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LOTR #17 - Shelob's Lair Mystery Cache

Hidden : 9/27/2012
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Seventeenth cache in the Lord of the Rings series. You must find the first 16 caches and gather the clues to unlock the coordinates for the next 4 caches OR solve the puzzle below. You do not need to find all the caches in order, but the numbering scheme follows the progression of the story. See the Introduction and Helpful Info page for more details on the series. Posted coordinates are one option for parking.

Since many of LOTR caches have been archived here is a NEW alternate way to get the cache coordinates by solving the simple puzzle

N 39° 47."A"33 and W 075° 34."B"38
As an arachnid Shelob has how many legs?
A = number of legs
The bane of geocachers is also another arachnid, chose from following, If:
mosquitoes B= 0
hornets B= 1
ticks B=2
snakes B=3

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Now that you have overcome the treacherous stairs up the side of the Mountains of Shadow, only more danger awaits you at the top.

Unbeknownst to you, Gollum has been leading you into a trap. The rest of us could all see it a mile away, but maybe it was the power of the ring clouding your mind, or maybe it was the lingering after-effects of that sausage pizza and pork rinds (haven't I warned you about that?), but you walked right into it

At the top of the mountain, you must pass through a tunnel to enter the land of Mordor. But this is no ordinary tunnel; this is home to Shelob, an ancient monster in arachnid form that has dwelt in the mountains of Ephel Duath for thousands of years. Shelob is one of the oldest creatures in middle earth and has been dwelling in the holes and caves above Minas Morgul since before Sauron came to Middle Earth.

"But still she was there, who was there before Sauron, and before the first stone of Barad-dûr; and she served none but herself, drinking the blood of Elves and Men, bloated and grown fat with endless brooding on her feasts, weaving webs of shadow; for all living things were her food, and her vomit darkness."

- The Two Towers

The bones of hundreds of thousands of victims litter the bottom of the tunnel, a testament to the insatiable appetite of Shelob. Lately she has had nothing but filthy orcs to eat, but fortunately for you, one of them was carrying a cache containing secrets to Sauron's very own evil cache, the "Eye of Sauron". As you pass through Shelob's lair, you should keep your eye out for this cache.

You should also keep an eye out behind you...

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You may check your solution here.

Chalk up another FTF to MikeOtt!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

irel arne gur gerr jvgu gur ubyr.

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)