The given coordinates are where I was parked when I hid the geocache. To determine the coordinates of the geocache, solve the puzzle below.
I hadn't yet thought up a puzzle idea for this month; so KfromCA and nozynabor agreed on an Oktoberfest theme. Is this puzzle easy enough that you could solve it while drunk? Quite possibly. If you do solve it while drunk, please let us know! But, please don't go find it while drunk!
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: There is a lot of trash around this building in case you want to CITO. There also are cameras on the building (who knows whether they are active), but I often see Security guards driving around Southland Mall. There aren't actually thorns on the plants, but you should still be careful not to slice your fingers and hands when retrieving the cache.
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certitude.
First To Solve: yoyo ken (14 minutes)
First To Log: lmt000 (7 hours)
Named pre-hint solvers: 38
Pre-hint finds logged: 11
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