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Dead Poets Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

crs98: As previously noted, I'm archiving this puzzle which sees little action in order to help clean up the game board and allow some space for new caches to get placed. I hope someone makes use of this spot or one nearby and creates a new interesting cache for lots of people to come and find.

As always whenever I archive my puzzles, I tell people how to solve the puzzle. For this cache, "dead poet" in question was The Bard himself, William Shakespeare. I really enjoyed making up new first lines to some of his sonnets and seeing how well people could match my modern language against the more nuanced verbage of the master. Only one of these really turned out to be a problem for people who got most of the way through it as there turned out to be two sonnets that could reasonably be translated into the way I did, and sonnet 70 was the one I wanted people to use.

Final is at N 47° 47.234 W 122° 17.470

47 - My eyes and heart made a promise to each other...
4 - Extravagent beauty, who's gonna foot your bill...
7 - Checkout the sunrise in the east...
23 - Like a 2nd-rate bit player on the stage...
41 - Those piddling goof-ups that happen when I'm free...
2 - In forty years, when you get old...
21 - I'm not like that one Poet...
74 - Don't worry when I die...
70 - It's OK if people say bad things about you...

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Hidden : 4/10/2009
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Hi boyz and girlz!!! Uncle crs98 is back with a new hip-hop puzzle 4 ya all 2 do!!! Da posted coords put U in a mucho bueno parking spot, not da cache location.

Da puzzle is EZ 2 know what 2 do, but not so EZ 2 actually solve. Da verses below is from a famous dead guy. If U can figure 'em out, da numbers will pop out right away. Uncle crs98 has helpfully updated them so that they are more up2date language. They don't google so well anymore either. Sneaky, sneaky, uncle crs98...sneaky, sneaky!!!

My eyes and heart made a promise to each other...
Extravagent beauty, who's gonna foot your bill...
Checkout the sunrise in the east...
Like a 2nd-rate bit player on the stage...
Those piddling goof-ups that happen when I'm free...
In forty years, when you get old...
I'm not like that one Poet...
Don't worry when I die...
It's OK if people say bad things about you...



Congratulations to Grievous Angel for first to solve and to baddog_777 for first to find!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[puzzle:] Rnpu yvar jvyy trarengr vg'f bja ahzore. [puzzle:] Svsgrra qvtvg purpxfhz rdhnyf 55. [cache:] Uvagf ba gur trbpurpxre cntr.

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)