There are 4 virtual geocaches in and around Idrija, each
supplying partial information for final mystery cache lcation.
Letters shuld be converted to numbers with Letter conversion key,
which is same for all four locations. It's not neccesary that all
letters are used for final coordinates. The final
coordinates are calculated using secret formulas.
All spots are in walking distance. It will take about 1 to 2 hours
to complete four locations, but there are many hystorical spots
around. It's worth to take whole afternoon or even whole day to
hike around. For last location (the Stone) try to find hidden track
with stariways and nice view to Idrija. If you are not successfull
on the way up, it's more asy to find the stairs on your way
back.
|
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
H |
I |
J |
K |
L |
M |
N |
O |
P |
Q |
R |
S |
T |
U |
V |
W |
X |
Y |
Z |
|
96 |
68 |
9 |
85 |
6 |
93 |
21 |
99 |
45 |
86 |
22 |
8 |
28 |
14 |
4 |
87 |
51 |
60 |
78 |
3 |
55 |
48 |
36 |
27 |
2 |
66 |
| Name |
Location |
Hint |
| Portal |
N 46° 00.048 E 014° 01.108 (WGS84) |
Old building. Big entrance with small entrance
within. |
| Mine |
N 45° 59.987 E 014° 01.357 (WGS84) |
Mine/shaft entry. |
| Pump |
N 45° 59.932 E 014° 01.951 (WGS84) |
Old pump - info board. |
| Stone |
N 45° 59.030 E 014° 01.840 (WGS84) |
Stone with numbers. |
Use following formulas to calculate final location:
SHAFT_NUM = LETTERSHAFT_NAME [ 1 ] &
LETTERSHAFT_NAME [ 3 ] & LETTERSHAFT_NAME [ 8 ]
PUMP_NUM =
(PUMP_YEAR-SHAFT_YEAR+PUMP_DEPTH)*100
MERCURY_NUM = (Mercury atomic number)*100
PORTAL_LOWER° (PUMP_NUM + SHAFT_NUM –
MERCURY_NUM)/1000 + 0.013
PORTAL_UPPER° (STONE_LOWER & STONE_UPPER)/100 -
0.035
Warning
Constants 0.013 and -0.035 added due to cache final location shift
to a safer location. New location is abot 20m away from previous
and about 20m higher in altitude. Be careful at final location,
it's on a high rock, which can be accessed easily, but there's a
vertical drop about 10m if you go too far.
Please read notes (date 22. april 2007) for more details.
Some additional
info.
[Portal:]Fgbar jvgu gjb yrggref
[Pump:]Lrne ohvyg naq znkvzhz chzcvat qrcgu
[Mine:]Lrne naq gur anzr bs gur funsg
[Stone:]Zvyntr fgbar jvgu erq ahzoref
[Formulas:]"&" zrnaf jevgvat bar ahzore nsgre rnpu bgure