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2 puzzles for newbs & tb hotel Mystery Cache

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nancyroo: Container missing. Not a secure location.

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Hidden : 10/9/2013
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Sooner or later, every geocacher must learn to solve puzzles. The easiest puzzles are simple ciphers. One of these is called "letter numbers". In this method, each letter is replaced with the number of its position in the alphabet, A=1, Z=26, and so on.

This cache was adopted from grunsow. Previous cache was called ut. It is the same container in the same location.

 


The coordinates listed will take you to a ballfield very close to the cache. You must solve the following two puzzles to get to the cache. Puzzle #1 gives you the method to solve puzzle #2.

The cache is only a short walk away, in a drybox. You will have to climb up a bit to get to the cache but it is very easy and not very high. The box will hold several TB's.

I think this is a great place for a travelbug (tb) hotel. Travelbugs are trackable items that move from place to place. If you take a tb, please make sure to log it accordingly on geocaching.com. A travelbug is NOT a 1:1 swap item. You may take one without leaving something, however, you are NOT allowed to keep the bug, you MUST move it as soon as possible. If you do not feel you can move it in a timely manner, you can still use the code to log it as "discovered". You will receive credit for the bug without having to remove it from the cache.

Puzzle 1

20-15 6-9-14-4 20-8-5 3-15-15-18-4-9-14-1-20-5-19 15-6 20-8-6 3-3-7-5,

21-19-5 20-8-5 11-5-25 16-1-4 15-14 25-15-21-18 16-8-15-14-5

20-15 3-15-14-22-5-18-20 20-8-5 12-5-20-20-5-18-19 20-15 14-21-13-2-5-18-19

14 5-17-21-1-12-19 6-15-18-20-25

23 5-17-21-1-12-19 19-5-22-5-14-20-25-6-9-22-5

Puzzle 2

Use the N and W coordinates as given in puzzle 1. Here are the rest of the coordinates:

DL.HXJ

BY.PHU

Happy hunting! Please hide exactly as found. Check your solution by clicking below.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur ahzore bs qrterrf sbe A naq J ner pbagnvarq va chmmyr 1. Gur ahzoref tvira unir abguvat gb qb jvgu gur fbyhgvba gb chmmyr 2. Trbpnpuvat.pbz sbeznggrq gur ahzoref jvgu fbzr haqreyvarq, jura ivrjrq ba n zbovyr qrivpr. Gurl jrer abg zrnag gb or haqreyvarq. Haqreyvarq ahzoref ner abg zrnag gb or rzcunfvmrq naq ner abg zber vzcbegnag guna gur bguref.

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)