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This is a "puzzle cache." This cache is extremely easy to get to... once you figure out the right coordinates.
The coordinates listed above are not where the cache is hidden. However, the cache is within 2 miles, give or take, as the crow flies, of the listed coordinates. In fact, I'd advise you to park you car in the parking lot of the listed coordinates, grab a bite to eat at the best restaurant in New England (in my opinion), and then seek out the cache.
Here's what you have to do:
Complete and calculate the following equations to come up with two seven digit numbers. The first calculation gives you the NORTH coordinates, the second calculation gives you the WEST coordinates (without the zero in the front).
Once you have both coordinates, plot your answer on your map, or your GPS, and make sure your coordinates are within 2 miles, give or take, of the coordinates listed above, if not, you've done something wrong. Check your answers, and check your calculations.
I WILL NOT be confirming coordinates before you head out looking for the cache. So don't send me emails asking if you calculated right. However, I will say this, chances are that if you're within two miles, your calculations are good.
Any questions, feel free to contact me.
Here we go!
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Here’s the calculations for the North coordinates, or Part I, read carefully:
Add the number of letters in the combined first names of the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, subtract one, divide in half. (Note: 01/03/05. After a fascinating email from Trail Buzzards, I learned that the ORIGINAL spelling of one of the four TMNTs was incorrect when they were first released. So, be careful, because that TMNT's name was corrected in their more recent release. USE THE OLD SPELLING WHEN CALCULATING THIS NUMBER!)
Answer: ___________
PLUS
What is the atomic weight of Americium?
Atomic Weight: _____________
TIMES
There is a new “positronic” character in the movie “Star Trek: Nemesis” whose name has a number phonetically contained within it. The number contained within that name.
Number: _________
PLUS
What are the last three digits of “Jenny’s” phone number? For a good time, you should call.
Digits: _________
TIMES
In the GroundSpeak Geocaching forums associated with Geocaching.com there is a term which loosely means hyperlinking someone to the thread of a topic which has already been discussed. The number of letters in the Geocaching.com member’s “screen name” from which this term originates. (The term used and the “screen name” are usually identical).
Number of letters in name: _________
PLUS
Half of the number of times the letter x appears in this sentence.
Half of number __________
TIMES
The number of caches that the Geocaching.com member I usually cache with found on August 27, 2002. She has her own account, but she only logs in the caches she finds without me.
Number of caches: ________
TIMES
Using the formula A=1, B=2, C=3, etc., what is the value of the second letter of the state in the United States of America which has the largest land area?
Value: _________
PLUS
In the American, hardcover, first edition print of a certain book, on what page does Cedric Diggory die? (Yes, I’m aware I haven’t told you the title of the book.)
Page: __________
THEN
Divided by half
THEN
Divided by half again.
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Here are the calculations for the West coordinates, or Part II, again, read carefully:
The answer to “Life, The Universe, and Everything,” divided by the number of days in a fortnight.
Answer: ___________
PLUS
The number you get by adding up the digits of the year in which the Battle of Hastings was fought?
Number: _________
TIMES
Edgar Allen Poe invented a word in one of his poems which was sixteen letters long. Using the formula A=1, B=2, C=3, etc., the value of the fourth letter of the word.
Value: _________
(Edit: Although I thought I learned Poe invented the word, I was told recently he didn't invent it, he just made it really popular. I will do more research. - P)
MINUS
The number of the day on which Ash Wednesday falls in 2003.
Answer ________
PLUS
The point value of the word “exquisite” in regular edition Scrabble.
Point Value: ________
PLUS
The number of Wednesdays in the year 2003.
Number of Wednesdays: _________
TIMES
The sum of adding the day, month, and year of the date of release of the 100th cache I (Pantalaimon) found.
Sum: __________
PLUS
The number contained within the name of the band which sings the song "Closer."
PLUS
Which “Chapter” of the Massachusetts General Laws deals with “Crimes Against Chastity, Morality, Decency and Good Order.”
Chapter: _________
PLUS
In September of 1998, the Guinness Book of World Records proclaimed a tree in California to be the tallest living tree. What was the height of the tree, in feet, rounded down, on the day of the recording.
Height in Feet: ______________
MINUS
Add the day, month and year that the Red Sox current knuckleball pitcher was born.
Answer: ___________
TIMES
Using the formula A=1, B=2, C=3, etc., the value of the second letter of the state in the United States of America that contains within its boarders the northernmost point (not HIGHEST, NORTHERMOST POINT) in the contiguous forty-eight states.
Value: _________
MINUS
If Sunday = 1, Monday = 2, Tuesday = 3, etc., the value of the day of the week which Christmas falls on in the year 2050.
Value: ___________
GOOD LUCK!!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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