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PAGA's Puzzling Peregrination of Pittsburgh Mystery Cache

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Keystone: As the owner has not responded to my prior note, I am archiving this cache page.

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Hidden : 9/14/2009
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The coordinates above DO NOT get you to the cache.

The perspicacious cachers of PAGA have gathered together to bring you the profound, the peculiar, the perplexing, the PAGA's Puzzling Peregrination of Pittsburgh cache series.

These caches are designed to give you, the cacher, a chance to sample: the different areas of Pittsburgh, the different puzzle ratings, the different styles of several cachers and, of course a fantastic caching experience.

There are a total of 6 puzzle caches. Each of the first five caches are hidden by a different cacher, has a different difficulty rating and is located in a different part of the city. They are as follows:
GC1Y6JV : PPPP / Little Green Men - A Geocaching Fairy Tale
D:1 Star, T: 1.5 Stars, CO: scporich
Location: East

GC1N1T2: PPPP / Dendrology 101 - The Montour Trail
D: 2 Stars, T: 2.5 Stars, CO: Dendro71
Location: South

GC1P413 : PPPP / Montour Trail Mile Zero
D: 3 Stars, T: 3 Stars, CO: Red07Z
Location: West

GC1W3VM: PPPP / Play Ball!
D: 4 Stars, T: 2 Stars, CO: TDB1977
Location: Central

GC1P3PD: PPPP / Richland Kenken Nightmare
D: 5 Stars, T: 2 Stars, CO: Bergie Bunch
Location: North

Each of these caches contains another puzzle, each with a different level of difficulty (1-5). When solved, each internal puzzle will yield 1/5 of the coordinates to a final cache.
These puzzles were created by:
1 Star: Scrabblehounds
2 Star: jma7geo
3 Star: Voyageurs60
4 Star: renruts
5 Star: Jeffshly

The puzzle answers should be assembled to yield the final coordinates according to the following cryptogram:
SEYO@OEKG@BVNMOL@EBW@EXXPT@SGO@IRPPRZHBC@KEPKVPESHRB!

SEYO@TRVL@BVNMOL@SHNOF@0!
EWW@0!
NVPSHXPT@MT@7!
WHAHWO@MT@2!
NVPSHXPT@MT@92!
EWW@963!
NVPSHXPT@MT@SGO@FUVELO@LRRS@RI@933!
FVMSLEKS@2533!
WHAHWO@MT@433!
SGOB@EXXPT@SGO@KEPKVPESOW@LOFV PSF@EF@IRPPRZF!

CK9X7XW@KRBSEHBF@SGO@PESHSVWO@EBW@PRBCHSVWO@WOCLOOF!
CK9T8QA@KRBSEHBF@SGO@PESHSVWO@NHBVSOF!
CK9B9S2@KRBSEHBF@SGO@PRBCHSVWO@NHBVSOF!
CK9Z7AN@KRBSEHBF@SGO@PESHSVWO@WOKHNEP@NHBVSOF!
CK9X197@KRBSEHBF@SGO@PRBCHSVWO@WOKHNEP@NHBVSOF!

Hint: KRVBS: 3927108564

Good Luck

FTF Prize: a PAGA coin + a PAGA pathtag
STF Prize: a PAGA pathtag
Initial Contents: various puzzles of all types, of course

Please don't attempt this at night

Congratulations Jeffshly on FTF and egroeg on STF

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vs lbh jnag gb vapernfr gur greenva engvat, fyvqr qbja uvyyfvqrf, gebzc guebhtu cbvfba vil, cvpx fcvqre jrof bhg bs lbhe unve naq eha vagb ybj gerr oenapurf, gura, ol nyy zrna, ohfujnpx. Bgurejvfr, gnxr gur avpr genvyf cebivqrq ol gur Nyyrtural Ynaq Gehfg!

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)