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Just Shy of Half a PI Multi-Cache

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hmarq: Tnx for the poke.

I've bounced back and forth in my head on this one ... it's a fun puzzle, but the disappearing marker problem has been more than I would like from the onset ...

Final will remain in place till conditions become favorable for an easy retrieval, so if you have the coords and haven't gone to log it, now would be the time.

Perhaps the math problem will return in a future cache, perhaps not.

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Hidden : 10/20/2004
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


Half a PI

A circle with an area of 1/2 PI square kilometers would have a radius of just over 707 meters, so at 700 meters, our circle is "Just Shy" of "Half a PI" square kilometers in area.

Yep, you'll need a little math and command of your GPSr to find this!

The posted coordinates represent the center of a circle with a radius of 700 meters. The cache is placed along the perimeter of the circle in the crotch of a tree about 2 meters off the ground. Go find it!

What? You want help?

Clue ID Distance Date placed
Alpha 1,161 10/20/2004
Beta 1,394 10/20/2004
Blue Tag #495 1,372 10/20/2004
Gamma 1,008 10/21/2004

OK, for those of you that aren't up for a little circular stroll in the woods, I've placed a few clues to help you out. These clues take the form of bright yellow flags coded with an identifier or blue aluminum forestry tags. The clues are placed where the circle intersects with natural or man-made paths; streets, trails, streams, etc. I've placed 3 such clues to start, if it goes too long with no finds I'll post more ... if many people find one clue too often it may disappear :) Watch the box for updates if you're watching this cache.

The clues are in the open, placed at eye level and except for seasonal foliage should be easy to locate. Each clue, references a distance along the perimeter (in meters) of the circle to the cache. Each clue will provide 2 answers, so you'd need to find 2 clues to remove all doubt about the cache location; or be a little more adventurous and be willing to check out two locations from one clue.

Take note of the terrain rating ... you might need to prepare more than your mind for this one.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Abg nyy bssvpvny cnguf ner cnirq ...

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)

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