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Marshall Sprague Park Cache Mystery Cache

Hidden : 6/7/2010
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


The coordinates are for the location of the sign for the park. To find the cache coordinates, you will have to read the sign and answer the following questions. The cache coordinates are N38° 5A.BCD and W104° 5W.XYZ where: A = The third digit in the year he was selected to write the state of Colorado history for the bi-centennial celebration. B = The third digit MINUS the fourth digit in the year he came to Colorado Springs C = The number of “I” ‘s in the title of his popular book on the history of Colorado Springs D = The third digit MINUS the fourth digit in the year he was selected to write the state of Colorado history for the bi-centennial celebration. W = The number of letters in the city in China where he worked as a reporter for the North China Star MINUS five X = The number of letters in the word which “T” stands for in “TOPS”. Y = The number of letters in the first name of the photographer that took the picture of Marshall Sprague that is on the sign Z = The number of letters in the disease that he came to Colorado Springs to recover from MINUS six You can check you answers to the puzzle at http://www.geochecker.com/index.php?code=32e5ae63a96562bcacc7c033d4321375&action=check&wp=474332394e4745&name=4d61727368616c6c2053707261677565205061726b204361636865

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Jnlcbvag abg sne sebz gur tvira pbbeqvangrf: A38 57.284 J104 52.800 Gur trbpnpur vf nobhg 0.95 zvyrf sebz guvf ybpngvba jvgu na ryringvba tnva bs 380 srrg. Ab arrq gb ohfujunpx. Gur trbpnpur vf yrff guna 20 srrg sebz gur genvy. Guvf jvyy nyybj lbh gb trg tbvat va gur evtug qverpgvba!

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)