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How Strange Mystery Cache

Hidden : 12/27/2024
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


How Strange

Suppose we have a large sheet of very thin rice paper one one-thousandth of an inch thick, or a thousand sheets to the inch. We tear the paper in half and put the two pieces together, one on top of the other. We tear them in half and put the four pieces together in a pile, tear them in half and put the eigh t pieces together in a pile, and so on. If we tear and put together a total of fifty times, how high will the final stack of paper be? The usual responses are amusing. Some people suggest a foot, others go as high as several feet, and a few of the bolder ones throw caution to the winds and risk their reputation for sanity on a mile. All of them refuse to believe the correct answer, which is well over seventeen million miles!

If you think that's strange try this:

South (From Top to Bottom)

East (From Bottom Clockwise Around)

The final can be in a very busy location depending on the time of day / night you try retrieving it.  Please be stealthy.

The cache is at S 41 07.South E174 51.East

(This puzzle is slightly different to the original one released but is only one layer deep).  
Usually a "First" is the best.

How to solve:
1) Identify the animals.
2) S is starting at the top and going "Xwise"
3) E is starting at the bottom and going "antiXwise"
4) Use digital root of first letter

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Chmmyr: Qba'g bireguvax vg.. Pnpur: Unatvat ybj qbja.

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)