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Digging a Hole To China Mystery Cache

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GeoElmo6000: This was my first real puzzle. I'm glad people enjoyed their shortcut to China!

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Hidden : 3/17/2012
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not at the given coordinates. Or is it? Please read below for details on where the cache is located.

Growing up in New Jersey, conventional wisdom among the kids I knew was that if one was to dig a hole straight down from where we were, that person would end up in China.

Fast forward some years, and I decided to give it a try. I packed my backpack with plenty of water (it gets hot in the mantle and core of the Earth), donned my asbestos underwear, and gathered my best pick and shovel. I dug straight down and eventually ended up... somewhere. Where? Check the given waypoint.

Since I wasn't where I expected, I went back home through my tunnel, filling it in on my way back home (I did such a good job cleaning up after myself, you would never even know the tunnel had ever existed). When I resurfaced, I commemorated my trip by hiding a geocache right where I started.

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*** Congratulations to biga800 for being FTF! ***

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Puzzle]: Nagvcbqrf

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)