ASSIGNMENT STRATEGIC SALUTATION: HAG XI Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

islandfinders: Goodbye little cache, we strategically salute you!

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Hidden : 1/9/2015
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


This is our second salute cache to TEAM KFWB - for HAG X we placed "PROJECT MAJESTIC SALUTATION"(GC4X4BQ). Since HAG X we have gone on several epic adventures to iconic TEAM caches - our favorite of 2014 was definitely "STRETCHING WITHOUT TEARING GEOCACHE". The container used for this cache was salvaged from an old archived TEAM cache not too far away from this cache location. Please be gentle on the environment. Read the full description, and then go get it...

PLEASE IGNORE THE ABOVE POSITION - IT ONLY TELLS YOU THIS CACHE IS LOCATED ON VANCOUVER ISLAND. START AT THE NORTH POLE WHERE 90 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE AND 0 DEGREES LONGITUDE (GREENWICH MERIDIAN) MEET, FOLLOW A COMPASS COURSE OF 303 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 41.1388 SECONDS. THEN START AT THE SOUTH POLE WHERE 90 SOUTH LATITUDE AND 0 DEGREES LONGITUDE (GREENWICH MERIDIAN) MEET, FOLLOW A COMPASS COURSE OF 236 DEGREES 18 MINUTES 18.8612 SECONDS. ALL COMPASS COURSE ARE IN “TRUE NORTH” USING WGS-84 AND GRS-80 ELLIPSOID. HEAD IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION ONCE YOU'VE CROSSED THE RIVER, AND THEN CLIMB UP A STEEP BANK. AT THE TOP OF THE BANK, WALK IN A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION UNTIL YOU COME TO A SIGN WITH THE NUMBER "36" ON IT. REMEMBER THE MATH TO GET TO THIS CACHE PRESUMES A FLAT WORLD. YOU WILL NEED A CORRECTION FACTOR HERE, TO ALLOW FOR THE SHIFT BETWEEN A FLAT WORLD AND A SPHERE. ASSUME 19 DEGREES DECLINATION. TOTALLY IGNORING WHAT YOU JUST READ, FROM THE POSTED COORDINATES COMPLETE A PROJECTION THAT CIRCUMNAVIGATES THE ENTIRE PLANET AND ENDS AT THE EXACT SAME SPOT AS THE POSTED COORDINATES (I.E. THE CACHE IS AT THE POSTED COORDINATES!!!).

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

HAQRE YBT 10Z ABEGU BS GENVY

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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