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50 Island Challenge Mystery Cache

Hidden : 7/4/2013
Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is on an island at the listed cooordinates. However, there's a challenge: you'll need to find caches on 50 islands.


FAQ

Q: So I need to find 50 caches on islands, right?

A: Not exactly, you need to find 50 caches on 50 different islands.

Q: What types of caches count?

A: Anything goes. You attend an event where the posted coordinates are on an island, count it. An old virtual on an island? Okay.

Q: What counts as an island?

A: Any land surrounded by water, generally speaking.

Q: So do continents count then?

A: Well, Australia and Antarctica are okay.

Q: Does the island have to have a name?

A: No.

Q: Can the island be connected to the mainland, by a bridge for example?

A: Yes.

Q: Does Mont St-Michel count? It's not surrounded by water all the time.

It's a tidal island. Count it. For some nearby caches, note that Downtown Northfield does not count because it generally is not surrounded by water believe it or not.

Q: If one found a cache on the island in the middle of the lake in the middle of Isle Royal would that count as two islands?

A: Nope.

Q: Do hiders of island caches get granted any credit for their hides?

A: Seeing how they could claim a find for their own hides anyway, I guess that'd be okay.

Q: Does this island count?

A: Okay.

Q: How to log?

A: A list naming the islands or their location, e.g. in the Cannon, would be good. Also it should be verifiably an island somehow e.g. according to the map, description, etc.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vg'f abg gung ovt bs na vfynaq. Sybbq sevraqyl.

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)