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BFL 7: Virtue - Bonus Mystery Cache

Hidden : 11/1/2012
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

A well deserved reward for those who follow a virtuous path.

Congratulation, you've solved all those terrible puzzles, deciphered complex instructions, bushwhacked through kilometers of underbrush...
Oh wait, that's for the other bonus cache. This one is for the virtue caches. Those are the caches where the puzzles are easy, the instructions are clear and simple, and you stay on the trail all the way to the cache.

The other caches in the series are:

From each, you collect a clue in the form of two four digit numbers, one for the latitude, and one for the longitude.
To find the location for this cache, add up the latitude numbers from each of the other caches. Divide the sum by 1000, and the result is the latitude minutes for this cache.
Similarly, add the four digit longitude numbers from each of the other caches. Divide the result by 1000, and the result is the longitude minutes for this cache.
The latitude degrees will be North 43 degrees, but the longitude has a problem. This location is almost exactly on the dividing line between west 79 degrees, and west 80 degrees. If your calculated latitude minutes are less than 30.000, then use West 80 degrees. If they are 30.000 minutes or greater, then the latitude is west 79 degrees.

As a check on your math, the digital root of all seven digits of the latitude works out to be exactly the same as the digital root of all seven digits of the longitude.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ghpxrq vagb n ubyybj haqrearngu n ynetr ebpx

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)