Cache: Palindromes
Batchelor
Palindromic words,
for example, are civic, kayak, and racecar. Palindromic phrases
are, for example, “Was it a rat I saw?”, or
“Never odd or even”.
For latitude and
longitude coordinates, they could read as follows:
N 50 59.502, W120 59.505, or N50 26.002, W120 06205. Take the 15
digits and lay them out for a 15 digit palindrome: 505950212059505,
or 502600212006205.
For these 15 digit
latitude/longitude palindromes (not including the letters N or W),
the leading longitudinal digit “1” is at the center of
the palindrome and mirrors itself.
The coordinates
posted for this cache listing ( N 50 43.202, W120 23.405) have a
unique distinction of being a 15 digit palindrome.
Unfortunately,
palindromes are like family. You can choose who your friends are,
but you can’t choose who your family is. Palindromes happen,
and often you have little or no choice as to a hidey hole. You make
the best of it.
The posted
coordinates will give you the location of the small camo’d
Lock-N-Lock.
When placed the
final cache contained:
- Joe Cacher FTF pin for First to Find
- log book with pencil and sharpener
- #28 Burlesque jumping bean
- carbiner with compas
- Worksafe BC key chain
- I heart Geocaching pin
- 2 Birch Maple Leafs
There is a bit of
room for trade items.
Notes on
Palindromes:
For any pair of Lat/Lon degrees (i.e. N50 / W120) there will be
only 360 points that will form a 15 digit palindrome in that
square.
The distance between pairs of palindromes in this area is
approximately 2.2 km.
Please observe and
obey all signs like, or similar to, the one below. Please help
preserve our Grasslands and report violators.
