[Introduction]
Hello, I am Professor Gustov. You may know me as being the official mascot of GHAGAFAP which is Canada's longest running annual event. Welcome to another one of my classes on geocache puzzle solving and more. Within my class you will learn some very valuable puzzle solving skills. As always I will present you with a puzzle that you may find to be part of an Unknown geocache type. I will work with you to help guide you in solving the puzzle so that at the end of this session you will have all the information needed to obtain the coordinates of the geocache.
[Fluff Stuff]
HTML is an evolving language. It doesn’t stay the same for long before a revised set of standards and specifications are brought in to allow easier creation of prettier and more efficient sites. The technical stuff is pretty boring and this isn't a history class so I will leave it at that.
[Puzzle]
Somewhere on the cache page I have hidden a secret message on what you need to do in order to find the cache.
[Lesson in Solving]
Here is another lesson is finding hidden text on a cache page. This time however you will need to dig a bit deep. You will need to look at the source of the problem to find the answer you seek. There are quite a lot of caches that incorporate this technique. When you look at a cache page and just find find the puzzle or can't figure out what to do, it doesn't hurt to check the html source for the cache page. To do this try right clicking on the cache page and select View Page Source. It will then open the the source for the cache page and you can search for the text that is in the description. Just search for some words that are in the description and make sure you go to the section of the html that contains the full description that the cache owner as typed as I am typing here right now. Once there, looks for comments which are preceded by the html code "<!--- " which indicates it is just a comment. Give it a try and see if that is what you seek in order to find this cache.
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[Gustov's Geocaching Tip]
When placing a cache where the intent is to leave trade items, make sure you leave enough room in the cache so that people can leave their trade item in the cache and that it will still close properly. I suggest that you choose a container and fill it only 1/2 way with trade items so that there is always enough room. Sometimes people will want to leave a travel bug, so it's nice when there is enough room in the container for it. |