PDXJim 9 6 Nov 10
longtrails 10 7 Nov 10
Sandy Ham 11 11 Nov 10
Trekks 12 6 Aug 11
     
     
     
     

See Hint for any questions.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fubbg zr na rznvy... ....orgjrra ybt naq gerr... cbfg lbhe obbxznexf bs pnpurf lbh sbhaq....

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)