Paint By Numbers #1 Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

Ice and Wind: The cache owner has not responded, or corrected the problems with the cache, so I must regretfully archive this listing.

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Hidden : 12/16/2012
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This puzzle cache uses one of my favorite types of puzzles.

The cache is NOT at the listed coordinates.  Solve the Paint By Numbers puzzle below to get an idea how to locate the final.  The numbers outside each row and column tell you how many groups of black squares there are in that line and, in order, how many consecutive black squares there are in each group.  For example, 4 5 9 2 tells you there will be four groups that will contain, in order, 4, 5, 9, and 2 consecutive black squares.  The fact that the numbers are separated tells you that there is at least one empty square between them.  There may also be empty squares at the end of lines.  The trick is to figure out how many empty squares come between the bk ones.

                      3               2 2            
                1 4   1   1           3 1   6        
                3 1 3 1 2 1 1   3     2 2 3 1        
              2 14 6 6 1 1 1 2   5 3 11 4 1 3 1 5      
              3 1 3 4 6 2 1 1 2 3 9 3 2 8 1 4 3 4    
              23 1 9 1 10 1 2 2 8 3 8 5 3 1 3 8 3 11 9 7
          2 3                                        
        1 4 5                                        
        4 1 7                                        
        4 2 6                                        
      3 8 1 5                                        
      1 6 3 2                                        
      1 1 7 2                                        
        1 4 2                                        
        1 1 3                                        
      2 1 1 4                                        
        3 2 3                                        
      4 1 3 3                                        
        4 6 1                                        
      5 3 1 1                                        
      5 3 2 1                                        
      5 3 4 1                                        
    2 3 3 4 1                                        
  3 5 1 2 1 1                                        
3 1 1 1 2 1 1                                        
    3 4 1 1 1                                        
  2 1 4 1 1 1                                        
  3 1 2 1 1 1                                        
      5 2 1 1                                        
    1 3 1 1 1                                        
        5 2 1                                        
      1 3 2 1                                        
    1 1 1 3 1                                        
      1 3 4 1                                        
      3 1 4 1                                        
  1 1 1 2 1 1                                        


The resulting picture will give you a hint of where the final is located.  The coordinates to the final can be found in the picture as follows:

N Column 16, Column 10, Row 14, 0 (zero), Row 23, Row 9 (-1), Row 2
W Column 5, Row 21, Column 6, Row 16, Row 11, Column 18, Column 9, Row 13
Small gift for FTF.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ernq orgjrra gur oynpx fcnprf. Pnpur: abg va gur ebpxf, ohg pybfr gb gur ebnq.

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)


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