Multi-Kerry Multi-Cache
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This one is a little bit mean; you will need to visit the Brandon Group on Dingle Peninsula AND another rather distant part of Co. Kerry. But where is the final? Rest assured that it IS in Kerry. Yet Kerry IS a laaarge County.. So that’s why the high d rating. The t of all the stages is about 1.5 definitely no worse than 2.5, but you will probably need to do a bit of driving over a prolonged period of time, before you actually figure out the final that is on t2.5 or even 3 in wet weather.
No solution check provided intentionally as this one is not supposed to be googlable and is designed to test your long term patience. I’d say it is tourist hostile, if you are not coming to Kerry on regular basis or if you do not love the areas where it will drive repeatedly. As always, brute force attempts are welcome, some number crunching and thinking over the maps might save you a few spins back and forth, but ultimately, without the benefit of an online checker, this will require an undue amount of driving and walking, so nothing for chickens and please don’t call me that you hate me, you have been warned :-)
Some conventions you will need for the Questions to answer below
Whenever you are asked to assign numerical values to letters, it is the usual mapping of the English alphabet onto natural numbers 1-26 like this: A=1, B=2, and so on up to Z=26.
You might also need to calculate some digital roots. The precise definition is here (visit link) In case you do not have an internet connection handy, just for your convenience, it is the notorious method of summing up the digits in multi-digit numbers until you end up with a single 1-digit number. For instance, the digital root of 666 is 9.
This cache is no longer in beta, as it was found by Bernardus. Congratulations to this well deserved FTF!
The cache is a small aluminum tube, on the verge of micro actually, yet it does hold some swag including one enamel Earthcache pin for the FTF.
Initial, Q1 and Parking
WALKER
N 52° 14.526’
W 10° 17.633’
The 2nd stage is not sooo far away, still you can start practicing your patience, make some good use your driving here, and instead of going straight to the 2nd stage (Q2) make a scenic 17km loop over Masatiompan, Pierasmore, Brandon North and Brandon himself :-)
What color is the walker?
IF the walker is green on black, then A=7
IF the walker is black on yellow, then A=6
IF the walker is yellow on black, then A=8
IF the walker is red on green, then A=9
To Q2
N 52° 12.AAA’
W 10° 1(A-1).(A-3)(A-5)(A-5)’
Q2 – End or Start of a Pilgrimage Road?
PLGRIM
N 52° 12.AAA’
W 10° 1(A-1).(A-3)(A-5)(A-5)’
As the next stage IS far, far away, you can now indeed make use of your driving here and instead of going straight to the 3rd stage (Q3) make a scenic 17km loop over Brandon, Brandon North, Pierasmore, and Masatiompan :-)
IF the way from here to the top of Mt. Brandon is waymarked:
With ordinary walkers, then B=6
With a crosier carrying abbot above a cross, then B=3
With white upright waymark sticks, then B=4
With white upright waymark sticks AND ordinary walkers, then B=5
With white upright waymark sticks AND large numbered crosses, then B=2
With none of the above, then B=7
To Q3
N 52° 0(B-1).(B-2)(A-1)A’
W 09° 4B.(A-3)(A-2)(B+1)’
Q3 – Color and direction of the loops?
CLOOPS
N 52° 0(B-1).(B-2)(A-1)A’
W 09° 4B.(A-3)(A-2)(B+1)’
So this brought you to a fork of two loops (I hope that you figured good parking, I could not advise one not to spoil the game), one of them is blue, or red and the other purple, or blue; one of them is waymarked clockwise, the other counter-clockwise. Now which color in what direction? :-0
IF the Blue Loop leads around the valley clockwise AND the Purple Loop goes around the valley counter-clockwise, then C=2
IF the Purple Loop leads around the valley clockwise AND the Blue Loop goes around the valley counter-clockwise, then C=3
IF the Blue Loop leads around the valley clockwise AND the Red Loop goes around the valley counter-clockwise, then C=4
IF the Red Loop leads around the valley clockwise AND the Blue Loop goes around the valley counter-clockwise, then C=5
To Q4
N 52° (C-2)C.B(C+2)(B-2)’
W 10° (C-2)A.(C-2)CA’
Q4 – What does the house look like?
ABANHO
N 52° (C-2)C.B(C+2)(B-2)’
W 10° (C-2)A.(C-2)CA’
Sooo, if you have been crunching your numbers alright so far, you should now stand in front of a little house. How do you like it?
IF the house has one window and one door opening AND vegetation instead of roof, then D=4
IF the house has two window and one door opening AND vegetation instead of roof, then D=5
IF the house has three window and one door opening AND vegetation instead of roof, then D=6
IF the house has two windows and one door AND the roof may not be waterproof but otherwise looks more or less OK, then D=7
To Q5
N 52° 0(B-2).DB(C+1)’
W 09° 4(D-2).(B-2)D(A-1)’
Q5 – Two Characters?
PATNI1
N 52° 0(B-2).DB(C+1)’
W 09° 4(D-2).(B-2)D(A-1)’
You should face now an artifact that sports two English letters. Assign the usual numerical values to those letters, concatenate them, and calculate the digital root of the 4-digit number. The resulting number is E.
To Q6
N 52° 1(D-1).B(E-E)D’
W 10° 1(E-B).E(C-B)(E-B)’
Q6 – Another couple of Characters?
PATNI2
N 52° 1(D-1).B(E-E)D’
W 10° 1(E-B).E(C-B)(E-B)’
You should face now an artifact that sports two English letters. Ugh, feels like a déjà vu?? Maybe an error in Matrix.. and hopefully not! Assign the usual numerical values to those letters, concatenate them, and calculate the digital root of the 3-digit number. The resulting number is F.
To Q7
N 52° (G-G)(F-D).(F+1)(F+B)C’
W 09° 4B.EF(D-1)’
Q7 – Another couple of Characters? You can’t be serious..
PATNI3
N 52° (G-G)(F-D).(F+1)(F+B)C’
W 09° 4B.EF(D-1)’
You should face now an artifact that sports two English letters. Ugh, feels like a déjà vu?? Maybe an error in Matrix.. Ugh, feels like a déjà vu?? Maybe an error in Matrix.. and hopefully not! Assign the usual numerical values to those letters, concatenate them, and calculate the digital root of the 4-digit number. The resulting number is G.
To Q8
N 52° 1(G-2).GA(C-B)
W 10° 1(G+F-B).(G-C-B)(G-F)C’
Q8 – a 3-digit number? And some letters too..
CANBHF
N 52° 1(G-2).GA(C-B)
W 10° 1(G+F-B).(G-C-B)(G-F)C’
On these coordinates you should find an inscription in Irish, you are looking for a 3-digit number and its digital root, which is H.
And also the digital root of all CAPITAL letters that appear on a single instance of the inscription, which is J.
To the final
N 52° (J-J)(H-1).(E-J)(J-H)J’
W 09° 4H.(H+C)(H+H)(A-B)’
Final
FINAL
N 52° (J-J)(H-1).(E-J)(J-H)J’
W 09° 4H.(H+C)(H+H)(A-B)’
Enjoy! You deserve it :-)
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