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International Cache of Mystery Mystery Cache

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sTeamTraen: The high-tech equipment has gone, and the files containing its design can no longer be read (they're in Commodore 64 cassette tape format).

Thanks to Zabadak for the info (and the CD).

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Hidden : 9/9/2004
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Yeah baby! Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery, would be proud! The cache (and the nifty gadget to help find it) is in Germany, the groovy psychedelic clues are in France, and the description is in the Queen's English!

The waypoint is where you will probably want to leave your "Shaguar" for the final stage; it's just a few hundred metres from there to the cache and back. The cache would also be a nice short bike tour from Kehl (or Strasbourg), in which case the waypoint would be a good place to get off your bike.

First, print out this top-secret code sheet. Make sure that it's the right size: the main rectangle should be 129mm wide and 207mm high.

Next, you need to obtain the names of the two "keycells" on the sheet. Each cell name consists of a letter (A-Z) and a number (1-50). The keycell names can be found in Plan d'Eau de Huttenheim and Sentier des Casemates. Each cache contains the name of one of the keycells, and a puzzle to find the other one. So you can either visit both caches, or visit just one and solve the puzzle (which some people will find hard).

Now add the numeric components of the keycell names, to get X. For example, if the keycells are D23 and J34 (they aren't), then X would be 57 (it isn't). Then calculate:
   nnn=((X*5)-37)
   eee=((X*15)-38)
Take the top-secret code sheet and the keycell names to N48º33.nnn E007º48.eee, where you will find (in a big, old, "scary" tree) the "high-tech equipment" which you need to get the final cache coordinates.

Oh, and when you log your find, don't reveal anything which might be useful for Dr. Evil!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gra sebz terra, haqre gjb

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)