Island Hopping Campaign Mystery Cache
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The above coordinates ARE NOT the starting cords, they will merely get you to the correct “theatre” for you to begin your own personal island hopping campaign.
DISCLAIMERS FIRST:
- A Boat isnt required but might be nice.
- Rock climbing gear isnt required but on one of the stages I wish I had had some.
- Have a waterproof GPS or waterproof your own.
- I wouldn't go alone or at night.
- Mike and I both shed a little blood on different stages while hiding this cache.
- Make an honest judegement of your water/swimming skill level before deciding how you want to attack this cache.
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With that said, this is a multi-part mystery cache; how many parts? That is part of the mystery. Some the hides arent bad, some will require a good sense of distance and direction, some are pretty well hidden (if I do say so myself). Good luck and enjoy.
Your initial amphibious assault will occur on a nearby “island” but we have hidden the full coordinates in order to prevent the enemy from discovering which of their locations you will attack first.
The coordinates are 26° 29.XXX'N/127° 50.XXX'E.
The answers to the questions below will replace the Xs. But, since it is still the 1940’s (during the island hopping campaign) we are relaying the code to you via a method of the times invented by a guy named Samuel, in fact all correspondence regarding details of the campaign from this point forward will need to be relayed via the same code... this includes your reports back to us.
See the pictures below for the questions
Remember, ALL LOGS reporting success (smiley face) must be encoded in the same manner as the questions below.
We hope you enjoy finding the cache as much as we did hiding it, and yes, we had a blast hiding it.
TO CLARIFY - Since people are already commenting on it... Gripes, moans, complaints, DNFs, notes, etc can be either plain text or code, it is up to you. ONLY Smiley Faces MUST be in the proper code.
Happy caching!!
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The enemy has been defeated as a whole, the major assault objectives have been taken and the enemy's supply lines are destroyed thanks to Matt and Larc.... good job on the assault boys and I will let you know when the Defense Department has approved your Purple Hearts for the blood loss. In the meantime however, ALL OTHER CACHERS BEWARE... Intel suggests remaining pockets of enemy resistance all over the islands that may take years to clear out so despite the FTF keep searching.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
[Hints use geocachers standard encryption as well as morse code
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Stage 2 - no hint, too easy
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Stage 5 - no hint, too easy
Stage 6 - ...- .- --. ..- .-. .--. . .-. .. ...- .--. .-. -... .- --. ..- .-. . -... -... ... -... ... -. ..-. --.. -. -.-- -.-- --- .... .- -..- .-. .
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Treasures
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