This multi requires certain high-tech gadgets in order to
complete and will present you with some riddles that you need to
solve to find the cache.
Read the complete description before attempting this
cache!
There are three intermediate stages to this multi, plus
the final cache. The coordinates to the three stages are given
below (in the additional waypoints). You can visit them in any
order you want, but if you park at the suggested coordinates and
start from there, it's suggested that you visit them in order.
The three intermediate stages are:
- One of them is a Chirp, a type of wireless beacon that
requires a compatible device to receive. Currently only certain
models of GPS receivers from a particular manufacturer are capable
of doing that.
This stage will present you with a riddle. Solving this riddle gets
you a number. Call this number A.
- Another one of the stages is a QR code. The easiest way
to decode it is to use a smartphone with an appropriate software,
but alternatively you can use any camera to take a picture of it
and then use an online decode (at home) to get the information out
of it.
Decoding the QR code gets you another riddle, and solving this
riddle gets you another number. Call this number B.
- Yet another one of the stages requires UV light to be
made readable. Note that it may be difficult to achieve this in
bright sunlight. You should be either prepared to cover up the clue
(make it dark) so the UV light can do its thing, or simply go at
night.
There's no riddle here, but again you will get a number from this
stage. Call this number C.
Now here's two important notes about the above:
- The stages described above are not given in the same order
as you will encounter them! Keep this in mind when you start
looking for one, or after you've found one.
- !!! Beware of decoys !!! You will come across
them!
Once you've found all stages and solved the riddles, you can do
a quick checksum. The combined digital root of the
three numbers should be 2. If you get anything else (even if it's
only slightly different, like 1), you better revisit the stages and
double-check everything you've found.
In any case, please make sure you replace all the stages
exactly as you've found them, and secure them properly into
place.
A bit of simple math is required to calculate the coordinates of
the final cache. For the north coordinate, perform the following
calculation:
X = 18783 + A + B
Divide X by 1,000 and you got the minutes of your north
coordinate.
For the west coordinate, calculate this:
Y = 47112 - A + C
Again, divide Y by 1,000 and you got the west coordinate.
If you're unsure, can't find it and/or are mobile internet
enabled, you can check your final coordinates here:
Geochecker.com
Good luck and have fun!
Note that the high difficulty rating is not only because of
the required gadgets and the riddles. The hides themselves can also
pose a challenge.
There's an unactivated micro geocoin in the cache as FTF
prize!