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Mountains and Hikes Mystery Cache

Hidden : 1/29/2015
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


There is NOT a cache at the listed coordinates. They will simply put you in the middle of the woods. You will have to conquer a total of roughly 14 miles of hiking to get to the final!

To locate this puzzle cache, you must first find the four following traditional caches which each have a CODE written just inside the logbooks. With that info, you can solve the following to get the coords for this cache.

MST VISTA

https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5KMPD_mst-vista?guid=342c1571-0cd1-4988-8e27-bb7842b86e1a


TUSSEY MTN CLIMB

https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5KJEA_tussey-mtn-climb?guid=e278f76b-56f7-43c3-9c0c-f69718f0675c



SURVIVORS

https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5KJCV_the-survivors?guid=4a2f8ba6-f26d-4f5a-b725-f210b6dbf6ac


EVERGREEN FOREST

https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5KJDF_evergreen-forest?guid=789684c8-efc0-44ce-8dd8-589a41e868f8


These caches and final will get you out in some PA state game lands. Please follow all game land rules. Some of these will lead you through magical areas like Wopsy's Evergreen Forest. Others may leave you with jello legs after a good workout...like Tussey Mtn Climb. In the end, you will have traveled roughly 14 miles on foot on three seperate mountains. 

I am starting this off as a 5/5 puzzle because of everything leading up to the signing of this final cache. I will adjust accordingly if needed. This cache itself, I would rate as a 2D/4T.

N 40* 2A.BCD W 078* 2E.FGH

A = The sum of the second and third digits from the code (Wopsy's Evergreen Forest - GC5KJDF)

B = Third digit minus the first digit in the code (Tussey Mtn Climb - GC5KJEA)

C = The total number of letter M seen in the code  (Wopsy's Evergreen Forest - GC5KJDF)

D = The sixth letter in the code word equals what number (Tussey Mtn Climb - GC5KJEA)
(Examples: A=1, B=2, C=3)

E = Take the third digit found in the code and add one (The Survivors - GC5KJCV)

F = The sum of the first two digits in the code (MST Vista - GC5KMPD)

G = How many letters are in the code...not including the word "CODE". (The Survivors - GC5KJCV)

H = How many 2s are in the code ( MST Vista - GC5KMPD)

FEEL FREE TO MESSAGE ME OR TEXT MY CELL TO CHECK FINAL COORDS. (cell number in the log books)

CONGRATS TO RESTSEEKERS, TED28285, and TIMOTHYTHEPIRATE FOR ACHIEVING A DEEP SNOW ADVENTURE FOR FTF!!

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ybbx sbe n ynetr ebpx znxvat n avpr cynpr gb xrrc n fznyy navzny qel. Vg'f uneq gb frr sebz nobir. Nobhg 50-60sg qbja bire gur rqtr!

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)