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Tilicho Lake - Pearl of Nepal Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 10/2/2005
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
4.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Beautiful location, but difficult to reach, in case you do not use any aircraft, it takes You one week to get to the cache and one week to get back. It involves some major elevation gains. Although I did not check, I am sure this is one of the highest placed caches in the world (5027m/16493'), so learn more about high altitude sickness before You go, for example at:
http://www.aafp.org/afp/980415ap/harris.html

the cache is in one of the most beautiful areas in the world. You can fly to the town of Manang and from there it is a 2day walk in and a 2day walk out, but in this case you have to be extra careful about high altitude disease, because your elevation gain is much faster than if you walked from the bottom of the valley, which is the usual means to get to this place. No metter what sort of limited transportation options you choose, you will have to pay 2000nrs "conservation fee" to the Nepali government, because this is a national park, you might also have to pay 1200nrs to the Maoists, if you meet them(this year especially in the town of Ghorepani, which is at the bottom of the Mustang valley). From the cache site itself you can see a beautiful scenery of 6000 and 7000m mountains all around you, with,of course, the amazing blue brightness of the lake. Generally it is recomended to spent night at Tilicho Base Camp and hike up early in the morning (2.5hrs with light backpacks and good aclimatization, up to 5hrs. with heavy backpacks and/or poor aclimatization), when the weather conditions are best, but check with the locals before you go.

The cache itself is a small multivitamin tube placed in a clear/white plastic bag. The first one, please, take an extra plastic bag with You, so it is in two. I had two on me, but used the other one for trash I found around this beautiful place, which I think is a thing everyone could do. take another plastic bag and if you see any thrash up there or on your way up, please, do take it with you and dump it at the base camp, this way the mountains can stay beautiful for the others.

The signal is very strong at the top, so the GPS is very accurate, you should not have big problems finding the cache itself.
Inside: a logpaper, pen, 1 US cent, 2 Czech crowns
GOOD LUCK!

Small note on cache maintenance: Krishna Prasad Acharya and his fellow tour guides will act as cache guardians.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

cvyr bs fgbarf jvgu n cbyr jvgu BZ ZNAV CNQZR UHZ syntf tbvat gb nyy qverpgvbaf

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)