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Music Is Life: Mega Series #6 Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 7/7/2012
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Music Genre: Classical

Music Is Life: Mega Series is a series of 20 caches that highlight many different aspects of music such as musical instruments, music genres, music theory and, even, the technical side of music.


Unless you have a boat or can swim really well, you won't be able to get to the posted coordinates. And if you get there, you will find no cache.

Finding the real coordinates of the cache will require a little bit of research. All answers can be found on the Internet.

All caches are located on an easily walkable power line trail. Depending on the weather, rubber boots may be required on a couple parts of the trail.

To find the coordinates for this cache, use the following format:

N 47o AB.CDE
W 052o GH.JKL

All according to the Wikipedia entry for Classical Music:

AB = The earliest reference to "classical music" recorded by the Oxford English Dictionary is from about 18_ _. Subtract 3 from the number.

C = The Classical era ended roughly around 182_.

DE = Modernism ere ran from 1905 - 19_ _. Subtract 1 from the number.

GH = The Romantic era ran through the 19th century, ending around _ _10. Add 30 to the number.

J = TThe Contemporary era runs from 1_75 - present.

KL = The Baroque era ran from roughly _ _00 to the middle of the 18th century.

Cache is a small lock 'n lock containing a log and some small trinkets. Please bring your own pen.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Haqre ebpx.

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)