stockguy's 1000th: Taking Camo to New Heights Mystery Cache

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The4Buckleys: Too far away to adequately maintain, so going to have to unfortunately archive. Thanks to all that visited.

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Hidden : 6/11/2012
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This is a mystery cache. There is no container at the coordinates stated above. However, the coordinates provided are where suggested parking can be found.

It is time to recognize another member of the Geocaching Community who has surpassed the milestone of reaching 1000 geocache finds. A big congratulations to stockguy who recently surpassed 1000 on a day he found over 100.

For those of you who have not hunted a stockguy cache, you are missing a special treat. Stockguy has developed a reputation of using containers that are in plain sight but camo’d so well, they blend into their natural surrounding. He has a number of examples in Chicago’s Loop and Woodstock, where he works and lives.

Tzinny says: I recall searching for a stockguy hide with 3 other people. There was fourth person with us who had already found the cache. After about 15 minutes the previous finder announced, “You have all either touched or stood on the cache (or both)”. The camo was that good!!!!

Rather than a traditional hide here, n9tog, The4Buckleys and Tzinny felt a puzzle was in order. Not a very difficult puzzle but one centered on the great camo theme.

Please watch this video. Once you do, answer the following questions and then perform the simple equation below to compute the final coordinates.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMT1FLzEn9I.

A = How many letters in the first word at the end of the video?
B = How many letters in the color of the third pair of sunglasses placed?
C = How many total sunglasses are used in this video?

NORTH: [(A + B) x (A + B + C)] + (B + C)2 = X
Subtract X from the posted North Coordinates

WEST: (A x C) + (A x B x C) + [(A + B) x C] = Y
Add Y to the posted West Coordinates

You will be searching for a silver ammo can, the traditional commemoration for the milestone of 1000 finds.  This couldn't be camouflaged, so you will need to employ a skill often necessary for stockguy's non-urban hides.

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

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