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X-Men: Storm 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.


Storm


Storm (Ororo Munroe) is a fictional character, a superheroine that appears in a number of comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Len Wein and artist Dave Cockrum. Best known as a longtime member and sometimes leader of the X-Men, Storm is the former queen consort of Wakanda, a title once held by marriage to King T'Challa, better known as the Black Panther.

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]

To get the actual coordinates, subtract .866 from the latitude and .981 from the longtitude.

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)

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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)