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Santa’s reindeer: Comet Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 11/4/2020
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


This is a series of Christmas themed caches placed around Epping Forest named after Santa’s reindeer's and based on Christmas films. Rudolph was lucky enough to host our first homemade Christmas themed Geocache but only lasted a year in the elements so has been replaced with an upgraded version with lots of storage for swaps and trackables. GC9K0RA

The phone signal can be limited so recommend that you download before you cache and can be muddy under foot. 

We hope you enjoy the series.

The Co-ordinates

The cache is not at the published co-ordinates, you will need to find the answer to the following question to solve the co-ordinates and find the cache. All the answers should be easily found with the help of google if you don’t fancy watching the films!

Elf

Elf is a 2003 American Christmas comedy film. The film centres around Buddy, a human who was adopted and raised by Santa's elves. He heads to New York City to meet his biological father while spreading Christmas cheer in a world of cynics. 

Santa crashes in Central Park when his sleigh loses its engine and cannot fly without it due to a shortage of Christmas spirit.  

Jovie leads the crowd in singing "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," helping raise enough Christmas spirit to fully power the sleigh without the engine for the first time in years. 

What is the number of the jet engine used on Santa’s sleigh? Kringle A000, B00 Reindeer-Power  

In which decade did Papa elf invent the jet engine? 19CD 

 N 51° 4D.4(A+C)A  E 000° (B-B)4.(C/3 * 2)AC

The Cache

You are looking for a small black box.

Please sign the log book and replace back in the same location out of sight and sanitise your hands before and after. Take care when retrieving this cache not to damage your surroundings.

The Solution

You can check your solution here:

With thanks to the Epping Forest Open Spaces Department and the City of London Corporation for allowing us to place this cache.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ubyr va gerr.

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)