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Avoiding an International Incident Mystery Cache

Hidden : 7/13/2007
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Xvyy Tber Vagreangvbany


NOTE: CACHE IS NOT AT GIVEN COORDINATES

We decrypted a message, and saved him...
Our team of famous cyber crypto geeks found these three words imbeded in a secret transmission flowing across the Internet.

To find the cache, first decrypt the words, then change some of the letters to numbers using a standard converter.

convert the 2nd Letter of First Word = 2LFW
convert the 1st Letter of Second Word = 1LSW
convert the 7th Letter of Third Word = 7LTW

xxx = (Last 3 digits of)Given N + (3 *(2LFW + 7LTW)) + 1LSW

yyy = (Last 3 digits of)Given W + 7LTW + 1LSW

Cache location is: N 38° 35.xxx W 121° 16.yyy



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FTF Prize --> $1 -> Congrats to SWiggles for FTF and find #1300

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

YYRO

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)