| "No man is an island, entire of itself; every
man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.
If a clod
be washed by the sea, Europe is the less,
as well as if promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy
friend's or of thine own were.
Any man's
death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind;
and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls
for thee." | |
And so it
shall, toll for thee - in the dark of night, to lead you to this
cache. All you need do is sit quietly at the posted
coordinates, and listen for the bell to toll.
Now it
won't be a great gong, nor a Liberty peal, but if you sit reeeeeal
quietly and listen verrry intently, you'll hear the faint chime as
you gaze serenely at the twinkling lights across the
Sound.
And when
might the silly bell toll you may ask? Well gosh, that's for you to
figure out. Some time 'tween dusk and dawn to be sure - each
and every night. Ah, but even a crazed geocacher isn't likely
to sit and patiently ponder the universe the whole blessed night,
so... (kindly lass that the girl of globe be) I offer you two
options to whittle down your wait:
Whittle
Wait Option A
(wait time: up to
1 hour) |
Whittle Wait
Option B
(wait time: about
half the time as Option A) |
| 1. |
Hie thyself to the
posted coordinates and station thyself adjacent to the tree between
the paved path and the water's edge - not a moment later than 7:30
pm. Peereth at thy timepiece (the clock on your GPSr will do
- see note re: "...SYNCRONIZE..." below) and... |
1. |
Hie thyself to thy
nearest library or bookstore forthwith and glean thyself a copy of
Msr. Hemingway's famous tome (nope, an Amazon search "inside the
book" ain't gonna cut it here, that would make it far too
easy.) |
| 2. |
Wheneth thy heareth
the fainteth tolling of the bell - note the time and convert the
hour and minutes to 24-hour time notation (e.g. 8:24 p.m. =
2024). |
2. |
Locate the number
that appears within the paragraph that begins with "Remember..." in
Chapter 30. Multiply that number by 100 and add 1900.
The resulting number shall be your newly whittled starteth wait
time (in 24-hour time notation.) |
| 3. |
Sum all 4 digits of
the converted 24-hour chime time; let that number = X. |
3. |
Now locate the number
of sticks of dynamite that Sordo says he has in Chapter 11.
Multiply that number by 32 and add 38. The resulting number is your
newly whittled endeth wait time (in 24-hour time
notation.) |
| 4. |
Multiply X by the
last digit of the 24-hour chime time; Let the product =
Y. |
4. |
Proceedeth to the
posted coordinates at your newly gleaned starteth time and wait for
the chime (knowing that thy wait shall be reasonably
shorteth.) |
| 5. |
Multiply Y by
3986.749; let the 1st 6 digits of the product = ABCDEF. |
5. |
Follow the
instructions from steps 2. - 6. under Whittle Option
A |
| 6. |
Now go get the joy
at:
N47° 34.DEF W122° 24.ABC |
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And finally - just
to be certain we're all on the same time -
do SYNCHRONIZE YOUR TIMEPIECE to the precise second
here:
Current Seattle Time
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