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Penny Farthings: The Team Wherigo Cache

Hidden : 5/20/2025
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:



The Penny Farthings are brought to you by (left to right) Leader1 the crime lord, gstall the instigator (seated), Morrisonfamily244 the cheerleader, badlands the architect, badcla the chauffeur and aaronatwake the medic.



(Taken at this cache - the last cache placed)

 

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By The Numbers:

Duration:
From conception to the the final release on July 4th 2025 this project has been in the works for over 18 months.

Geography:
Square Miles: 2400
States: Illinois ( 2944 ) Wisconsin ( 1256 )
Counties: (Illinois - 6, Wisconsin - 5)

  • IL Carroll 620
  • IL Jo Daviess 347
  • IL Ogle 715
  • IL Stephenson 975
  • IL Whiteside 8
  • IL Winnebago 279
  • WI Dane 181
  • WI Green 440
  • WI Iowa 106
  • WI Lafayette 284
  • WI Rock 245

Cache Types: (5)
Letterbox Hybrid: 191
Multi: 1
Earth Cache: 2
Traditional: 0
Mystery: 2160
Where-I-Go: 1846

Design Elements: (33)
Total Caches - 4200
Penny Farthings: 191 (These are the trail caches)
Checkered Flag: 72
Bike (baseball cap): 260
Star (Small) 11
Crash (Bike): 188
Crash (Fall-guy): 77
Balloon: 183
Border (Total): 1156
Border (Inner): 470 (This is also Morse code)
Border (Outer): 686
Heart: 58
Shamrock: 82
Spade: 104
Diamond: 76
Two Cents: 165 (77/88)
Stars (Large): 319 (11 @ 29)
Fish: 126 (3 @ 42)
Santa: 330
Boneshaker: 231
Signal: 163
Umbrella Bike: 280
Umbrella: 128

Adventure Labs [Ad Lab Art]: (82)
"25": 46
Signal: 36
 


We would like to thank the reviewers, the countless folks who donated cache containers and words of encouragement as well as our families who put up with this nonsense.


This cache is NOT at the posted coordinates. You can start searching from anywhere!
This Wherigo allows you to search for the cache using only distance clues (no directions)

The cartridge was created by -Waldmeister- and is available to download from the wherigo.com website. -Waldmeister-'s "The first Reverse Cache [WIG]" is the original cache in this family. Read the Reverse Cache FAQ here If you have never played a Reverse WIG read the instructions here.


Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Qevax Zber Binygvar

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)