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Boulder Heroes #2 Mystery Cache

A cache by DES Message this owner
Hidden : 7/1/2008
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

An easy cache in Central Boulder with historical overtones

The second in a planned series of caches relating Boulder's heroes.

NOTE

On 8/16/18 I decided the original GZ was becoming a little too iffy with all the homeless around, so I relocated the final a short distance away.

 

The given coordinates will take you to an historical plaque.  The final location is a short walk from the plaque.

 

From the plaque, determine:

year of the gentleman's birth = X1 ____

year he joined the Navy = X2 ____

# of fellow flyers in 1959 = X3 ____

year of his big trip = X4 ____

depth which earned him a dual title = X5 ____

only numeral on the plaques at the bottom of the nearby (235' NE) flagpole = X6 ____

(checksum = 6,048)

 

Final coordinates (DD MM.MMM) of the cache are:

LAT:     40  A.B    LONG:  -105  C.D   

where

A = X6 - X3 -1       ____

B = (3 x X5) + 199   ____

 

C = X2 - X1 – 3      ____

D = X4/9 + 125   _   ____

 (checksum = 1,172)

 

Mag micro, log only, no space pen.

Enjoy the playground, pool, graffiti wall and skatepark.  And ponder, is skateboarding more dangerous than Aurora 7 was?

 

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

yrg gur ovt yvtug fuvar...

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)