Mountain Mission (Kapiti Coast) (Wellington) Mystery Cache
Hidden : 10/31/2009
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

As a geographer I am aware that New Zealand has many mountains and ranges. I thought I should share some knowledge about these with fellow cachers.
Paraparaumu has several street names with a mountain or range theme.
The given co-ordinates take you to the intersection of Rimutaka Street & Ruahine Street.

There is no need to go there as it’s not where the cache is and secondly it is hardly a spectacular mountain view
The good news with this puzzle is that you can drive to within metres of the GZ and there is no need to have climbing gear to complete the mission.



The crossword is Stage 1 of the puzzle but that’s not all you will need to do to complete this mission



All the answers to the questions in your quest can be found on the internet or in a good NZ atlas.


Across

2. NZ's largest active volcano
3. NZ's third highest mountain at 11,286 ft
5. Range West of L Rotorua and South of the Kaimai Range
9. Range that dominates East Coast North Island
10. Range containing Mt Hector
12. Inland and Seaward ranges near cray town of same name
13. Home of Red Crater and Emerald lakes
17. Range also known as Haurangis containing Mt Ross
19. Island's highest "little" mountain overlooking Mason Bay
20. Range containing the Camel's back
21. Means "alone or isolated" looks mournfully across L.Taupo towards his lost love Pihanga
22. Popular Ski field near Methven 2190m above sea level
25. Offers good views of Wellington. Named after a Queen.
27. Highest Mt (9,465ft) outside main ranges of the Southern Alps
29. One of the most photographed "Bishop's" peaks in NZ
30. Maori name for the "Glistening Peak"
31. Was stand in for Mount Doom in LOR trilogy
32. Range East of Rangipo Desert with free range feral horses
Down

1. Range that once had fell engines until 1955
2. Spectacular scenic Range visible from Queenstown
4. First climbed by Tom Fyfe, George Graham and Jack Clarke in 1894
6. Rarakiora in Maori, first ascended in 1895
7. Maori name for isolated western volcano
8. "Matterhorn of the South" First ascent 23 Nov 1909
11. Range containing Waikaremoana
14. Ski area dubbed "playground of the gods" near Windwhistle
15. Maori name for a memorial spot aka One tree Hill
16. English name for Taranaki's mountain
18. Range inland from the Punakaiki's Pancake rocks
23. Iconic Auckland island landmark. Maori translation " Bloody Sky"
24. Major eruption in 1886
26. Low, middle and high peaks with Tasman glacier to East and Hooker glacier to West
28. Range to North of Manawatu Gorge, home of the Wharite TV tower


Now for the second part of the puzzle. Use the map below to identify the location of some of the mountains or ranges in the crossword. These map numbers and references to the crossword will be needed to work out the co-ordinates for the GZ. All of the ranges and mountains on the map are in the crossword.





The cache is located at South 40 AB.CDE East 175 VW.XYZ


A = Map number for crossword’s 31 across
B = Second digit minus 2 of height in metres for crossword’s 4 down.
C = Map number for 17 across minus map number for 7 down
D = (Sum of map nos for 1 & 18 down) minus (Sum of map nos for 19 & 20 across)
E = ( Map no for 26 down minus map no for 6 down) plus map no for 23 down
V = Number of active volcanic peaks with map number greater than 13
W = Second digit of map number for 2 down
X = Half map number for 2 across on crossword
Y = (One third map no for 8 down) minus (no of mts & ranges on map beginning with “R”)
Z = No of mountains or ranges in crossword beginning with “T”

Final co-ordinates +/- 3m and it will be necessary to bring your own writing implement to sign the log. please replace as found as we wouldn’t want those muggles to spot it.


You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Uvag 1 Avpryl arfgyrq nobir tebhaq yriry Uvag 2 Zl arfg vf 5z jrfg bs gur fghzc

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)


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