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Straight As An Arrow Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 8/15/2012
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


        This cache is part of a plan I have to hide 2 new caches every month for all of 2012 in the Upper Yorke Peninsula. One will come out on the 1st of the month and will be a traditional cache and the other one will come out on the 15th of the month and will be another type (such as puzzle, multi, etc). Each cache I place in the series will have the logo you see here on it so that you know which ones are part of the series.  



The cache is not at the listed coords no need to visit that location.

I was out with 3 friends trying out a new bow I had just purchased and not having done archery much before I would have to say I was not very good and most arrows were going no where near the target. But there was one I loaded that went way off course as I let it go when I hadn't even aimed it but luckily there were people here that gave me some idea where it went. Larry told me that I released the arrow at an angle of about 72°. Curly told me that the arrow was released at a velocity of roughly 63m/s. Moe said that the arrow was shot in a 280° True direction and I knew the force of gravity on Earth is 9.8 m/s/s. So I used these figures to work out roughly where the arrow would be not allowing for any wind resistance or things like that but when I arrived at that location I found the arrow but it was lodged in a tree but I was lucky enough that I found a Geocache hidden on the ground below it.







-: EXTRA INFO :-
At each of the caches I will place over the next 12 months you will be able to find a small clue that will be used in finding a future cache. This will be either in the cache, on the cache or within a few meters of it so keep an eye out for it while finding the cache. It will be in the form of A=? B=? And so on. This is not required to locate this cache but will be handy down the road.

Good luck

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Nybat Gur Jnyy.

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)