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Palindrome Date / Palindrome Coordinates #45 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/2/2020
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


(2nd in a series.)

The cache is not at the listed coordinates.  No need to go there. BYOP.

  Kudos to imanXman for FTF
             and mpulele for STF,
both on 02022020 (or is it 20200202?)!

If a "Palindrome" is a word that reads the same backward as forward, then a "Palindrome Date" would be a date in numeric format which is unchanged when reversing all the digits.   Palindrome Dates are rare and Super Bowl Sunday LIV (Feb. 2, 2020) is the rarest of rare in that this date is a Palindrome date when expressed [1] in "mmddyyyy" format (02022020), [2] in "ddmmyyyy" format (02022020), or [3] in "yyyymmdd" format (20200202).

Do you think there could be such a thing as "Palindrome Coordinates" — defined as the 7 digits of our local LAT are the same forward and backward, and the 8 digits of local LON are also the same both ways?  You figure it out.

The cache is not quite at the calculated coordinates which will get you "Success" in Certitude. You must check your calculated coordinates with Certitude, because there is important information there without which you will not find the cache.  The solved coordinates (which are virtually perfect for parking) and nearby cache are located in a residential neighborhood, so please use stealth, and (as always) be respectful of residents; act as non-suspicious as is possible (although the actual cache location largely alleviates this issue).  BYOP. Have fun. 

 


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Va beqre gb znxr guvf teno, lbh zhfg ernq naq rzcybl gur rkgen vasb n pbeerpg fbyir va Pregvghqr cebivqrf. N GBGG znl or arrqrq gb rkgenpg gur ybtfurrg.

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)