Twilight Zone Reloaded Multi-Cache
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This is a two-part multi-cache adventure into the Twilight Zone beginning in Mockingbird Park in Ellisville and based on Rod Serling’s popular 1960s TV series.
Find two numbers XXX.XX and YYYY written on a beam under the bridge in Magic marker. Use those numbers and the information below find the final cache.
Parking may be found at the following locations:
N38: 35.926, W90: 34.740
N38; 36.066, W90: 34.309
N38: 36.091, W90: 34.460
The following is an excerpt from the script of an un-televised episode of the Twilight Zone:
‘There is another dimension beyond that which is known to geocachers. It is a dimension as vast as the earth and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between latitude and longitude, between orienteering and geocaching, and it lies between the pit of man's fears, and the summit of his GPS knowledge. This is the dimension of navigation. It is an area which we call... the Twilight Zone.’
‘Meet John and Jane Geocacher. They are participating in a routine exercise in orienteering that will turn out to be anything but routine. Their task is deceptively simple: navigate from point A to point B then back to point A via the direct route. They departed point A on a precise heading and traveled for an exact distance arriving safely at their intermediate point. They then departed point B along the precise opposite heading planning to travel the exact same distance to return to A when, without warning, things turned ugly. For lurking just beyond the horizon and directly ahead is a region of warped space waiting to prey upon the unsuspecting geocachers. Its twists and turns are so subtle as to go unnoticed until it is too late. As their return attempt unfolds their surroundings will become increasingly unfamiliar. Soon they will be struck by the stark reality that they are hopelessly off course and are not going to it make back. They are about to take a detour to the Twilight Zone.’
I have placed the first cache at the exact starting location of the Geocacher’s fateful trip for any one interested in retracing their steps and finding out what happened to them. The coordinates are at the top of this page. Included in the cache are their original orienteering instructions.
To complete this cache you will have to use your GPS to create a new waypoint by projecting from an existing waypoint. See your owner’s manual.
I have reproduced the information originally found at Waypoint 1:
Before continuing set up your GPS as follows: 1. North Reference: TRUE MILS (Note 6400 mills equals 360 degrees) 2. Navigation Units: KILOMETERS 3. Datum: WGS-84
The orienteering directions followed by John and Jane Geocacher:
1. Depart point A of a true heading of YYYY mills and travel for a distance of XXX.XX Km to reach point B.
2. Depart point B on the opposite true heading of (YYYY – 3200) mills and travel the same distance of XXX.XX Kilometers to return back to point A. (3200 mills equals 180 degrees)
The coordinates for their departure point are the coordinates of this cache and are listed at the top of this page.
To simulate their trip do the following:
1. Create a new waypoint, Point B, by using your GPS to project from the coordinates of this cache along a true bearing of YYYY mils for a distance of XXX.XX Kilometers.
2. Create another new waypoint, Point A, by using your GPS to project back from Point B along true bearing of (YYYY –3200) mils for a distance of XXX.XX Kilometers.
3. Set the newPoint A as a GOTO. If the distance to Point A is only a few meters then you have made it back safely. If not you have gone through the space warp and the next stop is the Twilight Zone and cache #2.
Note: It is not necessary to visit Point B. (it is near the Mark Twain National Forest)
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Gjvyvtug Mbar (Ebtre Xynzoret Jbbqf rnfg bs Oyhr Oveq Cnex) arkg gb snyyra gerr.