Skip to content

Going Postal Multi-Cache

Hidden : 3/1/2009
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

Join now to view geocache location details. It's free!

Watch

How Geocaching Works

Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions in our disclaimer.

Geocache Description:

I've decided to change Stage 2 to another simple math calculation since the physical stage keeps falling down the rabbit hole, so it's now a three-stage cache with a common theme. All stages have the same items. Their purpose eluded me until the omniscient Flowerman solved the riddle. See his FTF entry. The final takes you to an "original" such installation in the Beverley Hills neighborhood.

The listed coordinates will bring you to an unusual object next to a very common one. There's a four-digit number on this object. To find stage 2 and the cache final, you'll need to do a little math.

Take the four numbers and arrange them in sequence as A, B, C, & D.

To find the decimal fraction for the latitude coordinate, solve:

   ABC
  +ABC
  ------
   EFG

Add 0.EFG to the Stage 1 latitude to get the second stage latitude.

For longitude:

Calculate (B*B) + A + D = H

Take H and add it to ABC to get XYZ

Subtract 0.XYZ from the Stage 1 longitude to get the second stage longitude.

The second stage is a similar object to the one that you found at Stage 1. It also has four numbers on it, J, K, L, & M.

For the latitude of the final, subtract the decimal portion of the Stage 2 latitude from JKLM. Take the resulting number and subtract the digits represented by KLM, then add 3. This will give you the decimal portion of the final latitude coordinate. For the ordinal number of the latitude minutes coordinate take the numbers represented by LM and subtract 1.

For the longitude, take the decimal portion of the Stage 2 longitude and subtract the sum of the digits J+K+L+M. The result is the decimal portion of the longitude of the final hide.

Congrats to (who else??) Flowerman on the original 2-stage FTF.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fgntr 2: Lbh'ir nyernql frra bar whfg yvxr vg. Fgntr 3: Uvqr n xrl.

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)