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KS - As the crow flies distance challenge Mystery Cache

Hidden : 7/5/2013
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This is a challenge cache so the cache is hidden at the posted coordinates. Easily enough to get he smiley for this cache two basic requirements need to be fulfilled. First find the container and sign your name on the log. Second you need to successfuly complete/achieve the challenge I will propose you. I have completed this challenge myself. It was fun to put together the logistics to personally achieve this goal. Then my thought was to invite others to try to accomplish it too.


The requirement for this challenge to complete is to find two caches separated at least 1,050 miles as the crow flies within a period of 24 hours.

Although I travel for work it was not easy to put the pieces together to achieve the goal. It required planning and the right timing, plus an extra push on my part to get a cache on my way to the airport on a sunday morning and finding the second cache once I arrived. I found a cache by Parkview, MO and the second one I found in Jacksonville, FL. The distance between those two caches: 1,050 miles as the crow flies.

How you achieve the challenge completion is up to you. So I think that may allow us to say that this cache may have up to three available FTFs based on the transportation. I am considering only vehicles that have an engine so if you beat this challenge on foot or riding a bicycle, well I will not have words to express how impressed I will be. Anyways I think we can award an FTF for achieving this cache by driving a car/truck or riding a motorcycle, flying on an airplane or sailing on a boat or a ship or a cruise. Any astronauts out there? There is a cache hidden in the ISSS so that trip definitively will earn a huge badge regardind thig cache.

This cache is retro active so if you already did find two caches separated by 1,050 miles as the crow flies, I will not ask you to do it again. Just come over, find the cache and claim the smiley; you already very well earned it.

Finally include on your log the two caches that you found within the 24-hours period and you propose to meet the cache's challenge criteria. I used a website that calculates distances based upon coordinates. Here is the link if you wanna give it a try or use it Free Map Tools: How Far Is Between. I will verify that both the caches you included in your log are distanced from each other the required mileage.

Congrats to cjhoffy on obtaining the flying FTF.

There is still two more FTFs that this cache can award to any driver and sailor that literally goes the extra mile to get two caches in the same 24-hours period.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Sbyybj gur cngu be ebpxf.

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)