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Quadrophenia BONUS Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

MoDaRiMa: Unfortunately this one has disappeared again. Its expensive to replace. Out of respect to those that found and solved the original puzzle, I feel its inappropriate to put something different in place. With a heavy heart I am archiving. My thanks goes to all that visited the series and put in the time to get the coordinates for and solve this bonus cache.

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Hidden : 8/12/2017
Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

QUADROPHENIA BONUS
The cache is not at the posted coordinates. The cache log is inside a Rubik's Cube that can only be opened if fully solved. It's not like a regular Rubik's cube - if you try to force the pieces off instead of solving, it will break. See picture below.

To get the location of the cache you must get information from 4 Quadrophenia caches and solve this puzzle:
N 40° Q1.Q2, W 073° Q3.Q4

The Who's rock opera Quadrophenia is the story of Jimmy Cooper - a London teenager who's mind is fractured into 4 separate personalities. Like Jimmy, the Quadrophenia caches also reflect 4 separate personalities:

Traditional - Quadrophenia # 1 - The Real Me (GC7A434)

Mystery - Quadrophenia # 2 - Is It In My Head? (GC7AAWD)

Letterbox Hybrid - Quadrophenia # 3 - 5:15 (CG7ADR5)

Multi - Quadrophenia # 4 - Love, Reign O’er Me (GC7A49P)

It is not necessary to do the caches in order, but the cache descriptions follow Jimmy's journey.


Released in 1973, Quadrophenia was The Who's sixth studio album and Pete Townsend’s third Rock Opera. Tommy was first and the second was Lifehouse - a science fiction rock opera that Townsend abandoned and partly included in the Who’s Next album and various other albums and singles. Townsend revived Lifehouse in 2000 with the release of Lifehouse Chronicles and Lifehouse Elements.

Townsend started creating a musical biography of the band named Rock Is Dead – Long Live Rock, but the project morphed into Quadrophenia - a word Townsend created combining "schizophrenia" and "quadraphonic." In Quadrophenia, each of Jimmy's 4 personalities representing a personality of a band member. The band's personalities are reflected in the following tracks:

Helpless Dancer – Roger Daltrey: A tough guy

Is It Me? – John Entwistle: A romantic

Bell Boy – Keith Moon: A lunatic

Love Reign O'er Me – Pete Townsend: A beggar, a hypocrite


DIRECTIONS & DETAILS: After you obtain the coordinates they will bring you to the back of a parking lot. Looking at the last 4 parking spots (2 on each side), the cache is closest to the Southwest spot. It is located about 4 feet from the start of the bushes at the base of a tree (the coords should bring you right in front of the tree). Bring a pen. You may need tweezers/pin to retrieve the log. Sorry, no room for SWAG. Solve it - don't break it! And please mess it all up before you put it back. Thanks!

Reach out if you need help: text or call 347.692.8897.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fbyir vg - qba'g oernx vg! Naq cyrnfr zrff vg nyy hc orsber lbh chg vg onpx. Gunaxf!

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)