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the staIrs of Cirith Ungol Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

okeeffek: Well, earlier this spring, for the second time the city has renovated GZ, either removing or permanently blocking access to the cache. There are still signs of ongoing construction in the area, so we are not optimistic that replacing this hide will meet with a better or more long lasting fate. After four years, this cache has had a good run; the time to archive it has now come. Many thanks to everyone who has come to find it.

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Hidden : 3/19/2012
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES! In order to find it, you will need to solve the puzzle below. You will be looking for a bison tube, taped to blend into its environment. It is not winter-friendly, but may be available for at least part of the winter depending on amount and pattern of snowfall. Please be gentle when retrieving the cache so as not to damage the attachment mechanism, and take care to replace it exactly as found. Thanks!

Many Winnipeg cachers will be familiar with the ICU series of hides, placed by the late EyeOfSauron. The caching community only became aware of his passing when the hides were archived en masse, many with the containers still in position.

In the months that followed, some of these remaining ICU's were redeployed as active caches in tribute, beginning with glacier_ice's RIP EoS (GC2GVE6). More recently, a group led by crackerjackie collected the ones that could still be found and placed them in the puzzle cache EyeOfSauron (GC3AEXV). The intention was that finders might take a container and use it in a subsequent hide in memory of the ICU series and its owner. It is from EyeOfSauron that this cache was obtained. It was formerly 'ICU - Wandering Eyes VIII' (GC1Z30Z); the posted coordinates mark its original location. However, it is currently hidden at the following coordinates:

The Ring Goes South
The Field of Cormallen
The Shadow of the Past
The Land of Shadow
The White Rider
Fog on the Barrow-downs
The Palantir
The Old Forest
The Stairs of Cirith Ungol

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

Thanks to crackerjackie and associates for making this hide possible!

Congratulations to jbduffman for FTF!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

rygvg

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)