BE SURE TO VERIFY COORDINATES FOR BOTH THE
FIRST AND THIRD CACHE LOCATIONS WITH GEOCHECKER PRIOR TO TRAVELING
TO THE LOCATIONS.
PLEASE REPLACE CACHES AS
FOUND!
THE SECOND STAGE, BECAUSE OF SIGN ALTERATIONS,
IS NOW MUCH SIMPLER, AND CAN BE SOLVED ON THE WAY TO GZ IF
DESIRED.
Congratulations
to The Girls and I for FTF!
DOUBLE
WHAMMY
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The Series Boilerplate:
This is a cursed cache for First To Finders. A FTF
for a cache in this series is cursed with the obligation to place
another "Curse of the FTF" cache, extending the series.
Guidelines for the series:
1. The FTFer for this cache should place the next cache in the
series (The Curse of the FTF #14) within 2 months. Otherwise the
curse will prevent you from ever getting another FTF again!!!
HAHA!!
2. You can only be a FTF for this series once. This is to give
others a chance to be a FTFer.
3. Cache can be any type of cache (Puzzle, Multi, etc.)
Those who have been cursed so far:
1. Aloha!and Wahine Eye Spy by (GC10EPC)-Curse Lifted March 1,
2007!
2. BBMTC by (GC119EP)-Curse Lifted April 7, 2007!
3. JohnsonsandKids by (GC11Z1X)-Curse Lifted May 11, 2007!
4. JEM61 by (GC12TVC)-Curse Lifted May 28, 2007!
5. Moongecko by (GC137MM)-Curse
Lifted July 30, 2007!
6. Dorsie by (GC14PH5)-Curse Lifted August 26, 2007!
7. Binghamjd by (GC152RP)-Curse lifted October 24 2007!
8. GASTECH by (GC1335D)–Curse
lifted December 29, 2007!
9. Smarple by(GC1810C)–Curse lifted February 28, 2008!
10. WeirdHarold by (GC1A2MB)–Curse lifted April 20, 2008!
11. Barkfeather by (GC1AC7R)-Curse lifted May 29, 2008!
12. Goingtopot by (GC1CNW6)-Curse lifted July
13, 2008!
13. The Girls And I by
(GC1DKE5)-Cursed lifted Aug 9th, 2008!
14. Beachbeans by (GC1F2R3)-Cursed lifted August 24, 2008!
15. Coupleocachers by (GC1FK3J) - Cursed lifted September 7,
2008!
16. ZMuggler by (GC1FTJ7) - Cursed lifted on September 20,
2008!
17. Greykitties by (GC1GN95)- Curse lifted on November 25,
2008!
18. CW, Spouse & Dog by (GC1JDVE)- Curse lifted on ?????!
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The difficulty factor combines the puzzles with the hunt.
I should point out that this puzzle is homegrown and probably
unique.
The fun begins with a cursed puzzle.
:o-)
Stage 1: Solve the cursed puzzle below. Use the coordinates to
travel to the initial cross-reference micro cache site.
The cross-reference micro cache site coordinates can be found
at:
N 82 128o 33 54 . 45 105 96
W 112 39o 14 65 . 75 22 86
You can check your answers for this puzzle on
Geochecker.com.
Destination is anywhere from .02 miles to
.13 miles from available parking,
depending upon your transportation capabilities.
Such a maximum distance shouldn't be of concern to a geocacher
considering this terrain level!
Take plenty of water and a few snacks. :)
Stage 2: Use the coordinates contained in the initial
container to travel to the informational site to simply build
ground zero's coordinates from the information provided in the
area, as follows:
You have the 38o MM.DDD coordinates and 77o
MM.DDD coordinates for the informational site above that
were contained in the Stage 1 cache. You'll need to collect the
following information from the informational site.
You'll need:
The four digit year of the event
The two digit day of the event
The two digit month of the event
To obtain the coordinates for the target micro cache containing
the log, perform the following calculations:
N 38o
MMDDD+the four digit year of the event+(the two
digit month of the event*28)+(the two digit day of the
event*18)+3.
W 77o
MMDDD+the four digit year of the event+the two digit
month of the event*24)+(the two digit day of the
event*18)+4.
You can check your answers for this puzzle on
Geochecker.com.
BYOP!
Stage 3: Using the developed coordinates, travel to ground zero
to find the micro cache for logging.
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