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Blind Man's Cache Mystery Cache

Hidden : 4/24/2010
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This is a micro cache right now, because I forgot my small container so I had to hide a micro really quick. I am trying to get ahold of a place where I can get a special FTF prize. After I can get ahold of them, I will stock it with a few items pertaining to the cache theme. FOR THE FINAL LOCATION YOU DO NOT NEED TO GO ON THE OWNERS' PROPERTY. YOU CAN REACH IT FROM THE SIDEWALK. IT IS NOT AT A CHURCH. WHEELCHAIR PEOPLE CAN RIDE RIGHT UP TO THIS CACHE.

DO NOT go bugging the owners for info about the cache. If you need help feel free to contact me. Please don't come at night.

I have wanted to do one like for a while. One of my jobs I work at is in Lindon. It is a place where individuals with disabilities can learn about how to get a job or where they can work in a safe environment and get paid for different things. I work with some of the students there, helping them learn how to get a job. Some of the things they do are connected to another company that will let them work with some of the products, such as assembling and testing them, and packaging them and sending them back to thecompany to be sold and distributed. Some of the students have disabilities, and some do not. The basic mission of A-TEC is to help kids who are in or just graduated from high school and may need help getting a job because they otherwise might not be able to succeed in life with out this help. It is basically a transition from school to work. Some of the students are able to eventually get a job and succeed for the most part in life, while some with more severe disabilities stay there and work there their whole life. Some of the places that we work with are at A-TEC, while some are at other places. Some of the places that allow us to work in conjunction with them are Coverstar(they do pool covers and such), Fastenal, American Legacy Pubishing(refer to my lindon work cache for more information), The Bishop's Storehouse, Courage Reins(taking care of horses),and Smith's and Shopko.

One of the students I work with is blind. Blind people cannot see with their eyes, and so they walk around with a cane, feeling their way around. They can however, read, using a system called Braille. This system uses dots that are punched through a special type of paper, called braille paper. It is similar to that used for folders for schools and businesses. There are several different types of braillers, some are The Perkins Brailler, and some are used for different purposes, such as work or school and can be powered by elcetricity. These can be plugged in to a computer later and the work retrieved and printed off in regular print letters.

Braille came about in the 1800's by a man named Louis Braille. He was French. He invented braille because the style of lettering back then was too difficult for blind people to use. He was searching for a way that blind people could write and read faster. He soon came out with braille. It is a sequence of six dots although some forms use eight. These can be used for letters and numbers, although he also added ways that it can be used for entire words, punctuation, and capitalization. The words are usually shortened on higher levels of braille reading and writing. He also came out with ways ways to use it for math, and even music, although these ways are very different from the form that is used to read and write.

To find the cache, you must solve this puzzle. Don't worry if it seems hard, once you learn about it, it will become easier. Besides, braille actually has 3 levels. I have used the easiest, with just a bit from the second level to complete things and make things a bit easier. If I had wanted to, I could easily make this a 4 or even a 5 star difficulty cache. SO NO COMPLAINING!

~I have recieved e-mails and complaints about how hard some of my caches are. I have tried to make this one a bit easier for people to solve. If you still feel that you cannot solve this after a few tries, I will help you. But please try to solve this on your own before asking for help. It is actually more simple than you think. I will try to get some site links up here for further readfing if you so wish to do so.

Here is the puzzle. It isn't that hard or long. The exact cache location is also in the puzzle.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Uvag vf va gur jevggra ynathntr bs gur oyvaq.

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)