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Transposing Oats Multi-Cache

Hidden : 7/17/2002
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

During World War Two, one of the securest ciphers used was the “Double Transposition” method. Essentially this code requires two “key” words as its basis. You will need to research this method and then visit the two waypoints to find the two “key” words. As any good spy knows, information comes at a price. In this case time.

At waypoint one the words you are looking for are from the middle panel. They are 13 characters long. To find the co-ordinates for waypoint 2, look on a pole at a low chain mesh boundary fence at a bearing of 63 degrees approx from waypoint 1.

At waypoint two, the words to look for in the sign are longer than 9 characters. While there may be more than one key word at each location, you will have to decide which are the correct key words.

This is the secret message that needs to be transposed: NSNRD GPPRA FEEYR PAITE AUEAR SOSFP LATOT SPPER INOOT INOAS TUEWO EOSUT IRORO HCTWV SGXCN WOGOE OEEWH LSENE YUEOO WSRIO WFOAS ROPAZ OCVTE OECEF SSEDP PPHEO ITSYI NEFII REDAH YAAIE OCOTP TTDET TVAFT NIFOS PHIIR ELNES SAOTL NOESR SLIOA EEVRK VPASB NSOTC TRUEO PTR

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Qvfertneq nalbar va n oynpx envapbng naq jrnevat n ung, fgnaqvat oruvaq gur gerrf pnyyvat bhg gb lbh jvgu “cffg”

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)