Wacky GeoWeb Mystery Cache
SpiderTracks: Decided that this one has outlived its popularity and the container was shot, so I decided its time to call it quits. Thanks everyone for the fun I had as you worked your way through this one. Best wishes all.
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Difficulty:
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Terrain:
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Size: 
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Not a "walk in the park" or a "quick score" cache. But instead, a
chance for a little thought, reasoning and navigating with lots of
use of the GPSr in non-typical but FUN fashion. The terrain
consists of some dirt road, some 2-track needing high clearence,
and just a little hiking. It can be done in 2 or 3 hours. You'll
see some pretty country.
Cache is NOT at
the coordinates shown above. But that is a good place to start
orienteering your way to the cache - on the ground or on a
map - using only several bits of the information in Step 1.
This will get you to checkpoint A for the first of Step 2.
Before starting, be sure to set your GPSr for DECIMAL DEGREES (ddd.ddddd)
format and TRUE NORTH. And...don't use reverse (reciprocal) bearings to
try to project backwards from the places to find CkptA. See
our log for Dec 2, 2005 for more detail on why.
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Extra credit: Can you figure out where these familiar sounding
places are in their unfamiliar locations? Also consider the
curvature of the earth in coming to grips with some of the bearings
shown... i.e. Virginia which has bearing of 85 degrees but is south
of the equater. The GPSr gives shortest, straight-line distances.
If you can find THIS Virginia on a map, use a string on a globe to
check out the bearing. Its kinda interesting.
From Step one you should now have a pretty good idea where to
start Step 2. We have been nearly all the way in our sedan, but do
recommend high clearence for the two track that starts close to
checkpoint E ... or its difficulty 1 or 2 hike of about 1/2 mile to
the cache from here. Because of shorter distances, reverse (reciprocal)
bearings to use backwards GOTO's WILL work in step
2.
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You are really close. Just need to find two more checkpoints and
then use logic and distances to find the cache.
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You are looking for a 12x5x4 clear container with a white lid. It
contains something of possible interest that each finder is free to
take one of without trade. Items for trade are also present and
include a large brass paper clip, a yellow puzzle pen from
Sandstone Battleship cache, a little pocket knife, a large key for
room #203 somewhere, 1980 Oregon FFA pin, Kodak #4 race car pin,
yellow MS.Net super ball, #41 FrogFace geoToken, and numbers 73, 77
SpiderTracks geoTokens and some black plastic spiders.
. One item in the
cache wants your participation in the form of additional
information that you can get with your GPSr while at the site.
Hopefully you will find it interesting in terms of just where you
are in this Wacky GeoWeb we call The World .
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Fgrc 1
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o. pnpur jvguva 15 zvyrf bs pbbeqvangrf ba gbc bs cntr
p. eryngvba orgjrra pnpur naq nal bar cynpr ba gur jnpxl jro jbhyq trg lbh va gur onyy cnex
q. qb gjb zber gb ersvar vg jvguva n zvyr be gjb
r. cvpx barf ng bccbfvat qverpgvbaf naq yrff qvfgnag sbe orggre npphenpl
s. ragre pbbeqvangrf bs rnpu & hfr TBGB & Ornevat bcgvbaf gb cbfvgvba lbhefrys fb lbh unir gur vaqvpngrq qvfgnapr naq qverpgvba onpx gb gur cynprf
t. sebz fgnegvat pbbeqf zbir abegu rnfg fbhgu naq jrfg gb frr vs lbh trg pybfre be shegure njnl sebz gur qrfverq ernqvatf.
u. rznvy zr sbe n yvax gb n tencuvpny uvag
Fgrc 2
n. nqq be fhogenpg 180* gb trg bccbfvgr qverpgvba - Urnqvat vf qverpgvba bs geniry juvyr Ornevat vf qverpgvba gb n cbvag bs vagrerfg, fhpu nf n jnlcbvag va lbhe TCF.
o. vs O vf 95* sebz N, gura hfvat TBGB, zbir hagvy N vf .49 zv njnl ba na bccbfvgr ornevat bs 275*
Fgrc 3
n. U vf 238* sebz T
o. V vf 183* sebz T naq 114* sebz U
p. TBGB njnl gb svaq gur vaqvpngrq qvfgnaprf onpx gb rnpu
r. haqre n unys qrnq fntr oehfu va fznyy ebpx bhgpebccvat