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Bonsai Mountain: Discworld #6 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 3/12/2017
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

“The whole of life is just like watching a film. Only it’s as though you always get in ten minutes after the big picture has started, and no-one will tell you the plot, so you have to work it out all yourself from the clues”– Moving Pictures

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This cache has been placed within Boscombe and Southbourne Overcliff Reserve, by kind permission of Bournemouth Borough Council


Cache #6 in our Discworld series, placed out on 12th March 2017, to mark the anniversary of the death of Sir Terry Pratchett

*** FTF*** Congratulations Badcats

Bonsai mountains are to mountains what Roundworld bonsais are to trees: by means of careful placing of mirrors and control of wind, one can develop a miniature mountain. The very best can achieve glaciers, or even volcanism. As it is a very long process, this art form is usually performed by people with a lot of time on their hands, such as History Monks or anthropomorphic personifications.

The Puzzle:

N50 (The number of elephants that stand on the back of Great A’Tuin? * [The number of letters in the Real world town that is twinned with Ankh Morpork, home to the Discworld Emporium + The number of men who have a vote in Ankh Morpork’s elections?] + The number of words that make up the name of Ankh Morpork’s less than fragrant beggar).(The number of flowers that the Discworld’s first tourist have?)(The number of letters in the surname of the Discworld's purveyor of absolutely anything, C.M.O.T.?)(The number of letters in the name of Death’s raven + the number of letters in the 1st name of the saxophonist in the Band with rocks in)

W001 (The square of the number of letters in the second name of the Djelibeybi camel, who is the Disc’s Greatest Mathematician, and helped Pteppic and Ptraci escape?).(The number of letters in the name of the infamous witches human/feline companion – the number of letters in the surname of his owner)(The year in which the first Discworld novel ‘The Colour of Magic’ was published (19x3) – the number of letters in the name of Death’s apprentice?)(The number of letters in the name of Death’s horse?)

Puzzle Hint: Help can be found here: http://wiki.lspace.org/mediawiki/Main_Page

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Nppbeqvat gb Yh-Gmr, gur gevpx vf znvayl va pnershyyl fryrpgvat gur ebpx ba juvpu lbh jvyy jbex: gur bar gung jbhyq, va n srj zvyyraavn, unir orra ng gur gbc bs gur zbhagnva.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)