*** THE CACHE IS NOT AT
THE LISTED COORDINATES ***
BACKGROUND
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I was honored
to be elected to serve on the Executive Committee for the
Geocachers Of
West Tennessee in January of
2007. I wanted to commemorate that special, non-numbers related
milestone by putting out a new cache dedicated to the 2007 GOWT
Executive Committee. Many of you have met these newly elected
officers but some of you may have not. You may recognize their
names but not be able to match the name with the face. This puzzle
cache requires a few things from you.
- Identify the
officers as shown in the pictures below.
- Using their
caching names, find a unique six digit number associated with each
of them.
- Substitute
the numbers for their caching names in equations shown below the
pictures and do the math.
- Evince your
answer to determine if it is correct.
- Go find the
ammo can in the woods (posted coordinates give you a place to
park)
www.gowt.org
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THE PICTURES - Determine the caching names for each of
the follow GOWT 2007 Executive Committee members. Note: You can
click on a picture to see it appear larger and in a separate
window.
A
is:
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B
is:
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C
is:
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THE
EQUATIONS - Now that you know the names of the cachers
above, you must determine a unique number (6 digits) that is
associated with each of them. I will tell you that
it helps to know that each one of these people is the owner of a
hidden cache. The difficulty rating of 5 for this
cache is mainly because a piece of special technological equipment
is required to be able to discover this number associated with each
of these cachers. If you have problems determining how to find that
number, use the encrypted hints provided. There may be
other ways to determine that 6 digit number but the hint I give is
one I know for certain will work.
Here are the
equations to solve:
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Latitude:
[(A +
B) - C] / 2 = ________ + 14561 = ________ (a six digit
number) but you are not done yet! Tack a
5 onto the end of that six digit number to get a
seven digit number. That seven digit number is your latitude
coordinates. |
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Longitude:
(A -
C) = ________ times 2 = _________ + 32768 = _________ (a
six digit number) but you are not done yet! Tack
an 8 onto the front end of that five digit number
to get a seven digit number. That seven digit number is your
longitude coordinates. |
THE CACHE
The cache is
an ammo can hidden in a wooded area. It is not a long hike - only a
little over 500 feet from the suggested parking spot (posted
coordinates) to the cache (last 75 feet is off trail). Please
recover the cache well. FYI - There are a couple of other caches
nearby you can grab if you haven't gotten them yet.