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The Fellowship of the Ring - Sam (Kaitoke) Multi-Cache

Hidden : 8/24/2015
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The Lord of the Rings was filmed in New Zealand and Sir Peter Jackson took advantage of the spectacular and beautiful forest and river scenery at Kaitoke Reserve to create movie scenes. After leaving Rivendell the newly formed Fellowship of the Ring headed south and then started to climb the Misty Mountains. In this company was the hobbit Samwise Gamgee, better known to his friends as Sam.

Bring your own pen.

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The cache is not at the virtual coordinates. WP1 is at the traditional cache "Merry" and WP2 is at the traditional cache "Pippin".

Sam is a steady and reliable character in the book. He is very practical, loyal and has a huge role to play in the war of the ring. He starts out as Frodo Baggins gardener and eavesdrops on his conversations with the wizard Gandalf. As his punishment Gandalf gets him to accompany Frodo when he seeks out Rivendell. Sam joins the fellowship of the ring at Rivendell and accompanies the ring-bearer Frodo all the way to Mordor to the very heart of Sauron's realm, at the volcano of Mt Doom. At times he literally carries Frodo away from danger. He also briefly bore the ring of power and helped to tame Gollum, a wretched creature who has a pivotal role in the story. Sam returns to the Shire after the war and plants up trees to replace those chopped down during the war. He plants a seed from the mallorn trees of Lothlorien, gifted to him by Galadriel. This becomes the only tree of this species west of the Misty Mountains. Sam marries his sweetheart Rose Cotton and settles with Frodo at Bag End. Sam and Rose have 13 children. Their first daughter was called Elanor after a small flower growing in Lothlorien. Sam becomes Mayor of the Shire for many years.

To find this multi cache you will need to first locate the two traditional caches in the series "Merry" and "Pippin" and extract the codes from those logbooks. Using these codes answer the following questions:

A = code in Pippin (minus 1)

B = code in Pippin minus code in Merry

C = code in Merry (minus 4)

D = Number of letters in Sams wife's first name

E = Number of letters in Sams daughter's name

F = code in Pippin

The cache is at S41 03.ABC E175 12.DEF

You are looking for a small camo container at the final, about 5m from the road.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ubyybj haqre onfr bs gerr, whfg bire onax

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)