The main cooperative phase is (almost)
over and the puzzling is almost done (phew!). Thanks to all who
have taken part; I think/hope it was enjoyable. And, if you like a
bit of a walk in lovely woods with interesting features hidden in
them, then you can try the nearby HackHurst Hack Series and also
try out the 11 caches of my "North Downs Mega Ramble" series; they
aren't too far away either. For those who like puzzles, then this
cooperative cache provides clues for some of my other puzzle caches
(GCY6F6 and GC114K4 in particular).
The page contains fairly straightforward textual information about
the coordinates of the cache but this text is represented by
several rows of Xs below (the row format is not intended to be
helpful!). Revealing what this text contains will require cachers
to play a cooperative game. The rules are simple.
1) Cachers must guess the words present in the rows of Xs.
2) Each geocaching account is initially entitled to one guess at a
word. ***ADDITIONAL NEW RULE***If that guess is correct then you
get a further guess until you make an incorrect guess.
3) The **only** way to redeem your guess is to write a note on the
cache page with your word clearly identified in the note.
4) If your guess is a word hidden in the rows of Xs then I will
replace the Xs with the word. I will use my discretion for near
misses.
5) Guesses that are wrong have no effect on the cache page, I will
write a note to confirm the guess was wrong.
6) If a word appears more than once in the text then it will have
to be guessed more than once i.e. each correct guess will reveal
only one of the occurrences of the word concerned.
7) No other clues or help will be provided.
8) If little progress is made after a good number of guesses have
been made, I will review the rules of the game!
Good luck and get busy guessing!
I will keep a list of the wrong guesses
here:
http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/janepowell/wrong_guesses.htm
although it may be a bit out of date. You might check the last few
logs to see what others have been ruled out recently! Assume N 51
and W 000 of course, and don't worry about decimal points and
spaces.
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WESTINGTHENPLU
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HINGANDADDNUMBEROFFEETINMILETHE
ANSWERISREDYOUALSO
NEEDTO
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Here's a musical clue too: http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/janepowell/2733759.mp3
...and now the game has been blown wide open, click here for a full
explanation:
http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/aphome/coop/shawshank.htm