Sudoku Symphony of the Serras
A
cache
by Team Caracache
Hidden:
9/11/2006
Size:
 (Regular)
Difficulty: 
Terrain:
(1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
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Short Description:- A
Multi-stage puzzle cache in four movements. The
above coordinates are not of
any cache, but a quiet location where
you can take a coffee and
solve the puzzles at your leisure.
Overture: Solve the puzzle and find the
numbers in squares marked ABCDE and VWXYZ. Then apply these in the
coordinates
N 37º AB.CDE and W 008º VW.XYZ
This will take you to the beginning of the First
Movement - Allegro, where you will be presented with another
slightly more difficult puzzle but the same form of
solution.
By now you will have guessed where this is
going!!
Yes, the solving of the coordinates given by the second puzzle
leads you to the Second Movement -
Presto.
At this point not only does the puzzle become more difficult,
but also the terrain is slightly more arduous, resulting in the
Third Movement -
Adagio.
Stick with the theme, and you will not only be rewarded with
superb panoramic views, but at the Finale of
the Symphony lies the treasure!
At any stage, feel free to follow your GPS breadcrumb trail back
to the original coordinates, where you may enjoy a coffee and solve
at leisure. Or even go home, sleep on it and arrive for the next
movement on another day, fresh and
rested.
Like any Symphony, each Movement can be enjoyed separately, or
in one long sitting.
Original Contents
TB Golden Reel; USA Geocoin TRAKD #4; Swiss 5 Franc Coin 1968;
Casino Estoril Token '25'; Beaded Hair Band; Tape Measure; Log
Book;Rubber; pen; Pencil; sharpener;.
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)
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Fhqbxh Ehyrf: Svyy va gur Tevq fb gung rirel ebj, rirel pbyhza, naq rirel 3 k 3 obk pbagnvaf gur qvtvgf 1 gb 9. Lbh qb abg arrq gb thrff. Vg vf ybtvpny naq gurer vf bar havdhr fbyhgvba.
[Remember to take a pencil to do the puzzles]
(Decrypted Hints)
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 November 11 by bmratinho (291 found)
Esta é que não deu com nada!!!Cheguei ao local depois de ter feito o trabalho de casa e não é que não consegui passar do primeiro ponto!
Nem sinais de algum conteiner, muitos trilhos e no GZ, nada possivel me fez sair daquele ponto. Voltarei depois de mais um pouco de estudo.
Cumprimentos
Bruno
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|  July 21 by maltes (180 found)
Na tentativa de começar esta epopeia sinfónica quis a providência que cessasse logo ali no primeiro movimento. No sol que já se ponha e na falta de adequado equipamento (uma catana já se ajeitava) caberão as razões deste desencontro. Espero que dos dois ou três locais que consegui vasculhar, nenhum seja o esconderijo, porquanto assim terá desaparecido o buscado. Aguardando notícia de posterior busca bem sucedida, logo procederei ao respectivo registo de insucesso. Até lá deixo aqui esta nota, agradecendo o que parece ser um valente desafio.
[Couldn’t find the ‘first movement’. May be he’s lost. If not, I’ll change to DNF.]
Maltês(aSolo)
[view this log] |  June 2 by Judithje (32 found)
Yessss! We found it!
After having had to give up last year, we came back, determined to find the final cache...  Last year, we had one wonderful, sunny day in the area, hunting down parts 1 and 2. We searched for #3 for hours, but could not find a way to get to the coordinates. It got too late in the afternoon, and we had to leave. We came back a few days later, and made it to #3. Then, however, we got rained out. After 2 days of caching, we had the coordinates for the final cache, but a torrential downpour chased us out of the mountains...  This year we came back... We checked the status of the cache regularly, and jumped for joy when the cache became live while we're still in Portugal. We returned to the mountains, and parked close to #3. Although "Judithje" had found #3 last year, half of our 2-person team had not actually gone up to the cache, and she felt bad about not actually having seen #3. So we re-did #3 this year. We also re-solved the puzzle for the finale (hey, we love sudokus). Then, with a warm sun on our backs, we had no problems finding the final cache! This is definitely the most difficult cache we've done, but also the most rewarding. We loved the combination of the puzzles and the hike. We'll be sure to do more caches by Team Caracache!  We saw the TB, but did not take it. We're carrying a TB on us, from the Netherlands, but it's too large to fit in the cache... Taking one TB but not leaving another did not feel right. Thanks a lot for the cache!
Judithje (#29) in/out: -
[view this log] |  May 31 by Team Caracache (583 found)
Visited to replace puzzles in the various movements. The following notes may help anyone brave enough to go for this in the summer. The whole Symphony is around 15km from the start at Casa Pacheco, and back to there. Most of it can be done on fairly good dirt track, except for the last 200 metres of the 2nd movement, and about 600m each way on 3rd movement. You will see why it is called 'Adagio'!! The Finale can only be reached by a reasonable 4x4 or a hire car! Ist Movement: There has been a strong growth of brambles near the cache. Be prepared to cut or beat your way in, - if they have recovered from the thrashing I gave them today. 2nd Movement: No problem. 3rd Movement: In the past some have driven 4x4 close to the cache, but a new owner of land in the area, has dug trenches across the path and felled trees, so it is only approachable on foot from the west. Finale: Clear and good condition. I have placed a new Travel Snail TB in it for encouragement. Good Luck! This cache has only been achieved by the Best Geocachers!
[view this log] | May 6 by SimFloG (253 found)
What`s about our GC? Can we have some Informations?
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Current time: 11/22/2009 11:47:45 AM
Last Updated: 11/11/2009 6:47:36 PM
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum
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