Gord's Cache Mystery Cache
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This is a straightforward find, large enough for swag. Some may find the location eerily familiar.
This cache is in honour of my late brother, Gord. When his wife visited us a few months after he died, we introduced her to geocaching. Halfway through the first search (a multi), Lois exclaimed, "Gord would have LOVED this!"
We agreed, as Gord was a seeker, puzzler, pilot, boater, traveller, gadget guy, lateral thinker, envelope-pusher and "never-give-up" kind of guy. His Life List included visiting all of the continents, including Antarctica and the magnetic North Pole. Miraculously, he managed to achieve that dream, with only a few months to spare.
THE POSTED COORDINATES ARE FOR A LOCATION THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN OF GREAT INTEREST TO GORD, BUT THEY ARE OF LITTLE HELP TO YOU IN FINDING THE CACHE. To determine the coordinates of the cache, you'll need to answer the following questions. (Gord would have been able to answer all of these questions from the comfort of his favourite armchair. Heck, he could have answered them in his sleep!)
A – If you were doing a touch-and-go, what is the maximum number of people who would be beside you?
B – Let's say it's February, and you're in Vancouver, and it's 4 p.m. What time is it in Hanoi?
C – How many dashes ("dahs") are in the Morse Code spelling of SAUVIGNON? Subtract the value of A from this number to arrive at C.
D – How many of all of the world's continents have an indigenous penguin population? (Assuming, for this exercise, that both the Arctic and Antarctica are "continents.")
E – In what year did Roentgen "nick-name" his famous ray? Take the digital root of that number, and add 3 to arrive at E. (The wording for this question was modified on May 5, 2008, to eliminate some ambiguity.)
Coordinates for the cache are:
N45 AB.BCC
W075 DE.CAD
The cache is in a cylindrical, screw-top container, 9" high, covered in camo tape. When hidden, it contained the usual necessities and various travel-related items and souvenirs, including: Woody – Camel-of-the-World (a TB dreaming of exotic travel); shell necklace from Easter Island; fan from Thailand; chopsticks from Japan; eyeshades from Lufthansa; travel-sized playing cards from Alaska; opal potch from Australia; lucky stone from a beach in Corinth; fridge magnet from Easter Island; silver pin from Israel; silver windmill charm from the Netherlands.
And a special prize for the FTF.
Happy hunting, happy travels – and may you, too, achieve all of your dreams!
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