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Stockbridge Mystery Cache

Hidden : 10/19/2017
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A micro container beside a bike path. 


George Stockbridge in the USA invented a vibration damper to minimise the vibrations caused by wind in long spans of power line.  The dampers look like little dumbells mounted on the power cable close to the insulators at power pylons, and some are visible from near the cache location.

To find the cache you will have to solve a cross-figure puzzle like the nearby Tesla cache.  Although the arithmetic is primary school level, a calculator may help with the bigger numbers.

Across                                                                                              Down

1     Twice 23A                                                                                 2     31A minus 20A

4     Twice 21A                                                                                 3     Three times 4D

7     6D multiplied by 25A                                                               4     Quarter of 29D

10   Three consecutive digits in ascending order                      5     Half of 10A

12   Seven times 1A                                                                         6    Eight times 14A

14   A square                                                                                   8     One hundred more than 5D

15   See 27A                                                                                    9      Four times 17A

17   23A minus 20A                                                                        11    Square of 5D

18   Twice 10A                                                                                13    Square of 1A

19    25A plus 24D                                                                          15    One more than 9D

20   See 29D                                                                                   16    8D plus 27A

21   See 4A                                                                                     20    One third of 6D

23   See 1A                                                                                     22    Half of 8D

25   Square of 30D                                                                        24    Seven times 9D

27   Three times 15A                                                                     26    Three times 25A

28   Square of 2D                                                                           27    Five times 21A

31   Same as 4A                                                                             29    Three times 20A

32   20D minus 30D                                                                       30    See 25A

 

The cache is located at 27 (A).(B)(C) South and 152 (D).(E)(F) East where:

A = 17A plus the last digit of 32A

B = Last digit of 9D

C = 14A plus last digit of 18A

D = Last 2 digits of 13D.

E = Last 2 digits of 10A in reverse order.

F = Sum of the last 2 digits of 20D.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Jbex guebhtu bar ahzore ng n gvzr. rt fdhnerf pnaabg raq va 2, 3, 7, be 8. N 3 qvtvg ahzore gjvpr n 2 qvtvg ahzore zhfg fgneg jvgu n 1, naq gur 2 qvtvg ahzore zhfg or orgjrra 50 naq 99.

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)