This cache is a medium lock and lock container located in the camping area of the Carite forest.
Just at the end of the trail there is a natural pool named Charco Azul formed by the Patillas' river. The coordinates posted are for the entrance of the camping area. To know the coordinates of the cache you must answer the following puzzle involving a sign of the forest (see picture below) located at: N 18°07.363' W 066°04.769'. From this sign I chose 13 words that had letters representing roman numbers. For each word you must identify these letters and add their value.
For example:
LUIS L=50 I=1 50+1=51 LUIS=51
VIOLIN VI=6 LI=51 6+51=57 VIOLIN=57
After you got the values for each word, sum them to obtain a TOTAL. Solve the equation below to obtain the final coordinates: N 18° 0A.ABC' W 066° 0C.D0E' where,
A=TOTAL - 5582
B=TOTAL - 5585
C=TOTAL - 5586
D=TOTAL - 5578
E=TOTAL - 5583
Here are some basic rules about roman numbers: Roman numerals are based on capital (or uppercase) letters of the western alphabet, each of which has a specific value: I = 1 V = 5 X = 10 L = 50 C = 100 D = 500 M = 1000 All numbers can be spelled by using a combination of these letters. This system, though, did not have a letter for 0: the same concept of this digit and its use in mathematics was unknown to the western world, until Arabs introduced it with their own system, in medieval times. In roman numbers, letters come together according to these basic rules: small values to the right of a greater number are added to the latter: XV = 15 (10+5) ; LI = 51 (50+1) ; ML = 1050 (1000+50) ; etc. small values to the left of a greater number are subtracted from the latter, thus acting as negative numbers in algebraic calculations: IX = 9 (-1+10) ; XL = 40 (-10+50); CM = 900 (-100+1000) ; etc. in "classic" notation, no more than three identical values can follow a greater one: I = 1 ; II = 2 ; III = 3 ...but IV = 4 VI = 6 ; VII = 7 ; VIII = 8 ...but IX = 9 numbers should be obtained by adding small ones as much as possible to a given number before subtracting them to a greater one: 13 is spelled XIII (i.e. 10 + 3), but to obtain 14 no further addition can be made to 10, so 1 is subtracted from 15 (spelling it as 10-1+5): XIV.
To reach the camping area take Highway #52 to Cayey and take exit #32 Guavate, at the end of the ramp make a left if you're coming from San Juan and right if you're coming from Ponce. This is road #184, follow it until you reach your first waypoint.
These are the words you must solve:
RECREATIVA
GUAVATE
VISITA
LUNES
VIERNES
DOMINGOS
DIAS
FERIADOS
CENTRO
COMO
GUARDABOSQUE
CONSERVACION
NOVIEMBRE
Please use stealth, a lot of muggles visit the area. There's poor GPS reception in the area, if you need help to find the cache use the hint. If you're not suicidal you can e-mail me your answer before you go for the hunt and I will let you know if you're right.