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Fridtjof's Cache(aka Stairway to Heaven….) Multi-Cache

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Hidden : 3/25/2002
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This geocache is best done on a clear day. It is not available from 10pm to 6am. Please respect the neighbors around this area. You will need to do some "research" before arriving at the site.

This geocache is located in the Boring Lava Field, near the top of a small shield volcano. This volcano is of the type common in Hawaii and was formed during the Plio-Pleistocene geologic era.

The cache is named in honor of a famous scientist, diplomat and humanitarian, who is not well known in the USA. The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the "honored" for work done repatriating refugees after the First World War.

1. Near the given coordinates, find a multi-trunk oak tree. From this tree, travel 0.16 mile on a heading of 304°.

2. At the new location; find, on a rock outcropping, a circular brass marker bearing an arrow. Note your position. There are two dates stamped on the marker. Take the last two digits of the more recent date and substitute them for the last two digits of your current latitude. Take one half of the "honored's" age at the time of death, and subtract those digits from the last two digits of your current longitude. Then subtract the year (last 2 digits) the "honored" received the Nobel Peace Prize from one-half his age at death. Add 50% of this amount to the longitude coordinate you are computing. Proceed to the new coordinate location.

3. From the concrete structure at this approximate position:

Upset one, or down set three,
Puts you where you want to be.
From this spot, facing down,
A sinister turn one quarter round.

4. Proceed FRAM, a few paces; the exact number being determined by the age of the volcano, divided by the number of vents that formed this specific local prominence, times ten to the negative fifth power. The cache is close by. It is a 4" diameter cylinder about 18" long.

(Thanks to Patrick and Shirley for beta-testing the cache)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Hint 1:] Guvax orapuznex. [Hint 2:] Guvax Abejrtvna ynathntr.

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)