At long last the Impossible Cache has concluded! I really took my time with this one and tried to create a worthy conclusion the series. You DO NOT need to find any of the other caches in this series to find this one. Everything needed to solve the puzzle is included below. When it comes time to actually find the cache, prepare for an all day type of activity. You are essentially hiking to South Sandia Peak, so prepare accordingly. There is no special equipment required or serious trailblazing. The challenge of the cache lies in the puzzle and length of the hike. As noted previously, the first person to complete the cache series will receive a tribute cache. Please don't include any spoilers so that everyone can have the same ammount of fun solving the puzzle. Good luck!
In order to crack the code, imagine a single note card with a red side and a green side. On the red side the words: “The other side of this card is true” are written. On the green side the words: “The other side of this card is false” are written. Which side is true? The “answer” is your key to solving this one:
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Moving on, consider a train station with some trains in it. Between noon and 1pm six trains depart the station. Between 1pm and 2pm nine more trains arrive at the station. At 2pm there are twelve trains in the station. How many trains were there at noon? Too easy? You’re answer is only half the battle. Now you must ask, why trains?
YTERO TYNXA EUEGE TSZRR OHTRE EEPOT HERVG GDSRB OIENA IEMZF TITHE UEOTT NR
For the next part of the puzzle, consider this: Say a book arrives in your mailbox one day and it tells you how to build a time machine. Then you actually build a time machine and wonder who might have given you the book in the first place. You suddenly jump in the time machine, return to the day you first discovered the book and leave it in your mailbox for your past self to discover. Who wrote the book? In order to figure this one out you might wish you could drink from the font of infinite knowledge.
For the final part of the puzzle do not be confused any mind bending riddles or perplexing paradoxes. This time you only need to use your wits and intuition. It took quite some time for me to complete this cache series. The idea for this originated all the way back in 2013. I really wanted to create a cache that was challenging both mentally and physically. At first, I was going to make this a very long multi cache that would have gone all the way up the mountain. However, that seemed like it might have been too discouraging! A cache series seemed more appropriate.
The first two caches went up without much difficulty, but the third was a real hassle. I took a break from geocaching for a while but finally got back into it in 2018. I managed to find a very difficult spot for part three, but something was not right. It simply lacked the same enjoyment that came with the previous two. I dialed back for the fourth phase and placed a cache that I felt was less difficult, but far more fun to find. Despite the many challenges I faced with this series, I wanted to do part five right. How could I make a cache challenging, enjoyable and fulfilling? The answer: a very difficult puzzle, one heck of a hike and a fantastic view at the end. After almost seven years, the series finally concludes.
This is not an easy one by any means. You might just have all the information you need already. You also might not. It’s up to you to figure it out. Were these last three paragraphs the final clue? Maybe, but the last three numbers of the coordinates might just be the hardest numbers to find period.