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Challenge: KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE USA Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/3/2021
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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The cache IS at the posted coordinates. You may find and sign the log at any time, but you must meet the requirements of the challenge before logging as found. Finding the cache itself is fairly easy; the difficulty rating is for the challenge part of the cache.

To meet the requirements of the challenge and log this cache as found, here is the criteria:

  1. Find caches that spell out KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE USA.
  2. The first letter of each cache is used for representation. So, if a cache is called "I'd Give My Right Arm to be Ambidextrous" then the letter "I" will represent the letter "I" in Knoxville.
  3. If a cache name begins with a number, symbol or special character then it can not be used for this challenge. For example, caches named "1 Day I'll be as Rambunctious as PokerLuck" or "# of Times I Saved Geologynut's Honor & Virtue" would be ineligible.
  4. Any cache type is acceptable.
  5. For letters that appear more than once ("L", "N", "E" & "S") you must use a different cache to represent each instance. A single cache cannot represent a letter multiple times. Since the letter "E" appears 5 times, you must have found 5 different caches that start with the letter "E".
  6. You may find and sign the log at any time, but you must meet the requirements of the challenge before logging as found.
  7. You may provide verification that you have completed the requirements in any manner you choose, but the Project-GC Challenge checker provided below is the easiest means for validation for both of us. It will provide you with an easy copy-and-paste output for your log. Here is an example of the checker output with my qualifying finds:

    Ol'Fogie has used Project-GC to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.
    K GCZBA2 Keller Bend, found on 2011-09-19
    N GC11J6P No Drug Needed, found on 2011-08-21
    O GC1Z8BJ Out Back - A Tribute to Wascalley Wabbit's 1K, found on 2011-10-15
    X GC1DPYQ X-mas at the Library, found on 2011-10-16
    V GC1P470 Very Cruel and Most Unusual, found on 2012-02-18
    I GCRWYQ I Don't Want To Grow Up, found on 2011-09-23
    L GC2TV25 Loop De loop, found on 2011-08-22
    L GCYZ5A LTL - 379 - BP's Great Escape, found on 2011-09-23
    E GC11J6T Ebenezer Jug-O-Milk, found on 2011-08-20
    T GC1E5FV The State Quarter Series - With God, all things .., found on 2011-08-22
    E GC1C5WA En Guard!, found on 2011-09-25
    N GC1RYV3 No park, just grab, found on 2011-09-25
    N GC1YNV8 No Way Out Of Here!, found on 2011-10-29
    E GC1JGQW End of Tool's Bend, found on 2011-10-29
    S GC1V8WC Sinking Creek Trailhead, found on 2011-09-24
    S GC316QM Swan's Ferry, found on 2011-10-07
    E GC1H76T E85, found on 2011-11-24
    E GC38N4A EXPOsed, found on 2011-12-28
    U GC2G8DE Up in Smoke, found on 2011-09-23
    S GC2PXVE Splash Goes the Cache!, found on 2011-11-05
    A GC1KGWV Around the Block, found on 2011-08-23

PGC Checker

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Enjoy, happy hunting and good luck spilling your ink. Cache ya later!
Ol'Fogie


Tennessee Valley Geocachers

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fghzcl. Jnvfg-uvtu vs lbh ner irel gnyy, purfg-uvtu vs lbh ner iregvpnyyl punyyratrq.

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)