Skip to content

Geocache Trivia Mystery Cache

Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

Join now to view geocache location details. It's free!

Watch

How Geocaching Works

Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions in our disclaimer.

Geocache Description:

THE POSTED COORDINATES ARE ONLY PLACEHOLDERS! THE CACHE IS NOT LOCATED AT THE POSTED COORDINATES! YOU MUST SOLVE THE PUZZLE TO OBTAIN THE REAL COORDINATES!Also, congratulations to Alirose13, chefpaul13, Noi-z-Boi and SchmoopieGirl for a family-effort on FTF!


PUZZLE:

N 38° 44.ABC W 121° 13.DEF

On May A, 2000, Dave Ulmer wanted to test the accuracy by hiding what we now know as a geocache in the woods.

After 10 years of activity there are over B.3 million active geocaches published on various websites.

C (How may characters does the acronym have?) is an ongoing environmental initiative supported by the worldwide geocaching community. Since 2002, geocachers around the world have been dedicated to improving parks and other cache-friendly places.

The encryption that is used for encrypting hints has D characters (not including the hyphen (-), but including the letters and numbers.)

On May 2, 2000, at approximately midnight, eastern savings time, the great blue switch controlling selective availability was pressed. 2E satellites around the globe processed their new orders, and instantly the accuracy of GPS technology improved tenfold.

Within F days of sharing the coordinates to his friends, two different readers read about Dave Ulmer's stash(geocache) on the Internet, used their own GPS receivers to find the container, and shared their experiences online.

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

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

zntargvp

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)