GCG1AP GHMCMC (Multi-cache) in Ontario, Canada created by Flick and TrimblesTrek

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TrimblesTrek: Thanks to all the cachers who made this series a success, both by hiding and by finding.
And of course, thanks to Flick for being the brains of the operation from the beginning. (Now if he'd only come up with a tagline for GHAGAFAP VI.)

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A cache by Flick and TrimblesTrek Message this owner

Hidden : 4/27/2003

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Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Golden Horseshoe Multi-Cacher Multi-Cache
(a Flick brainchild)
The final stage of the GHMCMC series.

Hidden over four years ago, initially as a brainstorm of Flick, the GHMCMC has pretty much run it's course as a cache series.

So, as of July 1, 2007, the FINAL stage of the GHMCMC series will be removed. Each of the individual caches will continue as standalone caches at the discretion of the individual cache owners.

Thanks to everyone who participated in hiding the caches, and to the hundreds of cachers who found the various caches!

Golden Horseshoe region of Ontario is the area around the western end of Lake Ontario, and includes such urban centers as Toronto, Mississauga, Oakville, Burlington, Hamilton, St. Catharines and Niagara Falls. For this cache series, we've extended the region to Newmarket in the northeast, Waterloo in the northwest, Port Dover in the southwest, and Fort Erie in the southeast. More than half of the population of Ontario lives in or around these cities.

The Golden Horseshoe Multi-Cacher Multi-Cache is a cooperative effort of fourteen local Geocachers. Each of the individual Stage caches may be treated as a normal, single cache. You can complete the 14 Stages in any order. Each Stage will include a *SECRET*, written on the underside of the cache container lid. Don't forget to write it down if you plan to tackle the Final Stage!

Coordinates provided will not lead you to the cache!
Coordinates for this cache must be calculated using the information gathered in the 14 caches in the series.

Fourteen independent cache teams from the Ontario Golden Horseshoe region.
Fourteen normal caches hidden on the Victoria day weekend, 2003.
Fourteen secrets to be discovered.
One super-deluxe final cache to be found!

Find all fourteen caches, collect the secrets, and figure out the coordinates of the final! Simple!

Best of luck to everyone.

To the twelve other area geocachers...

The Blue Quasar, Bullzie, KDKK17, Lynx1 & the Hunter, J.A.R.S., 1701eh, Bear & Ducky, Barnie's Band of Gold, The Ridgerunners (Ryan2, RedBucket, BillyBob), Olar, Coupar-Angus, Tomtec

Thanks for your participation!
Flick and TrimblesTrek

Coordinate Calculations


Flick's Secret Decoder Ring
A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M
647	302	199	975	210	516	723	446	612	901	802	214	119

N	O	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z
535	321	791	452	743	647	345	272	698	503	415	616	818

In the table above, you'll find the 26 letters of the alphabet. Each letter is paired with a three-digit number. In the spaces provided in the table below, write down the *secret* for each cache, along with the three-digit number, as determined by Flick's Secret Decoder Ring. Then, follow the instructions to come up with the NORTH coordinates of the final cache.

Calculation of NORTH coordinate for final cache
Cache Name (Stage Name)	Secret	3 Digit Equivalent
GHMCMCT #1: Long Hills if you ask me!	_	_ _ _
GHMCMCT #2: Paths from Times Gone By	_	_ _ _
GHMCMCT #3: "Rivers" for a Grand, Alex!	_	_ _ _
GHMCMCT #4: Devil's Punch Bowl	_	_ _ _
GHMCMCT #5: Glen Morris Trail Cache	_	_ _ _
GHMCMCT #6: Pilkington	_	_ _ _
GHMCMCT #7: Dam That's Big!	_	_ _ _
Total of 3 digit numbers:		_ _ _ _
Multiply by:		1 0 0 0
Answer:		_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Add:		3 4 6
Answer:		_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Substitute each digit into the coordinate:		N x x ° x x . x x x
North coordinate of final cache:		N _ _ ° _ _ . _ _ _

Follow the same steps to come up with the WEST coordinates of the final cache.

Calculation of WEST coordinate for final cache
Cache Name (Stage Name)	Secret	3 Digit Equivalent
GHMCMCT #8: Loose on the Bruce	_	_ _ _
GHMCMCT #9: Beckett Glaves	_	_ _ _
GHMCMCT #10: End of the Road	_	_ _ _
GHMCMCT #11: A Dam Ridgerunner's Cache	_	_ _ _
GHMCMCT #12: EVERGREEN TUNNELS	_	_ _ _
GHMCMCT #13: Throe, Caution to the Wind !!	_	_ _ _
GHMCMCT #14: Going Up? Coming Down!!!	_	_ _ _
Total of 3 digit numbers:		_ _ _ _
Add:		4 4 4 4
Answer:		_ _ _ _
Multiply by:		1 0 0 0
Answer:		_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Add:		4 1 6
Answer:		_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Substitute each digit into the coordinate:		W x x ° x x . x x x
West coordinate of final cache:		W _ _ ° _ _ . _ _ _

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Satellite reception can be brutal here... you'll know why when you get there.] Gur pnpur vf ghpxrq vagb n fcnpr orgjrra n ynetr ebpx naq n gerr fghzc naq bofpherq ol fbzr fznyy ebpxf.

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)

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