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Jimmy Madison HAG9 Mystery Cache

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paconlacellars: Last found over a year ago; time to archive and open up some space for others. Thanks to all those who solved the puzzle and found the cache!

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Hidden : 1/2/2013
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

While the final coordinates are hard to find, the cache is not - look on the east side of the trail for the nearby yellow flagging.

Another spot that is being allowed to go back - naturally. Parking is available at trailhead just north of GZ. All the information needed to solve this puzzle is below: While researching methods to solve parts of nlind's "Madison", I came across a little known method of encoding letters. This cipher is over 330 years old and is likely impossible to break without the "key". Note that my columns were written vertically when encrypting.
2 15 15 12 17 19 2
9 18 2 1 16 21 7
21 15 18 10 24 27 19
14 5 15 7 24 27 19
14 5 15 7 5 18 6
8 15 11 24 2 9 2
8 8 15 24 14 6 10
3 6 12 13 27 19 2
9 18 16 24 4 18 1
14 5 15 7

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pnpur:oruvaq ebpx 1 z sebz genvy Chmmyr:znqvfbaphcvqpvcure

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)