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Go Green! Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/8/2009
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is NOT located at the above coordinates. Those coordinates will take you to the entrance of East Holden Hall, the dorm where Mr. and Mrs. Allen Cacher first met while living there and attending MSU. Go State!


To find this cache, you must solve the following puzzle.

There are 26 dorms on the Michigan State University campus (counting the dorms that are often hyphenated separately, and NOT counting any apartments - Van Hoosen Hall is apartments, so it is not included).

The names of the 26 MSU dorms will all fit in the squares below if located properly.

Go Green

Once you have the squares all filled, you will need to take the letters in the 26 gray squares, convert them to numbers (A=1, B=2 ... Z=26) and sum them.

X = sum of the gray squares

The cache can then be found at:

N 42° 42.NNN
W 084° 29.WWW

where NNN = X + 426 and WWW = X + 594

The cache is a clear snap lock container. It is a little bigger than most small caches, but not quite big enough to be called a regular cache.

The inital swag in the cache is all green, but this is not a theme cache. Feel free to trade for any swag you want to leave (except that no U of M swag is allowed under threat of deleted log ).

Congrats to Salimonyous on their first First To Find!

Go Green! -The Allen Cachers (MSU Class of '91 and '92)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

abg dhvgr ba gur tebhaq

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)