In 2009, I placed a cache that I thought would be challenging
and fun. Naturally, any time I do something like that it invites a
few of my more mischievous Geocaching friends to try something
naughty, usually in the name of giving me grief. I will not name
names because cache descriptions are not supposed to promote things
or malign individuals (hint: I am talking about a certain Large
Feline and another duo that are not the Ateam or the Bteam). But I
digress.
When this special cache of mine was placed, one of the
aforementioned deviants decided to find it in an unconventional
way. He did! However, much to his surprise, someone else used an
unconventional technique to find it. That someone was Paul Titus.
Since that time, it has become something of a joke for unnamed
individuals to sign Titus’ name first on the logs for other
caches I place.
Recently, on a group outing for a night cache, the topic came up.
“Hey, did you know Paul Titus solved your
‘Octomom’ cache?” “Yeah, right,” I
replied. “No, really. His name is the first one on the
log.” “I am sure,” I continued my cynical retort,
“Which one of you wrote his name on the log?” “We
promise. We did not write it. Paul did.” And thus was born
the idea for this cache.
To get the actual coordinates, you will need to decipher the
information below. You only need to solve for the final four digits
of the northing and the westing (you know where to put the decimal
point, right?). The first formula will yield the northing. The
second will give you the westing.
3:15:19 2:10:10 3:13:1 2:5:15 1:6:6 2:12:14 1:6:9 3:13:7 2:13:7
3:13:9.
2:4:18 1:9:13 1:7:20, 1:9:14 1:7:16, 2:13:6 1:16:16 1:6:1 1:5:10
3:15:3 2:10:1 1:12:18 2:9:10 3:2:12.
1:6:1 2:8:25 1:15:12 2:13:1 2:11:1 3:9:12 1:7:27, 2:13:2 1:13:15
3:10:9, 3:1:1 3:1:3 1:10:1, 1:14:4 1:10:6 1:12:1, 1:6:8 2:9:10
1:5:1, 2:13:2 1:1:19 3:3:23 2:12:6 3:3:1.
2:13:7 3:10:11 1:13:3 2:14:4, 1:6:8 1:4:12 2:11:1, 1:10:1 1:5:20
2:11:11 2:13:14 1:12:1, 3:14:6 1:1:6 1:7:19 3:1:10 1:12:1. 1:1:1
1:4:2
Check your answers here:
Geochecker.com.
Congratulations to the team of Big Cat, Cteam, and ocelot1 on
capturing Paul Titus. Allysmom24 was the first to solve the puzzle.
She captured the elusive Paul Titus as well for her 700th find.
Congrats to Heavy Metal for logging #1500 on this cache.