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PS21: The Sequence Cypher Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/8/2008
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

You've seen Easy Street...
You've heard about the coming of Not So Easy Street...
Now, prepare for...
Puzzle Street
Placed as a part of

Cachers Without Borders
For general info about the series, see PS01.



Complete the following sequence of letters.

a _ _ m o _ _ _ ...

Assign each letter a value based on its position in the sequence (e.g. a=1, m=4, o=5), and if the sequence is more than 9 letters then roll from 9 to 0 and keep counting. Use this result to create the Northing.

mm ao.hyw

Complete the following sequence of letters in both directions.

... e h i ...

Assign h=5, i=6, e=4, and so on with each letter to the right being assigned a higher number and each to the left a lower value. If the sequence is more than 9 letters roll from 9 to 0 (or 0 to 9 if going left) and keep counting. Use this result to create the Westing.

ie dd.boi



You can check your answer for this puzzle here.


Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ebnq fvqr bs genvy, cvar

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)