Notorious Mystery Cache
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One morning several local well known geocachers learned of a new cache. It was described as a 30cal ammo box containing, among other things, five different color Resolution geochips and a log book. The cache was located somewhere in the Loantaka Brook Reservation, a 570 acre parcel of land containing five miles of bike, horse and foot trails. From the clues below, determine which cacher left what trade item, what color geochip he took and on which page he signed the log.
• Someone traded a keychain for the red geochip.
• Avroair took the blue geochip, and did not leave the batteries.
• Quoddy left the Where’s George dollar.
• The person who took the red geochip did not sign the second log page.
• Someone signed page 5 in the log and took the purple geochip.
• The person who left the batteries signed page 4, and did not take the green geochip.
• KBer signed page 3 and did not leave the keychain nor the carabiner.
• The FTF was not Briansnat.
Cachers: Avroair, Briansnat, Hartclimbs, KBer, Quoddy
Trade Items: Batteries, Button, Carabiner, Keychain, Where’s George dollar
Geochips; Black, Blue, Green, Purple, Red
Log pages; 1,2,3,4,5
a=____The person who traded the Where's George signed what page?
1) 1st 2) 2nd 3) 3rd 4) 4th 5) 5th
b=____The caribiner was traded for what color geochip?
1) Black 2) Blue 3) Green 4) Purple 5) Red
c=____ Who found the cache first?
1) Avroair 2) Briansnat 3) Hartclimbs 4) KBer 5) Quoddy
d=____ What did Briansnat trade?
1) Batteries 2) Button 3) Carabiner 4) Keychain 5) Where’s George
e=____ Who took the purple geochip?
1)Avroair 2) Briansnat 3) Hartclimbs 4) KBer 5) Quoddy
f=____ The red geochip was taken in exchange for what?
1) Batteries 2) Button 3) Carabiner 4) Keychain 5) Where’s George
g= ____ What color geochip did KBer take?
1)Black 2) Blue 3) Green 4) Purple 5) Red
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First leg coordinates:
N40 f(c+g).dbe
W74 b(f+g).c(a-e)d
Low and behold, what number did you find? 100hij (hij checksum = 18)
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Second leg coordinates:
N40 j(h+d).jgb
W74 b(b+h).ibd
Like it? Who might you call? (205) kmn-5610 (kmn checksum = 17)
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Third leg coordinates:
N40 m(k-g).n(d+e)k
W74 b(h+d).(j+c)(c+g)n
p=____DGT lived to what age?
1) 51 2) 52 3) 53 4) 62 5) 63
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Final cache coordinates:
N40 mn.(g+p)ki
W74 b(d+e).kd(b-p)
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As KBer learned, the park closes at dusk. I repeat, THE PARK CLOSES AT DUSK!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Gur fubegrfg, dhvpxrfg ebhgr vf gur jrggrfg. Svany pnpur pna or npprffrq jvgubhg pebffvat nal jngre.