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Team Noltex is Streaking! Mystery Cache

Hidden : 12/17/2016
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


Thoughts of Team Noltex's streak remind me of a song, The Streak, from "way back when."

The cache is not found at the stated coordinates. Solve this simple puzzle using geocaching stats and a search program, go to parking, then take the trail (which one is up to you) to find the cache.

The cache may be found at N 47° 0A.BCD W 122° 4W.XYZ.

A = _______ - the number of physical caches Team Noltex placed in 2005.

B = _______ - the number of events Team Noltex held in 2014.

C = _______ - Anderson Island was named in 18___1 by Charles Wilkes of the United States Exploring Expedition. (Given a warm reception at Fort Nisqually and assistance with operations by Mr. Anderson and Captain McNeill, Wilkes repaid their kindness by naming the two nearby islands after these men.)

D = _______ - Anderson Island is 7.___5 square miles in size.

W = _______ - Team Noltex placed their first geocache on December ___1, 2003.

X = _______ - Is Anderson Island the southernmost island in Puget Sound? If yes, use 6. If no, use 8.

Y = _______ - the number of physical caches Team Noltex placed 2015.

Z = _______ - the number of days between the day Team Noltex joined geocaching.com and the day they found their first cache.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

- urneg bs ohfu - bayl 12 - 15 srrg bss genvy - qba'g tb va gbb sne - lbh znl jnag gb nqq hc gb 0.002 gb A naq 0.001 gb J - cyrnfr yrg zr xabj jung jbexf orfg sbe lbh

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)