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QCW 3c - People Ignore Puzzle Caches Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 5/1/2011
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

THIS CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES, BUT IT IS VERY CLOSE!

No advanced preparation is necessary to solve this. But if you prefer to figure out the final coords in the comfort of your own home, that's possible, too. It's that easy!

This is the third in a series of geocaches designed to question commonly-held beliefs among the geocaching community. Today, we're talking about multis, puzzles, and how they are shunned. Shunned I tell you!


So, I designed the easiest puzzle cache you will ever find. This one is so mind-bogglingly easy, there is absolutely no reason it should be passed by or ignored.

Once found, DO NOT REMOVE the cache from its host. Simply remove the log, sign and replace. Thank you.

Folks, it's flippin' easy. So come out and find it. Seriously, why are you still reading this? Near the posted coordinates is a speed-limit sign. Take the that number and subtract it from both the northern and the western coordinates posted on this cache page. The resulting coordinates will take you to GZ. That's it.

We'll be basing the puzzle cache's shunning properties by comparing find counts with the control. The control in this experiment is a traditional cache, placed in the same parking lot using the same method as this puzzle cache. I repeat, the final stage for this puzzle is just like the traditional cache: it is in an evergreen tree.

If you ignore one because it's a micro or it's in an evergreen tree, you should ignore both. If you find the traditional, you should also find this one.

That is, IF you indeed don't care. Do you?

So there you have it. This cache is more of an experiment rather than a question, but let's sit back and let the results speak for themselves.

And BTW - to those of you on some kinda convoluted quest to find only non-traditionals who find this one, and not the other one - well you're just a bunch of results-skewers you tree-huggin' hippies. ;)

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