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Five Shades of Ciphers Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/15/2015
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

**** CACHE IS NOT AT THE ABOVE COORDINATES ****

Solve the puzzle below ...


Directions to the parking area:


From Redmond, drive west toward Sisters on Highway 126. After you pass the turnoff to Eagle Crest, go a few more miles then turn right (north) on NW 101st Street. Some online maps refer to NW 101st as "Reimer Rd". Follow 101st for a few miles then turn left on NW 91st St then right on NW Yucca Ave, then left on NW 83rd St, then right on NW Atkinson Ave. Park at the end of Atkinson.

Puzzle:


Hidden in the colored text below are eight questions. Answering the questions will give you the final cache coordinates.

But first you need to decrypt the questions. Hint #1: words in the same color follow the same decryption pattern. So all of the blue words use the same cipher, all the green words use the same cipher, etc. Hint #2: one of the words in the first question is "atomic".


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

fghzc

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)