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Auerwee Mystery Cache

Hidden : 3/30/2007
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


The above given coordinates are totally irrelevant to the cache location but they bring you close to a church with a big clock at the top of the church tower. When having a good look on a clock you see there two hands continuously moving around the clock face, the short one is the hour hand and the long one the minute hand.

These two hands meet each other at midnight (00:00:00) and at noon (12:00:00), but also several other times during a day. To be able to find the cache you have to find out all the other overlapping times with an accuracy of a second (ignore the decimals). The counting begins at midnight which is the first overlapping time and marked by hh1:mm1:ss1 (hh1=0, mm1=0 and ss1=0). The second one is hh2:mm2:ss2, the third one hh3:mm3:ss3 and so on. Replace the codes in the coordinates by these numbers and find the hidden cache.


Parking

N 49° [ ss3 - mm14 - ss12 ].[ mm16 x mm7 + ss5 ]

E 006° [ mm10 - ss4 - ss19 ].[ mm5 + ss8 + mm13 ]



WP 1:

N 49° [ ss16 - mm2 ].[ (ss7 x ss22) - (ss8 x ss9) ]

E 006° [ mm8 - ss15 ].[ mm3 x ss20 + ss2 - ss14 ]

Check your solution

You know you have found this waypoint when you see a metal triangle pointing out of a stone.

A = How many of the Roman numbers are missing?
B = What is the sum of the missing Roman numbers?


WP 2: Not far from the WP 1 to the south there is a bench. Go to it, sit down and check the elements used in it.

C = Of how many wooden parts is the bench build?
D = How many bolts are used to fix the wooden parts?


Final:

N 49° [ mm21 - ss21 ].[ (A x C) x (ss11 + ss10) ]

E 006° [ mm19 - ss4 ].[ (B + D) x ss6 - mm11 ]

A compass, torch, wings and long hands are not obligatory but might make the task easier.


Verification:

hh18 = 18, mm18 = 32, ss18 = 43



Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Frnepu sbe n zvqqyr fvmr cynfgvp obk va n ubyr ba gur ebpx jnyy

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)