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Meru Mysteries Series: The Number 23!! Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 9/10/2009
Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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This cache is inspired on the enigma around the number 23.

 

The "23 Enigma" is the belief that all events are somehow connected to the number 23. The number 23 repeats itself through history, astronomy, astrology, biology and many other areas of human history. Next I listed some examples of the presence of the number 23:

The World Trade Center attack in New York on September 11, 2001:

          W = 23rd letter. The W is located under the 2 and 3 in your computer’s keyboard.

          T = 20th letter

          C = 3rd letter         T + C = 23

September 11, 2001 or 9/11/2001 = 9 + 11 + 2 + 0 + 0 + 1 = 23

The Titanic sank the morning of April 15, 1912 or 4/15/1912:

4 + 1 + 5 + 1 + 9 + 1 + 2 = 23

The Hiroshima bomb was dropped at 8:15 on August 6, 1945.

8 + 15 = 23

August 6, 1945 = 8/6/45 = 8 + 6 + 4 + 5 = 23

Human sex cells have 23 chromosomes. Other human cells have 46 chromosomes arranged in 23 pairs.

The Maya predicted the end of the world on December 23, 2012.

20 + 1 + 2 = 23

 

Now, to find this cache you will have to travel around the coordinates 23, visiting 3 different stages before finding the cache. In every stage you will have to recover the missing numbers to complete the coordinates as follow:

Stage 1:

            N  20° 39. __ __ __

            W103° 23. __ __ __

Stage 2:             

            N 20° 41. __ __ __

            W 103° 23. __ __ __

 

Stage 3 Final Cache:

            N 20° 42. __ __ __

            W 103° 23. __ __ __

 

Good luck finding this cache, and please share with us another connection with the number 23 when you log your visit.

Thank you:

Meru.

How many times do I mention the number 23? I marked them red.

 

CONGRATULATIONS QUERCUS-ROBUR FOR THE FIRST TO FIND!!



Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fgntr 1: Ybbx hc. Fgntr 2: Ybbx haqre. Fgntr 3: Ernq pnershyyl. Svany Pnpur: Jngpu lbhe fgrc.

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)