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Extra Mile (KPC2024) Mystery Cache

Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The cache is not located at the given coordinates. Solve the puzzle below to determine the coordinates of the cache.

Zego's new obsession renewed a couple of months ago when we were in Reno and found a toy at a Savers in Reno. Soon after, Traveling Ladybug took him into a store in Stateline, Nevada to look for Munchos chips, and he spotted a fifteen-year-old unopened toy on the counter, which was quickly purchased (for the apparently original list price of five bucks). And a month ago, we happened to be in Angels Camp and found another brand-new toy that we hadn't seen before. Now, he wants to stop every time we're on the road, even though it seems to me to be pretty unlikely that we will find more in this area. But, if any of you see one, please let us know!


Special Notes about the 2024 Puzzle Challenge: To be considered for Fastest Solver points, you must verify your solution with Certitude. Finders will receive Top Finder points when submitting Found It logs to the cache page. All "point" scoring is arbitrary, subject to change, at the discretion of the cache owner, and probably completely meaningless (unless you just want to be announced sooner at the celebration party, which will probably happen on March 16th happen on March 15th, 2025). The real challenge is to see whether I can keep from getting so frustrated by submitting caches that I decide to quit! To maintain fairness, hints should not be offered by the cache owner or other solvers until the fifteenth of the month.

Special Notes about this month's puzzle: Couldn't get any of my more complex ideas using station locations or birthplaces to work; so you get what should be an easier puzzle this month!


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First To Solve: LydiaSimmons (5 minutes)
First To Log: nozy nabor (64 minutes)
Named pre-hint solvers:  39
Pre-hint finds logged:  6
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pnpur: Gbc zhfg or chyyrq bss (vg qbrfa'g hafperj). [Puzzle Hint added July 15th.] Lrne bs vagebqhpgvba, cre Jvxv.

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)