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Thulium Trail Multi-Cache

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mnboyscout: I rode by GZ today and saw the cache pulled out and on the ground again. A large cache no longer works here since the city trimmed back the brush. Time to go.

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Hidden : 2/5/2015
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   large (large)

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Geocache Description:



A simple two stage multi with a nice walk down the bike trail. Grade school math is involved so come prepared! Once at the posted coordinates, look to the southwest. There is a large sign. Count the letters in the first line and assign that value to "A". Count the letters in the second line and assign that value to "B". The final stage is located at:

N44 (B-8).(A-3)(B-10)(A-7) W092 (A-5)(B-1).(A+2)(B-4)(A-2)

The final is a large container with lots of room for travel bugs and swag!


Thulium is a chemical element with symbol Tm and atomic number 69. It is the thirteenth and antepenultimate element in the lanthanide series. Like the other lanthanides, the most common oxidation state is +3, seen in its oxide, halides and other compounds. In aqueous solution, like compounds of other late lanthanides, soluble thulium compounds form complexes with nine water molecules.

In 1879, Swedish chemist Per Theodor Cleve separated in the rare earth erbia another two previously unknown components, which he called holmia and thulia: these were the oxides of holmium and thulium respectively. A relatively pure sample of thulium metal was only obtained in 1911.

Thulium is the second least abundant of the lanthanides after promethium, which is only found in trace quantities on Earth. It is an easily workable metal with a bright silvery-gray luster. It is fairly soft and slowly tarnishes in air. Despite its high price and rarity, thulium is used as the radiation source in portable X-ray devices and in solid-state lasers. It has no significant biological role and is not particularly toxic.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Final:] orfvqr, oruvaq, ohg abg orarngu

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)