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Havat HaBaron: Exploration Edition Multi-Cache

Hidden : 6/24/2023
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Welcome To Havat HaBaron. A location with amazing views and a semi-abandoned hotel complex to explore. The apartments at the bottom of the hill are mostly occupied, and you will see people coming and going from there. However, the hotel at the top of the hill is abandoned and dilapidated. It's not clear to me how property management can be so staggeringly incompitend as to bankrupt a location like this. But here we are.

How the hotel looked in the past (1995)

And how it looks today

Last year I placed a grab-and-go cache (GCA0A0T) near this location in the hopes of encouraging people to explore the abandoned structures. Unfortuntaely that didn't happen in practice, and I feel people missed out. So I decided to replace that cache with a much more challenging cache that will force cachers to explore.

So here's what you need to do:

The posted coordinates will bring you to the abandoned hotel. You need to find the graffities and other details shown in the photos below, and identify the blacked-out detail. Needless to say, as with any abandoned building, you need to explore with care so you don't get injured. I highly recommend you visit during daylight.

The cache is at:

N 32° 34.ABC

E 34° 56.DEF

 

Since some of the images might be hard to find, I've listed two images for each letter. So you only need to find one of each pair:

 

 

A = missing digit - 2

 

A = number of letters - 2

 

B = missing digit

 

B = Number of letters

 

C = Number of alphanumeric characters

 

C = Number of letters / 3

 

D = Number / 2

 

D = Number of letters + 1

 

E = Number of letters

 

E = Number of Hebrew letters

 

F = Number of zigzags - 3

 

F = Number of letters - 5

 

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Bcra gur obk. Frr fcbvyre cubgb

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)