While working on Stump the Cachers by Faebers, I was plagued the the bigger question. The question of how I could appropriately thank the Faebers for their wonderful cache.
Beyond being something of a tribute to the orignal Stump the Cachers puzzle, this cache is also intened as a tribute to some of the fun caches in the area. These caches and some extra information that make up the clues for this cache. While visiting these caches is not required to solve this puzzle, I still encourage you to enjoy these caches - I know I have.
The Caches in no Paticular Order:
| GC10FDN |
The Rocket Has Landed by Faebers |
7138.56 |
Golf Course Holes, and Football gains and losses |
| GC11ZX3 |
Little Grey Box by Padre7th |
15.618583 |
Tour de France, and other International Cross -Country races. |
| GC 15FR1 |
Hydro Hike by Troop13-btr & JeffnKrewe |
9552.9156 |
Indoor Swimming Races, Long Jumps, High Jumps and Pole Vaults |
| GC171CQ |
Hmmm.... by Trinitas |
49.8752 |
Horse Races |
| GC1DNGP |
Not Your Average Light Pole Cache by Pat in Louisiana and Squirt in LA. |
5868.72 |
US Baseball Outfield Fences |
| GCCC70 |
The Big Orange Bucket by Beast of Traal (Be sure to solve the Puzzle before using this clue!) |
15.658 |
NASCAR Super Speedway Races |
- There is twice as much information provided as is technically needed.
- Some clue combinations are more revealing/effective than others, although the best answers are likely to use all of the clues.
- The container you seek is a cammoed container that blends well with its environment making it muggle resistant.
- While it is possible to solve this puzzle for an exact set of coordinates, it is likely some error will creep in along the way. The cache has been hidden with this in mind.
- You can check your coordinates via this link. (It accepts answers within 100 feet - you might still find the cache with coordinates that fail.)
- At this point the only hints are for the cache location. Other hint might be added as the need becomes clear.
Prizes:
- FTF Prize: $15 iTunes Gift Card - Claimed by KFL
- STF Prize: $10 Sonic Gift Card - Claimed by Pat and Squirt in Louisiana
- All others: Usual Geo-Swag, and the joy of solving a 5 Star Puzzle Cache. - Still up for grabs!
After swapping emails with those that have solved this puzzle, you may be encouraged to know that this puzzle seems to encourage a kind of intelectual bushwacking. All three of us (myself in testing the puzzle, and the two solutions to date), knew what had to be done, but all three of us took slightly different paths to the final answer. Bushwhacking our way from where we were to what we wanted to know. The good news is that no actual bushwacking is involved - although some might find that easier <wicked grin>.
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A few requests:
- Please place the cache back where you found it. Hints (wether in the description of friend lifelines) only work if the cache is in its original location.
- Every effort has been made for accurate coordinates, but as we all know sometimes factors beyond the our control can throw things off. If you find that the coordinates are off by an unreasonable amount (the margin of error/accuracy for your GPSr), please post your find coordinates in your log as a waypoint. If a trend emerges I will gladly update the coordinates.
- Please do not post any spoilers in your log that will give away either the location or the fun of the cache. If you really want to post something in your log that might cross the line, please take advantage of the ability to encrypt that portion of your log.
- If the log is full, or the cache needs attention please include that information in your log.
- If you made a good faith search, and came up empty please post a DNF log, or contact me - it is possible that the cache is missing, and this is the only way that I can know.
- Have fun
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