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Banana Slugs & High Places Virtual Cache

Hidden : 7/19/2001
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
4.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   virtual (virtual)

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Geocache Description:

Elevation: 10,500 ft.

As a bonus cache to Top O' The Field, see if you can find a plaque that has "Here's to banana slugs and high places" on it.

This is a long 9 hr round trip hike at elevation on a glacier/snow field. Bring gators, boots, and plenty of food & water. Prepare for wide temperature changes, bring lots of sunscreen & lip protection.


Find a metal plaque that says:

"Here's to banana slugs and high places. We gratefully celebrate the life and spirit of Janie The song of our soul. Her family, The Diepenbrocks Janie and Willi died March 4th 1979"

From my quote collection: "Always in the big woods when you leave familiar ground and step off alone into a new place there will be, along with the feelings of curiosity and excitement, a little nagging of dread. It is the fear of the Unknown, and it is your first bond with the wilderness you are going into. What you are doing is exploring. You are undertaking the first experience, not of the place, but of yourself in that place." --Wendell Berry

For this memorial plaque, contemplate high places and the unknown and place your logged thoughts here...

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

(Vs lbhe onggrevrf serrmr uvag) Snpvat Pnzc Zhve, urnq hc gur ebpxf gb gur evtug. OR PNERSHY! Naq rawbl gur ivrj....

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)