Eine Kleine HAGmusik - HAG XI Mystery Cache
Eine Kleine HAGmusik - HAG XI
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"Eine Kleine HAGmusik" geoart celebrates the theme for this year's HAG XI event, which is "Music Music Music". Each cache features a song or an artist with "hag" in their name. It is not a power trail, but all of the final coordinates are within a 2 mile radius. All of the containers are placed in easily accessible locations, there is no need to bushwhack or cross any fences. If your GPS is pointing you onto private property, please double check the coordinates and use the hint. And have fun.
This cache is not at the posted coordinates, you will need to visit the other 31 caches in this series to collect the necessary data. Each of the other caches has a letter and a number at the top of its log sheet. Record them all, and then follow the instructions below to reveal the coordinates of this final cache.
The letters in the 31 caches spell the strangely appropriate pangram "HAG XI mob quickly drops ze TV fan's jaw". Remove the spaces and apostrophe in this sentence, substitute the letters for their corresponding numbers, and you have a number that is 31 digits long. From this number, subtract 5012916663515457298351447156199 (also 31 digits long). Examine the result carefully and you'll see the coordinates appear. The D/T rating above reflects the combined effort of the series; once you have the coordinates this cache by itself is a 1.0/1.5. There's a minor bushwhack, nothing serious.
You can perform the subtraction manually, use the built in calculator in your computer, or use an online calculator. If you're using your computer's calculator, you will need to switch it into "scientific" mode first so it'll handle a number this long. To do this using either a PC or a Mac, click View -> Scientific. If you're doing the calculation in the field or just prefer the online method, you can find one at http://web2.0calc.com/
The cache swag is music themed, but there is a FTF prize of an unactivated limited edition "Geocaching is in My Genes" DNA geocoin for the highly evolved cacher who first gets their jeans here.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
haqre gur ebggra ybt gung nqwbvaf gur sve
Treasures
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