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Lord of the Ring Series - Return of the King Mystery Cache

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Chuck Walla: Greetings from Geocaching.com!

Since you have not responded to my reviewer log about your cache, the cache has been archived.

Some time ago, I posted a note to your cache page requesting a response from you to post what you were planning to do with the cache on the page and to send me a note. I have no record of a response, and no response tells me that you are not planning on replacing or repairing this cache. If I am wrong with that assumption, please let me know promptly. I can always unarchive the cache for you if needed.

Sincerely,

Chuck Walla
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Hidden : 8/31/2007
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The Cache is not at the above listed coordinates.

This series of caches is dedicated to one of the most talked about, watched, and awarded series in cinematic history. From the realm of middle earth we were able to escape into a fairy tale of action, heroics, and at times not so great acting. However, that should never over shadow the magnitude of the action scenes and the computer generated graphics that made this movie as great as it was.
It has become and will probably remain my all time favorite movie(s). If you have 16 hours or so of nothing to do for a day, you can watch them back to back and it will be one movie.
To complete the questions for the caches, you will not have to be an avid buff of this movie series, but it will certainly help. Most all of the answers can be found quickly on the internet, however, there is no fun in that. Watch the movie(s), enjoy a day of nothing, and then enjoy caching.
In this series, there will be questions about the movie that will help you with the finding of the caches. None of the caches will be at the listed coordinates (the first set of degree markings in the cash are correct) and all caches will be used to take you to the cache “Return of the King”. It will also take you to my favorite ring in the mid-south.

Here is the decoder that you will need for this: A=1, B=2, C=3, D=4, J=10, T=15, Z=26 (I think you can do logical sequencing from here.)
There will also be numbers to figure out (i.e. How many stooges were there? subtract from 10 = 7)

“The Return of the King” is last stage of your quest. It was the third and final movie. You will need to have found the other three caches in this series, “The Hobbit”, “The Fellowship of the Ring”, and “The Two Towers” in order to find this one. Three of the numbers in the coordinates are written on the bottles and under the lids of the other caches.

Once you find the location of this one, you will see that near by is my favorite ring in mid-south, and once a year the King of the Outlaws comes to town (Steve Kinser). I hope you all enjoyed hunting this series as much as I did putting it together. Now off to watch The Lord of the Rings trilogy again for myself.

N35 I . II III IV
W090 V . VI VII VIII

I – Number found on “The Hobbit” cache (? = I)

II – Number found on “The Fellowship of the Ring Cache (? = II)

III – Fourth letter in the name of the mountain Mount _____ in which Froto throws the ring (? – 11 = III)

IV – First letter of the weapon used by Legolis in the movie? (? +1 = IV)

V – Second letter in the name of the giant spider that was thought to have killed Froto? (? – 0 = V)

VI – Number found on “The Two Towers” cache (? = VI)

VII – Letter that repeats in the last name of the girl that Sam marries (? – 14 = VII)

VIII – Number of persons that load the last boat to leave middle earth at end of Movie? (? + 1 = VIII)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vg vf n thazrgny tenl cvyy sbo. Ybbx whfg orlbaq gur gerrf.

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)