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Desert Oasis in the Wasatch Front Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 4/13/2011
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:


 

Desert Oasis in the Wasatch Front

 

 

This is the description of a puzzle cache. The cache is not at the posted coordinates. You'll need to solve the puzzle below to learn the actual coordinates.

 

 

 

The following is a list of musicians and the title of one of his or her albums. You need to find which song, in the listed album, contains something about the desert – specifically the word desert. Gather the track number and we’ll go from there.

 

 

Musician

Album Title

Puzzle Piece

Big Country The Crossing

A

10,000 Maniacs In My Tribe

B

Johnny Cash The Sound of Johnny Cash

C

Eagles Hotel California

D

Sting Brand New Day

E

Neil Young Harvest Moon

F

Madonna True Blue

G

Eurythmics Savage

H

Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti

I

Colin Hay Man at Work

J

 


The final coordinates are:

 

 

 

N 40 AB.CDE

W 111 FG.HIJ

 

 

 

Fill in puzzle pieces for N 40 AB.CDE and take (AB.CDE + 30.589) = North coordinates

Fill in puzzle pieces for W 111 FG.HIJ and take (FG.HIJ + 31.944) = West coordinates


Have fun!! Best to use Google and album tracklists for this cache!

Congratulations to himilecyclist as **FTF**!!!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)