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Instructions Mystery Cache

Hidden : 11/14/2007
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

****** The cache is not at the posted coordinates ******

This cache is not at the posted coordinates. There are no tricks or misdirections for this puzzle. It's nothing more than what it seems. A string of numbers which provide the information that you will need to determine the actual cache coordinates.

I have no idea if you will find this puzzle very difficuly or very simple or something in between. You will need to perform at least 2 separate steps to figure this one out.

I have posted the series of numbers as one long string. If your browser window is a different size than mine and the series happens to wrap from one line to the next consider the series as one, long string.
Have fun. I'll rate this as a difficulty 2.5 3.0 3.5 until I can see how things go.

20 31 20 11 10 11 20 11 20 21 40 11 10 21 20 11 40 11 50 21 10 11 10 21 20 21 20 11 10 11 20 11 20 11

The numbers that are resolved from applying the two required steps to the numbers above will be result in the coordinates being given in the following format.

393878908400123

Okay... well I've obviously caused even more confusion with my latest hint. All that I was getting at is that the numbers posted on the page need to be dealt with in pairs. Like piars of socks or pants or gloves. I seperated the numbers on the page into pairs for you. Now what do you need to do you may still ask? Well let me have one more shot at a clue. As with the pairs of numbers an old rule that I was taught in grade school seems to me to very much apply here (even though the rule was for letters). The rule that I remember started "When two vowels go walking...". You either know the rest of the rule or you can easily find in on the web (I just tried and it was easy to find). Try using that rule with the numbers. Once done correctly this will alow you to proceed with the second step. In step two you will need to deal with the numbers that you came up with from step one in sets of 4 rather than in pairs. Okay.. one more thing to really help. The pairs of numbers on the page... they are not TWENTY, THIRTY ONE, TWENTY, etc.) They are just pairs of digits. Easy peasy now.

Of course... you can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Hint #1 for Step #1 Lets do a Tribond - Socks, Pants, Gloves.. or in other words... 201110 Hint #2 - See the new text added to the page. Hint #3 - What is unique about the right most of each pair of numbers? Hint #4 - Left digit of each pair tells you how many. Hint #5 - Computer speak.

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)