Blue Heaven Multi-Cache
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This is a multi-stage cache that will take you on a tour of the heart of the UNC Chapel Hill campus. If you are careful in following the instructions, you should have no trouble finding the cache. Trails are campus sidewalks up until the last several hundred feet. Total distance covered should be less than 2 miles (including return to starting point). Final cache is very close to a few other Tar Heel caches, so plan on staying for a bit ;)
Before you begin, you may want to enter a waypoint for where your car is parked, to help you on your return if you're not familiar with Chapel Hill. If you park on the street, make sure you feed the meters, or the meter police will invariably find you.
2/19/02 Update: I've tweaked the Stage 3 coordinates with the results of a more accurate (hopefully) fix.
To start, head for the following coordinates:
Stage 1 coordinates
N 35° 54.781'
W 79° 03.112'
This will put you on the 'quad,' surrounded by the 200+ year old original buildings of the UNC campus, and under massive trees that must be even older. Nearby is the famous Davie Poplar (still hanging in there despite Fran's best efforts). But what we're interested in is the monument to Joseph Caldwell, the university's first president.
President Caldwell:
- was born on April 2A, 1773
- died January 2B, 1835
Fill in the 'blanks' using the actual dates on the monument, and plug them into the coordinates below to find where to go next.
Stage 2 coordinates
N 35° 54.B23'
W 79° 03.(A-1)79'
To clarify for the longitude: subtract one from the value of the digit represented by A to calculate the first digit after the decimal point in the minutes of longitude.
Head for the resulting location, and you'll recognize another famous UNC landmark. Note the year of the class which donated the pair of resting places on the perimeter, and determine the following:
19CD
Plug the appropriate values for C and D into the coordinates below.
Stage 3 coordinates
N 35° 54.(C+1)55'
W 79° 02.6(D-1)9'
Go to this last intermediate point, and locate the momument for a famous North Carolinian journalist born on September 10.
His wife:
- was born on April 1E
- died on October 2F
Stage 4 coordinates
N 35° 54.8(F-4)1'
W 79° 02.(E+1)63'
You're on your way to the cache. Please rehide well, it has the potential of being VEEERY visible to passersby!
Enjoy!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
2 snyyra tvnagf
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