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Hazardous Cargo 1966 Mystery Cache

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

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is a micro placed near an in-theme facility but is not at the listed coordinates. Solve the puzzle below to find the cache.


Liquid hydrogen. LH2. Imagine a pressurized cryogenic semi-trailer filled with LH2 traveling 75 MPH on I-25. An aggressive driver who's late for work cuts in front of the semi-tractor. The tanker swerves to avoid a collision but the sudden action causes the liquid to slosh violently, overturning the trailer. The tank ruptures. Sparks from the sliding wreckage ignite the hydrogen.

Remember the Hindenburg? Its 7 million-cubic-foot volume carried a full load of about 40,000 pounds of gaseous hydrogen. A 5000-cubic-foot cryogenic tank truck carries about the same amount in liquid form. Even though it is more than 400 degrees below zero, hydrogen still burns quite readily -- 4 on a scale of 0 to 4 in the NFPA 704 rating system. Gasoline is only a 3 on this scale.

Have you ever wondered what is in some of those tank trucks on the highway? Or what is hidden behind innocuous panels of a delivery van? Consider the following dangerous cargo:

 A = Liquified petroleum gas
 B = Thionyl chloride
 C = Lithium metal batteries
 D = Gasoline
 E = Sulfuric acid, 52%
 F = Amyl nitrate



 Y.YYY = (A + B + C)/1000
 X.XXX = (D + E - F)/1000

 N39 0Y.YYY W104 5X.XXX

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[puzzle] Nzly avgengr, abg nzly avgevgr. [cache] Rnfg gerr, fbhgu fvqr, rlr yriry, fvyire.

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)