


This is a puzzle cache based on Aesop's fable about a traveller who becomes the subject of a competition between the North Wind and the Sun. The given coordinates are not where you'll find the cache. To find the cache, you'll have to solve the following puzzle:
The Sun, who must begin and end his journey across the sky each day at exactly the correct time, understands better than anyone else the importance of always knowing the time and it was he who first had the idea of dividing the day up into two lots of 12 hours. In his palace, beyond the River Okeanos which encircles the World and where he sleeps during the night, the very first clock can be found with an hour hand that goes around twice each day and a minute hand that goes around once each hour.
The North Wind is cold and rarely agrees with the warm Sun about anything. While he grudgingly admits that it can be useful to know the time of day, his own clock in his palace in distant Hyperborea has an hour hand which counts out two lots of 14 hours each day.
At half-past-thirteen one morning, when the Sun was almost at the highest point in the sky, the North Wind, fierce and icy, flew south. Far below on the ground, a man was travelling alone upon a long and dusty road. As the Sun was warm, the man's cloak hung loose behind him and this annoyed the North Wind who much preferred it when people felt cold.
"That man is wearing a cloak that is far too fine for one such as him." said the North Wind to the Sun, "Whichever of us two can strip it off his back is surely the stronger, don't you agree?"
"Yes," replied the Sun, surprising the North Wind, "I agree, and as this competition is your idea, you shall make the first attempt."
The North Wind drew in a deep breath and blew hard but the traveller simply pulled his hat down tight onto his head and clung onto his cloak. Frustrated, the North Wind blew even harder. The traveller, fearing that both his hat and his cloak would be lost, took out a length of cord, wrapped it around himself and knotted it tight, freeing up both hands to hold onto his hat. Seeing that the traveller had beaten him, the North Wind stopped blowing and told the Sun that it was his turn to try.
The Sun increased his warmth and the traveller responded by untying the cord from his waist and taking off his cap to mop the sweat from his brow. Smiling, the Sun shone even warmer and the traveller immediately sought the shade of a nearby olive tree where he sat himself down and took off his cloak.
Moral: gentle persuasion is often better than brute force.
You will find the cache at N37 57.XXX E23 42.YYY where XXX is the total number of times that the angle between the hour and minute hand is 0, 90 or 180 degrees on the Sun's clock during 11 days, and YYY is the similar number for the North Wind's clock but for only 6 days.
The cache is a magnetic nano, and you will need to bring your own pencil for signing the logbook. As the area can be busy, please be discreet when locating the cache and when hiding it again.
W (a.k.a. DidianRay)

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