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Mean-a-Meen Multi-Cache

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RobboAndMum: Archiving as part of a mass archive of all our Navar caches. We noticed today when on a walk around Lough Achork where our "Night Night Navar" cache (GC51X03) was based that it seems the "hide destroying, cache saboteur and cache thief" had yet again been to one of our hides. Multiple clues for various stages were missing and very obviously recently rummaged for where applicable and in some cases the damage to the natural environment was beyond what any genuine cacher could possibly do when searching. Finding a way marker at Night Night Navar where at least 3ft of moss has been removed from an entire tree (all the way around it) and the waymarker itself missing was the final straw for us to say night night to the Navar caches in totality. We suspect we know who it is but let's leave it at that. With this sort of activity we can't guarantee that everything will be there all the time in often hard to reach areas and we don't want the few and far between people who are looking for caches to not find them for one reason or another. We do regular checks after high winds/floods etc but can't keep up with deliberate acts.

We have been considering removing some or all of the caches from Navar for a while due to the massive deforestation works that seem to have no end - whilst it is a working forest, so much has been removed and so many of the views destroyed, the place is not even a shadow of its former self. That, along with already having had to remove some of our favourite caches left us with a list of keeps and archives following an audit this evening. But the keeps on their own only serve to remind us of what is not there anymore and as such, all cache containers, clues, etc, will be removed in due course.

We know lots of (well a few) people had fun here and that made it worthwhile for us - reading the logs always made us smile. Hopefully anyone who had Navar on their to-do list has done so already.

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Hidden : 3/12/2014
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

We placed a cache at Meenameen Lough which is child's play, but as most of our Navar caches are of a higher difficulty, and this part of the forest is also one of our favourite places, we thought it only right that there be an antithesis cache created! Hence "Mean-a-Meen" was born, and seekers beware that it is mean in both name and nature!

You'll need a special tool - you probably own one already so no stress there - but it wouldn't be mean if we told you what it is in advance, or at which stage it is required!

There are five physical clue stages which will take you around the shores of Meenameen. Part of the North West shore has been recently redeveloped and is easy going. The remainder of the path around the lake is not maintained by the Forest Service any longer and isn't marked on most maps, but it is a well trampled trail which is used by fishermen.

For Stages 1 and 2, look for a 2ml bison tube attached to larger objects (#1 will be easily betrayed by its cover to get you started). For stages 3, 4 and 5, look for a bottletop type container.

The final cache is small tupperware container, containing when placed, a few goodies - but no FTF prize... how "mean"!


Stage 1:
At the listed coordinates, (N54 27.095 W7 57.069) you will find a number and a letter. Treat the number as F. Then count which number in the alphabet the letter is (e.g. H would be 8) and treat this number as G.

Use this to find stage 2, using the below equations:

N 054 27 . 2G-F G+1 G-3
W 007 57 . F-3 F-G 2G+1

Stage 2:
Again, you will find a number and a letter. Treat the number as H. Then count which number in the alphabet the letter is and treat this number as I.

N 054 27 . H-G H-1 I
W 007 57 . I+2 H H/I

Stage 3:
Again, you will find a number and a letter. Treat the number as J. Then count which number in the alphabet the letter is and treat this number as K.

N 054 27 . J-K F+J+K J/2
W 007 57 . K H+K I+J+K

Stage 4:
Again, you will find a number and a letter. Treat the number as L. Then count which number in the alphabet the letter is and treat this number as M.

N 054 27 . M L+K M+K
W 007 56 . L-F H/J 2M

Stage 5:
Again, you will find a number and a letter.  Now, the final cache can be found by solving the below.

N 054 27 . E-D A B-E
W 007 56 . 2D C-E E-A

The final GZ and the stages themselves would all be worth a cache, and so we hope you enjoy the journey round!
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Lbh rkcrpgrq n pyhr? Vg'f zrna erzrzore!

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)