P4 Cache Multi-cache
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DO NOT GO TO THE ABOVE COORDINATES (at least, not for the cache)
This is a puzzle-multi- cache, and will require you to gather clue information in the Prescott City area. Basic math (a calculator) and the ability to carefully follow directions is required. YOU MUST ALSO FIND "AID STATION CACHE" for one of the clues. The clues are not in any particular order.
UPDATE: ON 3/31/03 I replaced the final cache as it seems the original cache grew legs and walked off.
The final cache is a few miles outside Prescott. The road in is rough and rutted, but a sturdy 2WD should be fine in good weather. There are good views of the Indian Fire damage and Quartz Mtn. The final cache contains $5 as a reward for the first finder, as well as general cache items.
"P4" stands for "Prescott Puzzle Ponderosa Park" cache
To find this cache, you must first find the answers to the 12 CLUES. You will then have to do some calculations to find the numbers for the coordinates to the final cache location in the format - N34-AB.CDE W112-FG.HIJ.
There is a hint with the format - Forest Rd. KL.
DATA (CLUE) GATHERING.
Have fun and enjoy the "sites" of Prescott as you gather the info for the following 12 clues.
GO TO N34-32.391 W112-28.030 Orient East and find the following answers:
#1. How tall was the Khufu Great Pyramid? ___________
#2. What date is stamped into the ground next to the 3rd Punic War? _____________
GO TO N34-32.406 W112-27.884
#3. What is the street number of the big green house? _____
#4. What kind of place is this?
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#5. Look South. What is the post # on the blue sign? _____
GO TO N34-33.464 W112-28.859
#6. What is the statue? _ _ _ _
#7. In the lot north of the statue, what is the highest numbered Visitors Row? __________
GO TO N34-32.505 W112-28.167 Orient south and find:
#8. In what year did Lt. Whipple survey the 35th Lat? ______
#9. In 1910, what was the population of Yavapai Co?_________
#10. What full date was the "Rough Rider" statue by Solon Hannible Borglum unveiled ?(copy exactly) _________________
#11. What was the record snowfall in 1967? _______________
GO TO N34-32.412 W112-28.168
#12. What full date was the statue dedicated? ______________
(copy exactly)
CALCULATIONS
Sharpen your pencil and mind! These should not be too hard if you work carefully. But, a small mistake may have you looking in the wrong place! Remember, any number with the "#" in front of it refers to the answer to that numbered CLUE (#1 through #12).
FINAL CACHE is located at: N34-AB.CDE W112-FG.HIJ
Hint: Forest Rd: KL
A= Assign consecutive numeric value to the alphabet (a=1, b=2, etc). Convert the WORD in #6 to numbers. Add the SEVEN digits together, then add the 2 digit answer together again. Put that single digit answer in "A"
(Get the idea? Solve carefully. Especially this one, (A) or you will be on a wild goose chase on the wrong side of town! Answers will always be a single digit)
B= Add ALL the digits in #12 together and divide by 3.
C= Answer is in the "AID STATION CACHE"
D= Divide #7 by the day of the month in #12.
E= Add the FIRST and LAST digits of #3 together.
F= Add all the digits of #10 together, and together again (See "A")
G= Clue #8 minus (Clue #11 squared), then multiply by "J"
H= Add the digits in #1 together, and together again (See "A")
I= Take the FIRST 3 letters and the LAST 3 letters of #4 and convert them to numbers using that same consecutive substitution (a=1, b=2, etc). Multiply the FIRST 3 numbers together. Add the LAST 3 numbers together. Add these 2 numbers together. Then divide by 2, and add E. Now subtract #11.
J= #9 divided by 7,998
K= #5
L= Subtract the FIRST digit in #2 from the SECOND digit in #2.
After you have gathered the clues and calculated the coordinates, have fun and enjoy the cache!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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VS LBH TRG SEHFGENGRQ - Svyy va guvf fragrapr sebz gur pyhrf:
"Guvf vf (jbeq sebz #6). Yrg'f tb gb (3eq jbeq sebz #4)"