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International Scavenger Hunt (KPC2011) Mystery Cache

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Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is not located at the listed coordinates above. To find the cache coordinates, solve the following puzzle.

  • amans
  • Schäfer
  • kielbasa
  • wienerbrød
  • fornuis
  • Masern
  • homem de guerra

Special Notes about the 2011 Puzzle Challenge: To be considered for Fastest Solver points, you must verify your solution with certitude. Because certitude may not properly account for joint solutions, please email me team member names in the case of team solutions to ensure proper point accounting. All "point" scoring is arbitrary anyway, subject to change, at the discretion of the cache owner, and probably completely meaningless (unless you just want to be able to brag more at the December banquet). The real challenge is just to see whether you can solve all of these caches by the end of the year. To maintain fairness, hints should not be offered by the cache owner or other solvers until the fifteenth of the month.

Special Notes about this month's puzzle: The North Star asked me to create a puzzle with some Polish in it. Traditionally, the first puzzle of the year is one of the easy ones, although this one has a minor wrinkle that I usually avoid in my puzzles.

2011 Puzzle Challenge Finders
2011 Puzzle Challenge Solvers

First Ten Correct Solutions
jimbexleyspeed 01 Jan 9:11am
GraffnTrix 01 Jan 11:46am
candcfamily 01 Jan 12:07pm
Maddie's sherpa 01 Jan 12:11pm
payakoi 01 Jan 12:45pm
TeamOttlet 01 Jan 12:51pm
Moe311 01 Jan 12:56pm
The North Star 01 Jan 1:41pm
mokelly 01 Jan 2:01pm
InTheRough 01 Jan 3:31pm
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First Ten Visits
GraffnTrix 01 Jan 1:07pm
payakoi 01 Jan 2:08pm
TeamOttlet 01 Jan 1:56pm
Galileo the cat 02 Jan 12:51pm
Geo Fan 02 Jan 4:12pm
Dotish 02 Jan 7:20pm
The North Star 03 Jan 9:01am
candcfamily 05 Jan 11:29am
InTheRough 07 Jan 5:05pm
cachbefound 06 Jan 4:26pm

You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Puzzle hints added January 16th.] Vs gur pyhr jrer "zhssva", gur nafjre jbhyq or "Ratyvfu zhssva". Zbqhyb 10.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)