WE ARE MARSHALL Multi-Cache

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THE RATTs: Keeps coming up missing no matter how sneaky we replace container. Ground crew maybe? It was a good run.

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Hidden : 2/25/2014
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This cache was originally part of the CNC 2014 Geotrail.


November 14, 1970 ... Remembered
Memorial of the 1970 Marshall University Football Team Plane Crash


MANDATORY CACHE FOR THE GEOTRAIL


On a rainy hill side in Wayne County, West Virginia, the lives of 75 people were lost in the worst single air tragedy in NCAA sports history. Among the losses were nearly the entire Marshall University football team, coaches, flight crew, numerous fans, and supporters. The event marked a boundary by which an entire community would forever measure time... before or after "The Crash".

INSTRUCTIONS
FINAL LOCATION: N38 2A.BCD W082 2E.FGH


This Cache is a five stage multi in which the coordinates for Stages 1-4 are given. At each of the stages you will determine two numbers to plug into the given equation that will lead you to the final location.

Stage 1: Joan C. Edwards Stadium (1991) located on the campus of Marshall University is the current playing field for the Marshall University Thundering Herd football team. The WE ARE MARSHALL Sculpture memorializes the 1970 Plane crash victims.

A = (The number of people on the Memorial Bronze Committee)- five

B = (Number of letters in the artist name)-(number of crew members)+ two

Stage 2: Marshall University Memorial Fountain was dedicated to the memory of the plane crash victims on November 12, 1972. Each year on the anniversary of that fateful day - November 14 – a memorial service is held, which includes the traditional laying of the wreath. Then the water is turned off until next spring.

C = (Second number of the first date on the plaque)+ three

D = (Number of letters in the last word)x two. Drop the first digit.

Stage 3: The Erma Ora Byrd Clinical Center now stands at the former Fairfield Stadium site. It was the home field of the Marshall University football team between 1927 and 1990, prior to the opening of Joan C. Edwards Stadium.

E = (The number of brass rivets that mount the picture of Fairfield Stadium)+ one

F = (What was the second October day mentioned with the picture)- six

Stage 4: Spring Hill Cemetery Marshall Memorial was placed in memory of all those who perished in the 1970 plane crash and to those unidentified who rest in unmarked graves at the site. There is no reason to leave the pavement. Please be respectful.

G = (The number of unmarked graves at the site)- six

With your back to the Memorial observe the Bell Tower. Thirteen years in the making, it is a Memorial to our Veterans, the victims of the Marshall plane crash, 911 victims, and those lost throughout the community. What direction are you facing?

North:1 South:2 East:3 West:4

H = (ten)-(direction of Bell Tower)
Special thanks to THE RATTs for hiding this cache.


Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Onfr bs gerr

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)


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