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Anchors Aweigh Mystery Cache

Hidden : 4/3/2005
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not at the above coordinates.

The cache is located at:
  • N 37 30.ABC
  • W 122 12.DEF

To solve this puzzle:

  1. Get the tune of "Anchors Aweigh" in your head. (Click on this link to listen to it.)
  2. Look at the lyrics below, and figure out/remember how they fit to the melody.
    [Anchors] Aweigh, my boys, An[chors A]weigh. 
     ---B---                      ---D---
    
    [Farewell] to college joys, we sail at break of day-ay-ay-ay. 
     ---A----                            
    
    Through our [last night] on shore, drink to [the foam], 
                 -----E----                      ---F----  
    
    [Until] we meet once more. Here's wishing you a happy voyage home. 
     --C--
    
  3. Now focus in on the melody inside one of the []'d sections. Get those two notes in your head. If you can sing a chromatic scale, count the number of half steps between the two notes. (From C to C# is 1 half step. From C to D is 2 half steps.)
  4. Substitute your # of half step values for A,B,C,D,E, and F into the lat/long above. You're done!
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)