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West Side Story Multi-Cache

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mbrill: This cache has been removed due to work done in the park where the cache was located and the cache owner moving away.

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Hidden : 1/19/2002
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

A multi-cache through some parks and a little history of West San Jose. Visit the six waypoints in any order to determine values for A-F. The actual cache location is at N37°AB.CDE W121°DE.BFC

Waypoint 1: N37°16.780 W121°58.480
(Now that the construction is complete I have a new question for this location) A = the number of poles supporting the large net climbing structure.

Waypoint 2: N37°18.080 W122°00.480
B = the number of long tables in the covered area.

Waypoint 3: N37°18.060 W121°58.790
C = the number of teachers who worked between the tenures of Featherman and Rogers (not counting either of them).

Waypoint 4: N37°18.970 W121°59.420
D = the number of red feet on the blue cylinder.

Waypoint 5: N37°17.750 W121°59.260
E = the third digit of the year that this village officially ceased to exist.

Waypoint 6: N37°18.100 W122°01.530
F = the number of pyramid shaped roofs.

The cache is a standard clear Tupperware container. Initial contents:

    The Sharks -
  • SJ Sharky beanie toy
  • Sharks puck
  • Sharks antenna ball
  • 2 different Sharks key chains
  • 2 2001-2002 Sharks schedules
    The Jets -
  • 4 New York Jets football cards
  • toy airplane
  • foam airplane
  • a deck of Aviator brand playing cards
    Also,
  • CD with music from West Side Story
  • log book with pencils and pens
  • standard geo-cache letter

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Cnfg gur graavf pbhegf, bire gur oevqtr naq va gur ohfurf nybat gur srapr.

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)