Another African-themed jigsaw puzzle. Agashya was the silverback mountain gorilla who headed the group we visited in 2012, and is most likely the father of the new-born gorilla in malaika54’s uncropped avatar picture. Visiting the mountain gorillas made for an amazing experience, requiring a substantial hike led by trackers and armed rangers. The permit for visiting a group now costs $1500 per person, and you are limited to a one-hour visit. The rules are that you are supposed to stay 20 feet away, but sometimes the gorillas don’t obey the rules! See the photo in the gallery. I could have reached out and touched him as he went by.
Solve the puzzle to get the coordinates for the cache.
This puzzle will be more difficult than malaika54’s Crater Elephant, with more pieces and some large areas that will require matching the outline of the pieces rather than the coloration. I started by trying almost 600 pieces, but that took me over nine hours to solve, so I backed off to 500 pieces. Have fun!
Agashya
Congratulations to Maplewood for a quick FTF!