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Long-tail Dragon / 長尾龍 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 3/27/2008
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:



Note:The listed coordinates are BOGUS and USELESS.

The legend said there was a huge long-tail dragon hiding in the deep mountains of Taiwan. Like all other eastern dragons, he loves playing and collecting all kinds of pearls and beads. The collections in this dragon’s cache are full with semi-precious stone, cloisonné, metal, porcelain & plastic beads. He is happy to let you take whatever you like or exchange some of those beautiful beads from the cache.

In order to find the cache, you can follow the steps below:

1) Soar into the sky over 15,000 meters above Taiwan and look for the shadow of this long-tail dragon. When you find it, mark down the coordinates of his nose and substitute the figures after Minute with A & B.
N degrees minutes. A
E degrees minutes. B

2) Add 12 minutes on latitude and minus 3 minutes from longitude to get a new coordinates –
N degrees minutes + 12. A
E degrees minutes - 3. B

3)
Apply 172 on A, 816 on B and go there to count how many auspicious animals accompany the 18 Lohans in order to get the figure M.

Apply 175 on A, 818 on B and go there to find out how many floors on the pagoda held by the Lohan and then you will get the figure F.

Apply 188 on A, 822 on B and go there to find the carving number on the highest step. This number is the figure S.

Apply 171 on A, 861 on B and go there to get figure D from the quantity of dragon heads, P from the quantity of pearl and T from the quantity of tortoise.

4) Apply the figures of M, F, S, D, P & T to the following formula to get the final coordinates of the cache.

N degrees = M * ( P – T), minutes = ( S * 2 - D * P - 13 ) *P * 2 / 1000
E degrees = S / 2 + P, minutes = ( S * T * M – S / 2 - D * F ) /100

Now you have the final coordinates to get the cache.
Container: Pill Container

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Good luck and have fun!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)