This is the only page on this website which is 100% guaranteed to not contain any deliberate or accidental errors or misdirection.

Things you need to know:

1. there is a real geocache at the end of this
2. it is fully compliant with geocaching.com rules, therefore
3. there is no need to create an account, download a file, or otherwise do things that contravene the geocaching.com rules to solve this sequence of puzzles, however
4. if you choose to reveal your identity, it may be used to personalise your experience.
5. REPEAT: it is optional to do so. The cache is completely accessible while remaining anonymous.
6. this is the only page you must believe is 100% truthful
7. everything else you may read, view, experience, or interact with, may contain misdirection
8. the domain name, website, underlying infrastrcture is owned and operated by the cache owners on infrastructure that has been in place for 30 years. It is guaranteed to remain operable until 1 Jan 2030 (with the exception of Acts of God and other factors out of anyone's control - like the CO passing away).
9. Some of our active caches are over 15 years old.
10. There may be a point in time where this will end, and at that stage, this page will publish a clear end date.
11. this is going to be difficult. this is deliberate. but it is solvable.
12. it is expected that you will work with others
13. therefore, it is expected a real-world visit to the container will be with a group
14. therefore, you are asked to not include geocachers that did not play a reasonable part in problem solving
15. expect this to take a while. a long while. seriously. unless you are willing to walk away and come back to it later, you are unlikely to have the required mindset.
16. The CO will not communicate with you about this cache. Any incomming messages will be read, but for this to work, and work fairly for everyone, any new or updated information will be accessible to everyone at the same time. Fixes will be indicated on this page (so you know it is true). Anything else that may be added, or changes, or appears, or disappears, may (and must) be assumed to be part of why you are here.

Why?

1. you will have a lot of finds on your record. which do you remember?
2. a huge amount of time, resources, and money(!) have gone into this one.
3. there is joy in the design - you are going to find joy on the other side of hard

Please

1. don't try to hack the server. no 'work files' or 'accidental' information is stored on it
2. all you end up doing is breaking things for everyone.
3. do not break any law
4. remember this is just a game, a hobby, a way to spend an enjoyable time
5. be, and continue to be, a nice human being

If you are going to use AI against this site (when?) please realise it is on a very small server and will not cope with a lot of strain. Cloudflare is used to deal with the majority of drama that ensues out on the wild wide web, but if you want to break things - you can. Just remember you aren't trying to break into a corporate or government facility - things will break if you put any amount of reasonable strain on it. If it the site is slow or appears unavailable, the solution is to have a look an hour or a day later and see if whatever killed it has stopped. It's probably someone who decided to "not be a nice human being" doing whatever they thought would somehow magically given them access or results which are not available on this platform *by design*. But they'll try. Someone always does.