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Wettersäule in Sils Multi-Cache

Hidden : 9/24/2015
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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The Wettersäule in Sils

The Wettersäule in Sils

The Lambrecht Wettersäule ("weather column") in Sils is one of the last 25/30 remaining in Switzerland. A hundred of them were placed between 1890 and 1930.

Wilhelm Lambrecht (1834-1904) was a German builder of measuring instruments.

You can learn more about Wettersäulen and Wilhelm Lambrecht on the following web sites:
Wettersäulen: Wikipedia (German)
Wilhelm Lambrecht: Wikipedia (English/German)
Lambrecht-Wettersäulen in Switzerland: meteoinst.ch (German)

 

The cache.

It is hidden in a less muggled position. We're all familiar with spreadsheets so it should be simple to calculate the coordinates.

The final coordinates are:
N 46° 25,UVW
E 009° 45,XYZ

On the Wettersäule you'll see a table, the "Meteorologische Notizen", with 14 columns and 5 rows. And:

UVW = (K3*G2) + (E3+G3+N3)

XYZ = (F3*F2) + B4 - (H5-F5) - F2

Please leave the cache in the same exact position you find it - but it should be obvious :-)

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Zntargvp.

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)