Well-Traveled Cacher Challenge Mystery Cache

The cache is not at the listed coordinates. The coordinates listed are for parking. You must satisfy the challenge requirements and solve the puzzle to obtain the final coordinates.

How well-traveled are you in your geocaching adventures? Have you traveled outside of your home country and found a cache? If so, then you are eligible to earn a smiley for this challenge!

Challenge Requirements

1. Find and log at least one cache within two countries. You may count your home country as one of the countries.
2. Caches found prior to the creation of this challenge are allowed.
3. The finding of this cache doesn't count toward the challenge.
4. Cache types allowed in this challenge are traditional, multi, letterbox, wherigo, mystery/puzzle, webcam, virtual, earth, and event.
5. Solve the two-part puzzle below to obtain the final coordinates to the cache location.
6. In your online found log, include a list of the two GC numbers and the names of the countries which correspond to your cache find within each country.

Puzzle

Solve the two-part puzzle below to obtain the final coordinates to the cache location.

Part 1: Complete the crossword puzzle.
Using the "across" and "down" clues, solve the crossword puzzle. All answers will be the name of a country.
(Click the puzzle to open in a new page to print.)

Part 2: Solve for the final coordinates

1. Take the crossword puzzle solution and count the number of countries that start with each letter of the alphabet.
2. Solve each formula below by substituting the number that corresponds to the country count for the corresponding uppercase letter.
   a=A+P+R
   b=G+O+V
   c=C+L+P
   d=B+J+M
   e=D+T+U
   f=F+H+S
3. Solve the following formula to obtain the final coordinates by substituting the results of the formulas from the previous step for the lowercase letters and then subtract the offsets: N42 53.abc-425 W071 25.def-78

You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

Cache

The cache is a small container hidden in the Musquash Conservation Area. The Musquash Conservation Area was established in 1979 to meet the goals of preserving wildlife habitat. The area consists of a forest of 900+ acres in western Londonderry. The area is made up of forested, rolling hills dotten with wetland areas that provide natural habitat for moose, deer, beaver, and painted and Blanding's turtles to name a few species.

A trail map of the area can be download here.