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NL Who's Who #1 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 6/19/2012
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

NL Who's Who is a series of seventeen caches dedicated to famous/important people from Newfoundland and Labrador. Each of the caches will require you to do a little bit of research on a particular person or group of individuals in order to obtain the final coordinates for that particular cache. The caches are all relatively easy finds and are all located on Bell Island.

NL Who's Who #1 is dedicated to Bell Island's own Harry Hibs. He was a singer-songwriter and was commonly referred to as "His Nibs, Harry Hibbs, Newfoundland's Favourite Son".

The coordinates listed above are false, go there and you will find nothing but the Atlantic Ocean.

The final coordinates for this cache are as follows: N 47 AB.CDE W 053 VW.XYZ

Where:

A = Harry Hibs was inducted into the Porcupine Hall of Fame in 199_.

B = Harry Hibs first apprearance on the television series ""At The Caribou"" occurend in 19_8.

CD = By 1982, Harry Hibs had recorded __ albums. Multiply this number by 2.

E = How many trees?

VW = Jennifer Roland was awarded the Harry Hibs Award For Perserverance in 20__.

XY = Harry Hibs was born in 19__. Subtract 16 from this number

Z = Harry Hibs died in 19_9.

The container is a Green Micro and should not be hard to located once in the correct area.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Jvgpurf oebbz

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)