GC3RGDX Coomloughra Horseshoe #7 – Caher (Traditional Cache) in Munster, Ireland created by teslahunter

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Hidden : 7/29/2012

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Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Caher (1001m summit); this is the seventh hide on Coomloughra Horseshoe taken clockwise.

Having completed the first 5 caches in this series I decided to place some more to add to the series. The description below is shamefully copied from curus.lulus description

This cache is a part of the Coomloughra Horseshoe Series.
Coomloughra Horseshoe #1 – Cnoc Iochtair (742m cache, 747m summit) (visit link)
Coomloughra Horseshoe #2 – Skregmore (847m cache, 848m summit) (visit link)
Coomloughra Horseshoe #3 – Stumpa Bharr North Summit (846m cache, 851m summit) (visit link)
Coomloughra Horseshoe #4 – Beenkeragh (990m cache, 1010m summit) (visit link)
Coomloughra Horseshoe #5 – The Bones (949m cache, 959m summit) (visit link)
Coomloughra Horseshoe #6 – [Honorary member (visit link) by Marcus in Kerry and klaus23]
Coomloughra Horseshoe #7 – Caher (1001m summit) – (visit link)
Coomloughra Horseshoe #8 – Caher West Top (975m summit) – (visit link)

Coomloughra Horseshoe #9 – Big Rock down the hill – (visit link)

The series is hidden along the classic MacGillycuddy’s looped route called (Caher-) Coomloughra (route) Horseshoe. It is an extremely challenging loop that must not be underestimated, but the reward is sweet, i.e. having climbed 8(-9, depending how you count the Stumpa Bharr double-summit) major MacGillycuddy’s summits, three of them being the highest tops of Ireland: Carrauntoohil (1039m), Beenkeragh (1010m), and Caher (1001m).
Kerry Mountain Rescue advised route (even though advised you should use the advise with proper maps and navigation devices and of course all the risk involved is your own): (visit link)
The sections dotted red on the Kerry Mountain Rescue schematics are more dangerous than tough hiking, they in fact require scrambling. Scrambling is not mountaineering proper, but it definitely requires sustained use of both hands to survive (see this Wikipedia definition of scrambling (visit link) some say the horseshoe scrambling (especially the Beenkeragh Ridge) is level 2 in the British assessment of scrambling difficulty. I know for sure that I personally would not tackle these areas without mountaineering gear except for summer.
Each cache is rated as if taken on its own. The cumulative d and t rating of the whole loop is definitely 5/5.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

jryy znfxrq jvgu frireny ybbfr fgbarf haqre n ynetr fgbar, frr fcbvyre..

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)