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The tnorseape cache challenge! Mystery Cache

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Vertighost: This cache appears to require owner intervention. I'm temporarily disabling it to allow the owner to check on the cache and take whatever action is necessary. Please respond to this situation promptly (i.e., within 30 days) to prevent the cache from being archived for non-responsiveness. Please note that caches archived by a reviewer or HQ due to maintenance issues and/or non-responsiveness by the cache owner are not eligible to be unarchived.

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Hidden : 12/13/2014
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not hidden at the coordinates provided.  You must solve the puzzle to solve the location of the cache. 


Congratulations to QuadWrays and unclebruce for being FTF!

Code are wonderful things.  What we all now know as the concept of privacy, was something that has always required secret codes to maintain.  While today we have codes that are practically impossible to crack, the historical ones are much weaker with the knowledge and computer power we have today.  One of the earliest of the modern cryptographers that apply math to the problem of cracking codes was Charles Babbage

Charles Babbage

Unfortunately Chuck suffered from much of the same problem we find with some cryptoanalysts in more recent times.  An unwillingness to publish their findings to advance the general knowledge of the subject.   This is because we can not create secure codes without a thorough understanding of all the ways that codes can be broken!  So here is the code you must solve to find this cache.

Acioetrtth_r_ein_eegsdsiyxgsu_eietevde_ynk__hoieeheialarpt_hugkoo_dunheitheegneg_hscd_thyrdef_nif__r__tn__r_rf_ni__eeeAoontceonsrint_uraoices_efu___deythinse__ece_a_nhi_eeeiptniodeaw_esdeftiptgosngssuwoha_ra_ed_hcm_nsoiriay_rDyf___hed_s_tp?a_ltao_rtegsvo_evneenentieeoyvo_hne_r.___weccdtw_dw_ontsinp_n__f.ioitkw__dmaoha

The cache contains some SWAG as well as a small plastic bag with two unactivated trackables for the first to find this one.  The trackables are a FTF geocoin and a travel bug.  Best wishes in your search!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gurer ner uvagf, lbh whfg zhfg svaq gurz! N gbbyobk pbagnvaf gur nafjre gb gur uvag!

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)