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Hidden : 11/25/2011
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   not chosen (not chosen)

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Geocache Description:

Thecacheisnotlocatedatthepostedcoordinates.

Allyouhavetodotoclaimthismysterycacheisfindfivepeople(whoallsharedthesamevocation,andwerecon
sideredtobeattheverytopoftheirchosenfield)basedonthesesetsofinitials[FJH,JSB,LVB,PIT,WAM],puttheminc
hronologicalorderbasedonthedatesoftheirbirth,takethelastdigitofeachonesyearofdeathinthatorder,usetha
tfiveletternumbersequenceasthekeytosolvingaVigenèrecipher,whichisbasedonagridusingthedigits0thru9(ra
therthanlettersAthruZasinastandardVigenèregrid),butwiththenumbersorderedinthegridstartingwiththeeven
digitsinnumericorder(startingwithzero)andfollowedbytheodddigitsinnumericorder,findthelocationindicat
edbythegreenarrowinthisimage,usethefifteendigitsofthecoordinatesofthatlocation(whichyoushouldfindto
matchthepatternNxxxx.xx7Wxxxxx.xx3)astheciphertext,anddeterminetheplaintextvaluewhichwillgiveyoucoor
dinatesforthefinallocation.

Oh... and then go get the cache!

PrizeforFTFisacoupleofsmallChristmasornaments,andyoucancheckyouranswersforthispuzzlebyclickinghere.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

tebhaqyriry

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)