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GC440D

Virtual CacheWhat's the Connection?

A cache by Bigcall     Hidden: 3/21/2002

Size: Size: Virtual (Virtual)     Difficulty: 2.5 out of 5     Terrain: 1 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)


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N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.??? 
In District of Columbia, United States

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A multi-virtual cache with a surprising connection. Both of the locations are rather obscure monuments located in DC. The first will lead you to the second.
This cache is similar to one of my other virtual caches "Place of Honor" in that the listed location provides details on the ultimate destination. In this case however the two locations are linked, although not obviously so. The other difference is that the physical separation is a bit more, so you might want to consider using some form of transportation to get from the first to the second (Hint: Metro will work with some amount of walking). You may also drive - my GPS V says ~7 minutes with no traffic of course.

The clue you need at the listed location is the year of death of the monument's namesakes.

Calling these 4 digits abcd, plug them into the following formula to get the coordinates of the second part.

Lat: 38 5d.b/3 a d*3
Long: 077 0c.a d*3 0

So for example if you find a year of 1983 the coords should then be : 38 53.319 077 08.190

To claim credit for this cache e-mail me the answer to these 2 questions: 1. What year was the second memorial dedicated? 2. Who was it erected by?

As a bonus (not required for completion) What is the connection between the 2 locations?

 


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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)

Cneg 1: Vg'f n sbhagnva, jbeqf/ahzoref ner uneq gb ernq ohg yrtvoyr, cerggl pybfr gb Zvyr Mreb.
Cneg 2: Ybbxf yvxr n fprar sebz n zbivr.
Obahf: Tbbtyr frnepu znl uryc j/ anzrf sbphf ba nopq.
(Decrypted Hints)

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 January 28 by LostDogsArlington (369 found)
This is find * 365 * for me in my first year of caching! 365 with just two weeks left in my first year! Even tho the real reason to geocache is just a good dog hike - still tickled to hit the mark.

On a gorgeous blustery day, ice everywhere. Makes me wish I was in California. Made a walk over here from the FCC, which of course was established in 1934 by taking on the responsibilities of the Federal Radio Commission. Have been doing research into the early days of federal radio legal authority.

TFTC :: CQD MGY :: More Wag :: More Swag !!

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Photo Cache 365!

 January 15 by Agazo CT (1176 found)
I found stage one several weeks ago when the Christmas tree was first put up, but couldn't get to stage two until now. I don't think many people come to the second monument since it is off the beaten path. TFTvC.

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 January 2 by Ka'ra_Falco (100 found)
Pickles and I found the first part, but the 2nd part would have taken us too far out of our planned loop in the nasty windy weather. May have to go back for it at some point!

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 January 1 by ItMustBeJames (96 found)
found today with hokiecachers. was enlightened when i found the second stage. tftc

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 January 1 by hokiecachers (95 found)
Got both parts of this one first thing in 2010 with ItMustBeJames. Thanks for leading us to monuments we would have never seen!

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Current Time: 2/10/2010 2:05:14 AM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (10:05 AM GMT)
Last Updated: 1/28/2010 11:20:23 AM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (7:20 PM GMT)
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum


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