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#Hashtag (KPC2020) Mystery Cache

Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The cache is not located at the given coordinates. Solve the puzzle below to determine the actual location of the cache.

Okay, so it's the end of the month, and I haven't even hidden a cache or thought up a puzzle idea yet. What should I do? Copy somebody else's puzzle (especially if it was already a copy of another puzzle). So, here's another last-minute special.

#C7C7C7

#D6D6D6#B8B8B8#D1D1D1#B0B0B0#AFAFAF#D4D4D4#B0B0B0#DBDBDB
#B1B1B1#C6C6C6#B2B2B2#C9C9C9#D0D0D0#D5D5D5#E3E3E3#D7D7D7
#B7B7B7#D2D2D2#B1B1B1#AFAFAF#E5E5E5#B0B0B0#D1D1D1#CACACA
#D3D3D3#BABABA#E0E0E0#D4D4D4#B1B1B1#DCDCDC#AFAFAF#C7C7C7

#DEDEDE

#CACACA#C8C8C8#B0B0B0#D5D5D5#DFDFDF#AFAFAF#C7C7C7#D7D7D7
#E2E2E2#C9C9C9#C6C6C6#B1B1B1#B2B2B2#BABABA#B3B3B3#D6D6D6
#E3E3E3#CACACA#C7C7C7#AFAFAF#D5D5D5#DDDDDD#C9C9C9#B0B0B0
#B9B9B9#B5B5B5#B8B8B8#D7D7D7#E4E4E4#D4D4D4#BBBBBB#E1E1E1

Special Notes about the 2020 Puzzle Challenge: To be considered for Fastest Solver points, you must verify your solution with Certitude. Finders will receive Top Finder points when submitting Found It logs to the cache page. All "point" scoring is arbitrary, subject to change, at the discretion of the cache owner, and probably completely meaningless (unless you just want to be announced sooner at the celebration party, assuming one happens sometime in 2021). The real challenge is to see whether I will have enough time to create a puzzle each month this year! To maintain fairness, hints should not be offered by the cache owner or other solvers until the fifteenth of the month.

Special Notes about this month's puzzle: Yes, the cache title is redundant, and no, that is not a clue of any kind, I just decided it looked better that way.


You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

First To Solve: NYWanderer (87 minutes)
First To Log: thanman2 (207 minutes)
Named pre-hint solvers: 29
Pre-hint finds logged: 9
KPC2020 Solvers Scoreboard
KPC2020 Finders Scoreboard
Previous KPC Puzzle: Winter Vacation (KPC2020)
Next KPC Puzzle:
Vote for Pedro (KPC2020)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Hint added February 16th.] Pbaireg ETO gb UFI. NFPVV.

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)