The Pyrite Llama (aka the Un-Puzzle) Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

DavidMac: I'm not sure what they're trying to protect (planned construction, perhaps?), but this area is no longer accessible.

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Hidden : 2/16/2008
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: not chosen (not chosen)

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Geocache Description:


This is the cache for those of us who are terrible at puzzles.

This cache, being a puzzle, is not at the coordinates above. However, it is extremely close.

Are you crazy about puzzle caches? Will you "goat" out of your way to solve any code, cipher, or equation, no matter how daunting? Do you feel that your puzzle solving abilities are well honed enough to earn you a trophy, or perhaps just a gold star? Well, I'm afraid this cache isn't for you. This cache is for the rest of us: we who put off solving those new puzzles until they pile up around our home coordinates. We who complain that there are too many puzzles in the Starkville area. We who wait to visit a mystery-cache-rich area until we can go with a puzzle hound who we know will solve all of the caches for us before they leave home.

Are you one of those people who swears that you'll never do puzzle caches again? Well, there's good news! This puzzle is for you! Have you ever stared hopelessly at a puzzle page, and gotten that gut-wrenching feeling just like in those dreams where you're back in high school and haven't studied for that algebra exam? Have you ever been frustrated at a cache owner for not returning your email request for coordinate verification or a hint? Have you ever given up the search at a potential cache site not knowing whether the container is gone, or your coordinates are incorrect? Well, here's a puzzle cache for you.

finally, here's a puzzle for the rest of us. Here's a puzzle that requires no math, no calculus, and no engineering degree. There are no tricky intermediate stages. You shouldn't need to visit a library, or crack a chemistry book. You don't even need to know braille, spanish, greek, or pig latin. and you don't even have to know how to convert from hexadecimal to binary to klingon.

This one should be straightforward enough that even I can solve it on my own without a lifeline. I've made it easy for you. To figure out the final coordinates, all you have to do is study the text in the box below and see if you can deduce the final location from it:

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N 33° 27.191
W 088° 48.284


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Got it? If you're having trouble, you can check your answers at the following link:

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When you are confident about your answer, you may proceed to the final coordinates. You have your choice of parking spaces within 250 feet, and the terrain is slightly flat with no obstacles (as long as you pick the correct parking spot). One word of caution: if you are allergic to poison ivy, you may want to wear gloves, though you shouldn't need to come into proximity of any to retrieve the cache.

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