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Carolina Cache: Dizzy Gillespie Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 11/9/2009
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Carolina Cache

This is the first in a series that is dedicated to various South Carolinians who have made a name for themselves in many fields including, but not limited to; music, government and sports .

Dizzy Gillespie

This incredible musician was born in Cheraw, South Carolina to a local bandleader.
This gave him availability to many musical instruments.
Dizzy taught himself to play trombone and trumpet by age 12.
He went on to play with various bands and become an accomplished jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer(scat) and composer.


To obtain the coordinates of this cache you must answer the following:

N 34.34.ABC
W 082.42.DEF

A= The 2nd digit of the month he was born.

B= Add the 1st and 4th digits of the year he had an accident that changed his voice.

C= The age he started to play the piano. (+2)

D= 1st digit of age at death.

E= Add the letters of his real first and middle names. (-2)

F= Last digit of the year he died. (+5)

You are searching for a plastic tube of sorts.
Please use stealth and replace the cache so that muggles will not see it.
The cache is not under water.

Check sum = A+B+C+D+E+F=37


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

I Gerr - Ratyvfu Vil

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)