 Don't Do This! #7: You Down With LPC?
A cache by Your Worst Nightmare Hidden: 11/3/2008
Size:  (Micro) Difficulty:  Terrain:  (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
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Please see
Don’t Do This! #0: Scratch that- DO THIS FIRST! (GC1HNB9)
for more information.
You’ve seen this before, or have you? Watch out for the juke.
Practice your high quality caching here and use some discretion.
This is a HIGHLY CAMOUFLAGED M&M tube.
Note to those having a hard time with this one
Owner has checked on this one again, 12/5/09. IT LIVES! I have
raised the difficulty to 4.5 from 2.5 due to the repeated DNFs and
the nefarious way I have camouflaged this gem. Hint updated. Can
you beat this challenging LPC hide?
A Little Background
There’s a term for what this cache represents; I think
it’s “micro-spew”. This particular hide gets
hammered more than any other, mainly because it’s EVERYWHERE.
You can’t go 1 mile in this county without hitting 20 of
them.
Let’s be honest; you love it. You know you do, you just wish
there was another way, something more sexy, maybe even a little
challenging for once. Here’s your scenario: you’re out
at the mall shopping for some reason or thing long since forgotten
and your significant other ducks in while you wait plaintively in
the parking lot for his/her return. You pull up the GPS and find
just the thing to pass the time.
The problem is, it’s an LPC. You’re 50’ away and
this is going to kill precisely 15 seconds while you recover the
waterlogged and disheveled prize. No pen, of course, so you just
have to wing it. You make a bet with yourself that you can guess
which side it is on (1:4) or how many people have signed the log,
just to make it interesting.
Please, for the love of god, make it interesting.
Like your very first time. Right? Don’t you remember how
clever you thought this hide was when you first found it? Forget
it. Those days are over. You’re here for the smiley and
that’s it; just keep those expectations low and we will get
along just fine.
Frown-O-Meter™ Rating: 1
What’s Wrong With It?
Actually, this isn’t so bad. It’s not that the LPC is
awful, just ubiquitous. What “top-10 worst” list is
complete without the LPC? Don’t worry. Even as I bash it, I
have 15 LPCs on my to do list.
How Do You Fix That Again?
This is so easy it hurts. Get creative! Nobody enjoys a fake-out
more than me. Take it a different direction, heck, hide it in the
bulb if you can. Here, you're looking for a highly camouflaged
M&M tube.
Better Choices in the Area
There is only one LPC. Now go get it!
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)
Guerr srrg bss gur tebhaq be fb. Lbh pna'g frr vg, fb svaq vg ol srryvat sbe gur funcr bs na Z&Z ghor. Or tragyr naq qba'g ehva gur ybpny pnzb. Lbh bayl unir gb ernpu n srj vapurf. Sbe zber uryc, ernq gur cbfg ba zl oybt (yvax va pnpur, nobir).(Decrypted Hints)
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Current Time: 2/10/2010 12:20:14 AM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (8:20 AM GMT)
Last Updated: 2/1/2010 11:21:53 AM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (7:21 PM GMT)
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