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Firm as the Mountains - Nifty Fifty Puzzle #20 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 3/20/2010
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not at the posted
coordinates.


How well do you know, or can find the answers to some puzzles about our great 50 United States?



We have great mountains here in Utah. There are other states with great mountains also. But there are some with hardly any mountains, or even hills, at all! The highest point in Florida is Britton Hill at 345 feet. The highest point in the 50 states is Mt. McKinley in Alaska at 20,320 feet. Utah's high point, the Uintah's King's Peak, at 13,528, is in the only mountain range in the United States that runs east and west. And - it has one of the most dramatic prominences—the relative height of a peak—of any mountain in the lower 48 states, at over 6,000 feet.


Match the ranking of the state high points with the heights; Alaska would be ranked 1 at 20,320; Florida would be ranked 50 at 345. (Names are in the list if you need them.) Then determine the final coordinates.


N 40° (LA) (NE) . (SC) (AL) (SC)
W 112° (AL) (LA) . (VA) (RI) (NE)


0 = XXXV at MMCDXIII
1 = XXXIV at MMDCCLIII
2 = XXV at MvDCCLXXXIV
3 = XLVIII at DXXXV
4 = XX at vCDXXIV
5 = XXIX at MMMDLX
6 = V at xMMMDCCCIV
7 = XIX at vDCCXXIX
8 = XIV at vMMMDCCXLIX
9 = XLVI at DCCCXII



At the final cache site (on a clear day) - can you identify these mountains? Farnsworth Peak, Mt. Olympus, Mt. Timpanogos, Mt. Olympus, Ensign Peak, Twin Peaks, Lone Peak, and Ben Lomond Peak among others!!


For our LDS friends, the Salt Lake Temple, often referred to as "The Mountain of the Lord" can be seen (with binoculars), as can the Draper Temple, the Oquirrh Mountain Temple, and the spire of the Jordan River Temple.

Additional Hints ()

Puzzle: Prnfne pbhyq uryc! Cache: Gval naq fghpx!

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)

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