A Hex or a Curse? Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

rocksusan: I am permanently archiving this cache, but I do have GOOD NEWS about caching in St. Peters city parks. The Ranger Division will be sponsoring a series of multicaches in the park system. I will be working with them to set these new caches up. There WILL be a box of goodies at the end of the multi, so they should qualify as real live geocaches. Any cachers who live in the city, contact me if you would like to work with me to set up a multi or two-let's make some really good ones. It should be fun, and eventually we will again have some high quality caching in St. Peters.

Note: I removed the ALERT message referred to in my previous log entry, as it was no longer relevant. In summary, St. Peters city had prohibited geocaching in their park system as a result of liability concerrns. Their new policy will allow caches, but only those sponsored by the city.

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Hidden : 9/4/2003
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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The cache is NOT at the coordinates listed above. The actual hide is pretty easy, the difficulty rating comes from the math involved. The park has many features for you to enjoy: paved paths, a small fishing pond (currently being drained and fixed up), a deluxe playground, swimming pool for when summer rolls around again and horseshoe pits.

Those of you who work with computers probably know about hexadecimal, or hex, numbers. To the rest of us they may seem odd or mysterious, but they can be demystified. The numbers we use in everyday life are called decimal numbers, based on the number 10. For example, the decimal number 2135 means

5 ones, 3 tens, 1 hundred (10X10) and 2 thousands (10X10X10)

Hexadecimal numbers are based on the number 16. Since we only have 10 digits to work with, the letters A through F are used to denote the numbers from 10 to 15. Here are a couple of examples. The hex number 2AF would equal

15 ones, 10 sixteens and 2 256’s (16X16) to equal the decimal number 687

The hex number 5D3 would equal

3 ones, 13 sixteens and 5 256’s (16X16) to equal the decimal number 1491

Now, to find the cache, convert the following hex number to a decimal number and add it to the latitude listed above: 4D2

Convert this hex number to decimal and add it to the longitude: E93

If this is all a bit much for you, there are resources on the Web and on your computer that can convert the numbers for you.

The container is similar to a film canister and contains a scroll and small pencil. This is my first cache hidden. I hope you enjoy it, and don’t hate the math too much.

PS I forgot to give my computer-guy husband credit for thinking up the idea for this cache.

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