GC31MEF Unknown Cache Into thinner air
Type: Mystery | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 3.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 3.5 out of 5
By: kenyansherpa @ | Hide Date: 08/06/2011 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 51.827 W105° 04.130 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Scenic view  Medium hike (1km-10km) 

Cache is not at posted coordinates but it's a parking option. Solve the puzzle below to get final coordinates. As a tribute to Titocache and all the great caches he has placed including Into Thin Air, I named this one Into Thinner Air.
1) Denali 2) Kosciuszko 3) Minghitau 4) Chomolungma 5) Uhuru 6) Denali 7) Denali 8) Chomolungma 9) Zero 10)Minghitau 11)Zero 12)Minghitau 13)Zero 14)Chomolungma 15) Puncak Jaya

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Gold Dollar coin for FTF ( might need it given recent USA economic situation ) Geochecker.com.

Congrats to Wings and Tales on the FTF!

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Great debate in the mountaineering world over which one is number 7.
Container is a pill bottle just off the east side of the ridge.

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7 Logs: Found it 6  Owner Maintenance 1  

Found it 09/03/2018 By CVA64
Was on the ridge today chasing caches in the snow, rain, and clouds when this geocache was left to be found, which it was. A nice hike this way once again. Thank you for the cache here.

Found it 09/03/2018 By Kerewin0430
What an epic caching weekend! Covered a lot of ground! Today was all about Pikes Peak. Started bright and early with a hike along this ridge from Devil's Playground. I love puzzles that I can solve on my own, haha! Thanks for placing this fun cache!

Found it 09/02/2017 By Pohka
Hmmm, I seem to have missed Thin Air and gone on up to Thinner Air, oh well. That's what the trip down is for! Took a while to work this one which prevented another cache from being found, I didn't notice the size till after looking for a few; oh well. A fun puzzle completed now! Appreciate both the puzzle and the placement!

Found it 07/11/2017 By OR85OR450
Thanks! are due and due again to several CO's for another excellent outing on the peak. I stayed mostly at a 'drove-to' altitude. Saw a ton of tiny tundra plants in real nice bloom; listened to the resident birds and rodents all day; hardly heard a man made noise the whole time; and then had to make one scootin' hike back to parking to get layers and rain gear on.
But UH OH! I'm on a motorcycle !!! Well anyway I got below tree line before all the lightning really cranked up!

This was actually the next to last stop on the day. The whole western sky, north to south, was filling up with grey curtains of rain obscuring the view.

Found it 07/04/2016 By mblatch
#33167 Found with jellis on our way down from the summit of Pike's Peak. I had solved both of the Thin Air puzzles here but didn't think I'd have the opportunity to actual go find both. Thinnest Air was closer to the road, but this one ended up being quite a trek. Thankfully, my ride graciously agreed to wait at the parking area while we hiked out. This is the first time I've ever done a hike like this at such a high altitude. However, the scenery was well worth the effort. Thanks for a fun puzzle and for a reason to get out and enjoy the thinner air. Smile Once at GZ, the cache was a relatively easy find. I thought someone had possibly dropped a throwdown when I saw the new log, but it seems that the CO had simply just performed a maintenance run recently. TFTC

Owner Maintenance 06/30/2016 By kenyansherpa
I went to check on this one today. The snow has melted just enough off the ridge crest to access it. However, the container had been breeched and the log was soaked, so I replaced everything. It's ready to be found!

Found it 08/01/2015 By billkat
Another fun puzzle. Tftc!