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Tilting at Windmills Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 3/22/2009
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

What you seek is not at the coordinates shown...

At this point they came in sight of thirty or forty windmills that are on that plain. "Fortune," said Don Quixote to his squire, as soon as he had seen them, "is arranging matters for us better we could have hoped. Look there, friend Sancho Panza, where thirty or more monstrous giants rise up, all of whom I mean to engage in battle and slay, and with whose spoils we shall begin to make our fortunes. For this is righteous warfare, and it is God's good service to sweep so evil a breed from off the face of the earth."

"What giants?" said Sancho Panza. "Those you see there," answered his master, "with the long arms, and some have them nearly leagues long."

 "Look, your worship,'' said Sancho. "What we see there are not giants but windmills, and what seem to be their arms are the vanes that turned by the wind make the millstone go.""It is easy to see," replied Don Quixote, "that you are not used to this business of adventures. Those are giants, and if you are afraid, away with you out of here and betake yourself prayer, while I engage them in fierce and unequal combat!"

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Interesting fact: "Tilting at windmills" is an English idiom which means attacking imaginary enemies, or fighting otherwise-unwinnable battles...

"To play this game, you are Don Quixote. You have just spoken to your squire and are on your way to slay the giants. Will you be successful? You won't know until you arrive on the windmill square. Only then is it worth checking the outcome..."

Congrats to crs98, lamoracke and RENThead97 for teaming up to slay the giant and earn a co-FTF!!!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Uvag 1) 1 cvrpr zbirf 6 gvzrf (gur cvrpr svgf jvgu gur fgbel) Uvag 2) Ab fdhner vf hfrq zber guna bapr Uvag 3) Ubhef naq zvahgrf ner pbeerpg, svaq gur frpbaqf Uvag 4) Vg'f n tnzr bs yhpx fb vg znl gnxr lbh frireny gevrf gb jva (gung'f jung znxrf tnzrf sha!) Vs lbh pna'g svther vg bhg, srry serr gb CNS, nsgre nyy vg'f nyy nobhg univat sha. Svaq n ybt naq lbh'yy svaq gur ybt obbx...

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)