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4xkrat (aka the Punster's) 1K Cache Mystery Cache

Hidden : 5/20/2011
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not at the posted coordinates, however, there are several parking spots within the vicinity of the posted coordinates. Do not park at the posted coordinates or you will get wet.

In an effort to recognize those who pass a major milestone, Special Ed and Fallen Faery started the tradition of placing milestone caches. It's just a small way to congratulate local cachers and their efforts. This cache was placed to honor 4xkrat for his 1000th milestone!

In a little under a year 4xkrat has managed to hit a milestone that takes some cachers years to achieve. That's an accomplishment he should be proud of! 4xkrat is friendly and outgoing and always encouraging to new cachers. He was the very first geocacher to send AKiteFlier a welcoming message via geocaching.com after she found some of her very first caches. We've seen him at CITO events with his sons and have sat in the car and giggled at him as he pulled into a newly posted cache only to roll down the window and say "Hi 4xkrat - sorry but you're not FTF, or STF or even TFT - you are 4th!" He has fun with TBs and is an all around good man in the world of caching. 4xkrat loves solving and finding puzzle caches and, at the time of this listing, has already found 70 puzzle caches! 4xkrat is punster at heart who can be really sneaky. As his way of giving back to the geocaching community 4xkrat has begun to create some fun and challenging puzzles for us to enjoy. 4xkrat loves puns but he also loves math so sharpen your pencil, get out your calculator, abacus, or slide rule and be prepared for some fun times with this geocacher! Congratulations, 4xkrat.

.... This puzzle is for YOU and any of the rest of you who enjoy a good brain stretcher and a fun hunt.

While we were typing this cache page description, the cat knocked over several boxes of our sports card collection. After spending several hours collecting and sorting the cards into their proper order, the last nine cards that we picked up were:

Lou Boudreau
Ken Hubbs
Orlando Woolridge
Brad Sellers (it was not his rookie card)
Trent Yawney
Mushin Muhammad
Otis Wilson
Randy Brown
Luis Aparicio

As we put these cards in their proper place, we got the feeling that An Oliver Smoot Radian Projection to
Libertyville Mission Control would not Lie to Me (or us) and lead to 4xkrat's milestone cache.

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Uvag #1: Jr qvfpbirerq gung jr tbg gur fnzr nafjre vs gur pneqf sbe Beynaqb Jbbyevqtr naq Enaql Oebja fjnccrq cbfvgvbaf va gur beqre. Uvag #2: Snyyra Ybt

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)