GCPTW2 DON'T PANIC: #15 - Heart Of Gold (Unknown Cache) in Wyoming, United States created by KKTH3

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Heartland Cacher: Greetings,

It has been a while since I first looked at (DON'T PANIC: #15 - Heart Of Gold). I can't find any recent responses about maintaining this cache so it will be archived and removed from the active cache listings.

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A cache by KKTH3 Message this owner

Hidden : 7/21/2005

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Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The fifteenth and FINAL in a series of caches dedicated to Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series.

Beneath it lay uncovered a huge spaceship, one hundred and fifty meters long, shaped like a sleek running shoe, perfectly white and mind-bogglingly within it the most brain-wrenching device ever conceived, a device that made this starship unique in the history of the Galaxy, a device after which the ship had been named - the Heart of Gold.
-- Douglas Adams from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

THE COORDINATES ABOVE ARE NOT THE CACHE LOCATION - THEY ONLY LEAD YOU TO THE GENERAL REGION OF CASPER, WYOMING! READ ON TO SOLVE HOW TO FIND THIS CACHE.

And here we are at the end of this series of caches. Lets take the Heart of Gold to our final destination. Plug in your coordinates and head for the final treasure - one worth finding!

Oops! There seems to be a bug as the destination coordinates have shown up as:
N 42 AT.EGP
W 106 EH.MLN

That does not compute! Computer! Give us some meaning behind these letters in our coordinates!

On the floor where the computer was spitting out pieces of paper is what appears to be your only clue. This is what it looks like and it is all you have to go on to convert your destination coordinates to something that functions properly in the Heart of Gold's navigation system.

Hurry, you have only an eternity to find this cache!

The final cache is a 50 cal. ammo box filled with treasure! Original contents include:
* A full set of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series for the first 4 books
* An analog data modem
* A Qualcomm mobile phone set up for Sprint PCS service
* A wireless phone set
* A calculator
* A lead crystal Mikasa picture frame
* Original fractal artwork artist proofed and signed by K. R. Hansen.

CONGRATS to westernskies for the First To Find!!!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

1. Lbhe orfg uvag jvyy or sbhaq va Zbfgyl Unezyrff. 2. Gurer ner svir znva fgntrf gb fbyir gur ybpngvba. Guvf nffhzrf bar hfrf nyy gur pyhrf ninvynoyr gb gurz nf n pbhcyr fgrcf zvtug or thrffrq jvgu yhpxl (rqhpngrq) thrffrf. Fbzr ner uneqre guna bguref. Cebonoyl gur uneqrfg fgrc vf gur guveq fgrc juvpu hfrf gur zngevk bs yrggref ba guvf cntr. 3. Sbe gur guveq fgrc, gur jnl V jnf noyr gb irevsl guvf jbexf jnf ol cevagvat bhg gjb pbcvrf bs gur zngevk bs yrggref. V gura hfrq n fvatyr ubyr chapu nf n gbby. Guvf vf n jnl gb culfvpnyyl frr ubj gur zngevk genafsbezf bar cuenfr vagb nabgure cuenfr gung lbh jvyy arrq gb ybpngr gur svany pbbeqvangrf.

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)