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Urban cowgirls Multi-Cache

Hidden : 5/4/2014
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

A simple two-stage multi. Some information required to solve for the final coordinates is found at stage one; some information will have to be researched (can be found online). Final is about 3km from stage one, as the crow flies. NOTE: The container is now a micro, not small, but will leave as is so as not to mess up stats for previous finders. Please be sure it is securely closed and replaced as found.


Cows in the city! Visit the posted coordinates to see some bronze beauties – a collection of urban bovines, in an art installation called The Pasture by Canadian sculptor Joe Fafard.

You will need to make some observations here and do some online research to solve for the coordinates of the final cache location.

This final cache location has CHANGED as of AUGUST 11, 2023, and the puzzle has been updated accordingly. If you have already solved but not found it, just switch your last two digits, i.e., "O" and "S." The old answer for "O" is now the answer for "S", and vice versa.

The final cache is at 
N43 AH.C0W 
W79 IZ.BOS

A = Digital root of the name of the city in which the cows were cast in bronze

H = (Digital root of the year of the artist's birth) minus (total number of cows in the pasture)

C =What number does the second letter in the word "moo" look like?

0 = (The number of trees in the pasture) minus Z

W = Number of the month of the artist's birth

I = The last digit in the year of the artist's birth

Z = How many teats can you see on each udder?

B = Standing at the south end of the pasture and looking north, how many cows are on the right half of the pasture?

O = How many teats does a real cow have on its udder?

S = O minus I

You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Final:] Ng gur raq, qnex naq ybj.

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)