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Maladies of Geocaching #3 - The Forbidden Pool Mystery Cache

Hidden : 4/10/2013
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The third cache in the Maladies of Geocaching series

What is this?  Inception?  You have to solve a puzzle to find a clue to solve a puzzle?  Maybe I should consider that the final MOG (thanks Zargfinders :) ) cache should have a clue for another series?

Anyway, the other night I was playing Scrabble against the GeoWife.  We came up with a couple variants to see how it would work out:
#1 - the first word can be anywhere, but can't use any bonus square
#2 - the first player can only go North - South, and the second East - West

My wife started with the spectacular 'tea', which I countered by roots. Later, I thought jades (I put all 5 of these letters down) might get me back into the game, but soon after, I decided I wasn't going to win, so I decided to initiate a surprise thermonuclear attack.  GeoWife wasn't impressed, and told me to go off and play my treasure hunting game .....

You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.


P.S The best trail start is at +0.020, -0.047
P.P.S Looks like the co-ords might be a little off so maybe try "about 10m NW from where the GPS preferred". The background photo was also taken quite near the cache.
P.P.P.S Pay attention to the attributes

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Cnl nggragvba gb gur nggevohgrf. Pb-beqf nera'g terng: fhogenpg -0.003 -0.004

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)