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Lakeview Mystery Cache

Hidden : 5/14/2011
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

It should be obvious that the final location of this cache is not at the posted coordinates, though it does have a beautiful view of that location (hence the title of the puzzle).

The ten caches listed below all share something in common. If you can figure out what the shared item is, it will help you to determine a 5-digit code that is different for each of the ten cache locations.

Elrod's Tanyard
Shamblin Springs
Outhouse in the Woods
Delta Trail SP#100
New and Blue
Under The Pine
Just another brick in the wall.
Historically Fat Bug Hotel...
Millpond Micro
Gas it up!

The minutes of latitude can be found by adding up the 5-digit numbers from the first five caches; then subtracting 221,652. Finally divide that quantity by 1000.

Similarly, the minutes of longitude can be found by adding up the 5-digit numbers from the last five caches and then subtracting 280,475. Once again divide the result by 1000.

Co-FTF honors go to The ScottFamilyFive, PhilNi, jim_carson, and fishiam.



If you think you have the right idea but can't get the geochecker to sing, the most likely culprits are caches #1 and #4 which are on the edge of having a different five-digit number than the one I intended. For #1, consider the five digit number to be the one to the east of the dividing line. For cache #4, consider the number to be the one to the SE of the dividing line.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pnpur uvag vf ba gur trbpurpxre cntr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)