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88 More K on a P Mystery Cache

Hidden : 5/18/2018
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Don't go the posted coordinates - the cache isn't there. Here's a non-math puzzle to give the right side of your brain a workout.

Area is open dawn to dusk.

This puzzle may look familiar. The original had to be archived, so I'm redoing it in a new spot.


What is 88 K on a P? Why, 88 KEYS on a PIANO, of course. See how many of these you can figure out. I've given you the first:

A. 88 K________ on a P________

B. 18 H________ on a G________ C________

C. 15 M________ on a D________ M________ C________ (Y________ H________ H________ and

    a B________ of R________)

D. 99 B________ of B________ on the W________

E. 7 D________ in a W________

F. 12 S________ of the Z________

G. 100 C________ in a D________

H. 24 H________ in a D________

I. a P________ is W________ 1,000 W________

J. 60 S________ in a M________

K. 20,000 L________ U________ the S________

L. 76 T________ L________ the B________ P________

Now to get the coordinates:

Count the number of letters (including the starting letter) in the word in the FIRST blank you fill in on each line. Using A as an example, the word in the first blank is "KEYS", so your number for A would be 4.

The cache is at:

North A B degrees C (D - B) . (D - F) (F - G) (E x 2); West 122 degrees H L . (I - A) (J - K) (B - A)

You can check your answers for this puzzle here:

Coordinates for closest legal parking and the trailhead are in the checker, or you can apply these offsets to your solution:

Closest legal parking: add 0.046 to north and subtract 0.141 from west.

Trailhead: add 0.038 to north and subtract 0.021 from west.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

10' F bs genvy, va ubyr oruvaq sbexrq gerr.

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)