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Mountain Mix Mystery Cache

Hidden : 5/30/2008
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is not at the posted coordinates. Solve the puzzle to get the coordinates. Container is a 1.5 liter plastic 4-way lock box. Please make sure it is closed tight when replacing.

This cache is a tribute to Bob Ross, the fuzzy haired host of the "Joy of Painting" TV Series, and all those who paint using his wet-on-wet method. It isn't fine art but oil painting for the rest of us.

When Bob was painting mountains he would first under paint them with a dark color. Typically he mixed that dark color from Prussian Blue, Midnight Black, Van Dyke Brown, and Alizarin Crimson. This color is called the mountain mix. Now about the puzzle, in my youth I had a puzzle consisting of four wooden cubes. Each side of each cube was painted one of four colors. To solve the puzzle you had to stack the cubes, one on top of another until four high, into a rectangular solid such that the four long sides contained one square of each color. Here is my version of that puzzle. Print out the crosses below then cut them from the paper. Next fold and tape them into cubes. Have the kids help you with this. When you stack the cubes properly you will be able to determine the cache coordinates.

Make substitutions to the coordinates listed below from the puzzle.
A 40° 3B.CD5'
A 111° 4B.CD0'
Note that an alphabetic character, like "B", in the first coordinate is not necessarily the same numeric digit in the second coordinate.

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

Congratulations to Lord Mot and Baby-Girl for being First-To-Find.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Haqre gur gehax bs n qrnq snyyra gerr gung yvirf evtug urer.

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)