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X-Men: Quicksilver Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/6/2015
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not at the above coordinates. Solve the puzzle below to find the actual cache location.


Quicksilver


Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appears in X-Men #4 (March 1964) and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. He is the twin brother of the Scarlet Witch and the son of Magneto as well as the paternal half-brother of Polaris.

Debuting in the Silver Age of comic books, Quicksilver has featured in several decades of Marvel continuity, starring in the self-titled series Quicksilver and as a regular team member in superhero title the Avengers.

The X-Men


The X-Men are a fictional team of superheroes that appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The X-Men were created by writer-plotter Stan Lee and artist-plotter Jack Kirby, and were first published in 1963.

The X-Men are "mutants", a subspecies of humans who are born with superhuman abilities. They fight for peace and equality between normal humans and mutants in a world where antimutant bigotry is fierce and widespread.

[Source: Wikipedia]

The 25 caches of the X-men series are spread over a fairly wide area. The website cachetur.no has a useful route optimization tool, and may be of help to finders of this series. The site is free to use (it is donation supported). This YouTube video shows how cachetur can used to plan an efficient route. There’s even a trip template for the X-men caches that shows an optimized route, which can be copied to plan your own X-men trip (be sure to import the corrected coordinates into your trip).

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Puzzle] Dhvpxfvyire vf nabgure anzr sbe ... [Hide] Jung'f lbhe fhcre cbjre?

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)