Acronym = A word formed from the
initial letters of a name.
There are several examples of acronyms that we use in everyday
language without thinking where the word originally came
from.
If you are looking for enemy
airplanes in the sky, you'll probably use
RAdio Detecting And Ranging
What would a Science Fiction
(Sci-Fi) movie be without the use of a
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
Sometimes the law enforcement will
call in the
Special Weapons And Tactics team
After 9/11 the Federal Government
realized that it needed to make the airport screeners Federal
employees to better serve(!) the public Concurrently, a new name
was also needed for this select group of individuals, but I guess
this name was dropped early on. Mainly, what would you call
them?
Federal Aviation and Transportation Airport Security Staff
Good luck and have fun!
The terrain to the cache is
partially difficult, hence the terrain rating of 4 - good hiking
shoes are recommended. If you thought the terrain was a 2 and you
did it in flip-flops, you probably trespassed on private property
most of the way. Don't give geocaching a bad name - stay off
private property!
Don't
forget to write down the code for Code #19 to be able to solve for
'Tecolote "Puzzle" Canyon #20 - Finale!' or you'll have to go back
again.
It's bad caching karma to rip papers from the log - bring a
writing instrument and a piece of paper with
you.
Fine
Print:
I will not confirm, check, verify,
look at, clarify, corroborate, substantiate, authenticate,
validate, or give personal hints until all 20 puzzles have been
solved. It's only fair since there are some hardcore puzzle solvers
that are toiling with these puzzles. However, if you e-mail me
where you are stuck and the puzzle has not been solved for an
extended period of time, I can add hint(s) to the listing for
everybody to see. Feel free to send me an e-mail whenever you are
stuck, but don't expect a personal reply until all 20 are
solved.
Instead of writing notes in the
cache log as a as a way to communicate with each other, you can
discuss the puzzles in this thread in the forums, but no blatant hints
or spoilers please. Keep that off-line!
Links to the other caches
in the series:
Tecolote "Puzzle" Canyon #1 - Warm-Up
Tecolote "Puzzle" Canyon #2 - Sci-Fi
Tecolote "Puzzle" Canyon #3 - Odd!
Tecolote "Puzzle" Canyon #4 - The Wave
Tecolote "Puzzle" Canyon #5 - Say What?!?
Tecolote "Puzzle" Canyon #6 - Brain
Teasers
Tecolote "Puzzle" Canyon #7 - Ranking
Tecolote "Puzzle" Canyon #8 - Dominoes
Tecolote "Puzzle" Canyon #9 - Birthdays
Tecolote "Puzzle" Canyon #10 - Origami
Tecolote "Puzzle" Canyon #11 - ???
Tecolote "Puzzle" Canyon #13 - Stuck
Tecolote "Puzzle" Canyon #14 - 10 Miles
Tecolote "Puzzle" Canyon #15 -
Tic-Tac-Toe
Tecolote "Puzzle" Canyon #16 - Numbers
Tecolote "Puzzle" Canyon #17 - Cubik's
Rube
Tecolote "Puzzle" Canyon #18 -
Memories...
Tecolote "Puzzle" Canyon #19 - Riddles
Tecolote "Puzzle" Canyon #20 -
Finale!