THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES.
To gain a smiley for this cache you will be required to gather
precise information about some cachers and events that happened in
2010. Once determined, you will need to solve difficult arithmetic
equations and find a challenging final. Good luck, hope you make
the grade. You are looking for the numbers to plug into this
formula: N 39 AB.CDE, W 084 FG.HIJ
A. MTMan2 likes to ride his bikes miles and miles in search of
one geocache. He also likes to kayak for caches and, lastly fetch
them on foot. A is the number of different ways that MTMan2 likes
to retrieve caches.
B. Mr. and Mrs. Pokerbuzz are leaders in the geocaching
community, having hosted a number of events and attended and
assisted with many events. Mr. Pokerbuzz is known for his long mane
of hair. His hair has to be at least 20 inches long. For B, if Mr.
Pokerbuzz cut off 11 inches of hair, he would have at least how
many inches remaining?
C. 5Bizzyb's is a geocaching family, but the father is the main
cacher and hider. He has hidden over two hundred caches in the area
and has found over 3,000. For C, divide the number of estimated
caches that he has found by 1,000.
D. SM325 is a cacher who has found many thousands of caches.
Evident through his name, he is also a dedicated scoutmaster. For
D, add the first and last number in his geocaching name.
E. OHSilky and Matkatamib@ are two area geocachers with over
12,000 finds between them. They are both recently retired, enjoy
teaming up weekly to attack an area of caches and like to go to
Florida to cache and play. E is the number of letters in the other
state that they like to play in.
F. Slammer47 had an exciting 2010, becoming a geo-daddy for the
first time. His motto of “Whenever possible, up the
terrain!” has resulted in frighteningly close encounters with
death and dramatic pictures of him caching in totally unreasonable
places. To find F, take the number of difficulty 4 or higher
terrain caches Slammer has found and multiply that number by
(XY-XY).
G. Reading ghs’ logs for 2010 is like reading a
mini-travelogue of the Miami Valley. He seems to frequently wander
in the dark, attracting the attention of the local gendarmes, or
travels the wrong way on one-way roads, or gets lost in the wilds
of some remote village---all in the hope of getting one of his many
ftf’s. To find G, suppose that ghs has gotten lost a dozen
times this year and subtract 3.
H. TeddyR had another highly successful caching year, as a
cacher who both places and finds caches in all kinds of tricky
places. A fair hider, TeddyR’s caches always make you stop
and think and scratch your head for awhile. To find H, take the
alphanumeric equivalent of the prominent single consonant in his
name and subtract a baker’s dozen.
I. CherryCacher continued his good works in both the caching and
scouting communities last year, and gets high marks for being both
a terrific hider and finder. He’s always on the lookout for
things that are fun and interesting to show his scouts, as well as
fun and interesting caches…and his log pages are techno
wonders! Trying to guess how he comes up with this computer
wizardry is harder than finding I, which is finding the number
between 7 and 9.
J. Roujo is a cacher who was introduced to our
strange/wonderful/addictive sport/game/hobby in 2010. Although he
has only found a few caches so far (just shy of 8) he has become a
fan of all that we brethren of the field do 365 days a year. We
thank everyone who helped make 2010 such a great year for caching
here! (And by the way, G is the number that is just shy of 8 minus
5).
Special thanks go to Hawkhaven and M&M Melted for the theme
of this cache.
You can check your answers for this puzzle on
Geochecker.com.