C O L O U R F U L
You do not need to go to the
posted coordinates!
If you can decode the
coordinates of the first waypoint hidden in following verse, you
will be well on your way to locating the cache. The coordinates are
in the form Ndd mm.mmm Wdd mm.mmm. (The N,W, and decimal points are
not encoded.) The digital root of the sum of these 14 digits is 9.
(For a definition of digital root see the note below.)
The easiest parking and
access is close to a bone yard!
At the first waypoint is a
large man-made metal object which is certainly out of place. (Some
of you may be able to find a connection between this object and the
posted coordinates.) Somewhere on the object is the name of an
Ontario town. Letting A = 1, B = 2, C = 3 , .... Z = 26 , convert
the town's name to a number, X, by summing the numbers
corresponding to the letters of the name. The digital root of X is
8.
The cache is located at a
distance of X + 309 meters on a bearing of X + 130 degrees true
from the first waypoint. One relatively easy way to get to the
cache from the first waypoint is to follow close to the stream bed
which leads right to the cache.
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IF
Rudyard Kipling's Verse
If you can keep
your head when all about
you
Are
losing theirs
and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself
when all
men doubt you,
But make allowance for their
doubting
too;
If you can
wait and not be tired
by
waiting,
Or being
lied
about, don't
deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give
way to hating,
And yet don't look too good,
nor talk
too wise:
If you
can dream-and
not make dreams
your master;
If you can think-and not make
thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph
and
Disaster
And treat those
two imposters
just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth
you've spoken
Twisted by
knaves to make a
trap for
fools,
Or
watch the things you
gave your life to, broken,
And stoop
and build
'em up
with worn-out
tools:
If you can make one heap
of all
your
winnings
And risk it on one turn of
pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start
again
at your
beginnings
And never breathe
a word about
your loss;
If you can force
your heart and
nerve and sinew
To serve your
turn long
after
they are
gone,
And so hold on when there is
nothing in you
Except the Will which says to
them: "Hold on!"
If you
can talk
with
crowds and
keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings-nor
lose the common
touch,
If neither
foes nor loving
friends can hurt
you,
If all men count
with you, but
none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving
minute
With sixty seconds'
worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and
everything
that's in it,
And-which is more-you'll be a
Man, my
son!
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The cache is located at a very prominent multi-trunked maple tree.
The cache is about 18 inches off the ground. The cache container
isan ammo can. The cache has a real skull guarding it. The cache
contents are colourful, so please try to make colourful
trades.
Good Luck and have
fun!
NOTE: Digital
root: Consider the process of taking a number, adding its
digits, then adding the digits of numbers derived from it, etc.,
until the remaining number has only one digit. The digit obtained
is called the digital root of n. For example, the sum of the digits
of the number 87965 is 35 and the sum of the digits of 35 is 8.
Therefore, the digital root of 87965 is 8.
Please do not include
spoilers in your logs. Logs with spoilers will be deleted
immediately. If you believe there are any problems with the cache
setup, please advise me privately by e-mail so that I may fix them
if necessary.
Colourful language may be appropriate if you don't wear waterproof
footwear. The large man-made metal object is within 20 kilometers
of the posted coordinates.