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Only For The Worthy! Mystery Cache

Hidden : 12/9/2004
Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Open to all on this Christmas Day!
An excellent tool to develop your skills
for solving many other similar caches.
Train yourself with eight methods of encryption,
use two magic numbers of nature,
learn how to keep geocachers from just decoding the last directions,
and see how careful you are with details.

Only The Worthy Shall Prevail!

This is a multi-step puzzle cache
It can take more than one outing to complete
Watch carefully ones footing when approaching the cache area.

Public phones are being dismantled.
We uploaded a "PhGone" image hint with the info that was on the phones.
We're sure you'll find it...

Only the decimal minutes of the coordinates are modified
The degrees N 33 and W 118 don’t change
Use only three decimals and don’t round off
Any four digit number such as a year must be
multiplied by 0.001
before used to modified the minutes of the coordinates
Some locations are free access public areas open
seven days a week but only during specific day hours

First two that reach the final cache, please follow
directions to claim a Gift Certificate for One Pound
of Chocolate or Two AMC Theaters tickets

Make yourself worthy – You can do it!


For each location the coordinates just gives you directions
to a place to go but it doesn't tell you what to do there.
You must decode everything above the bar before you go
so you know what to do when you arrive and what to look for.
Each location may have a closeby sub-location to get additional clues.


The first location is not at the coordinates above
You must decode the barcodes to find the coordinates
for Location One
No scanner required

But first read this:

Directions for Location One:

lbh jvyy abgvpr frireny lrnef. gnxr gur fvkgu lrne naq
nqq vg gb a33 43.527 gb trg gur yngvghqr. gnxr gur
svefg lrne naq fhogenpg vg sebz j118 23.431 gb trg gur
ybatvghqr sbe gur arkg fgbc.juvyr lbh ner ng guvf
yngvghqr, nqq -0.042 gb lbhe pheerag ybatvghqr zvahgrf
naq pnershyyl jevgr qbja gur cubar ahzore naq nqqerff ng
gur arj pbbeqvangrf. lbh jvyy arrq guvf nf pyhr #1 sbe
gur guveq xrl

You can go to location one now!


Directions for Location Two:

ROT13 – Lbh jvyy abgvpr gjb vqragvpny bowrpgf ng gur raq
bs Perfg Eq., tb gb gur bgure bar. Urer vf n frira
-qvtvg ahzore ba vg. Nqq gur ynfg sbhe qvtvgf gb A
guvegl guerr qrterrf sbegl sbhe crevbq svir frira gjb
gb trg gur yngvghqr. Nqq gur ahzore nffbpvngrq jvgu na
habssvpvny ubyvqnl pryroengrq ba Nyoreg Rvafgrva
oveguqnl gb J bar rvtugrra qrterrf gjragl crevbq sbhe
ryrira gb trg gur ybatvghqr.

You can go to location two now!



Directions for Location Three:

4 5 Y 0 V R 2 R S 6 O T I X 9 U F I E 4
Y R H H 6 N V W I 0 0 3 F I 4 Y A S I N
I Y S X U K 8 E R Q Y B F X 4 G T X X U
K 8 I W 7 R A J V 1 S 4 X L V X A 2 X U
X V I H R M 8 I I 5 L Z J X B V V V M 1
J V M K U Z V I R 0 O 4 I X 1 M V X X U
K 2 E X V Z B H I N J U X L R T B Q F R
X R W W 1 I Z E X R J D M X U Z Y I R B
Y V W 2 Z H 5 P J 1 X 6 L M Y O 6 T M 0
K 2 S R T J Z W X N T T I X R R V T L 1
T V G S 6 U D S R R K Z K L 6 K V R H R
M 8 I I 5 Z D I R 6 4 6 I V V U U W M A
L Z J X B Y V Z I 0 Z 5 K I 6 Z Y I P 1
T X M X 7 J V 0 L V R V 2 S 7 G 8 I E 6
Z Y I T Y G 7 Y I N J U Q M 0 0 9 4 4 D
C A S X U K 2 E X V Z B H I Z O 4 Y X R
Y R R H 5 0 S X V N I A 4 4 E B A S X U
K 2 S R T O A Y H R S Z R Y 6 K 9 G E 4
K W Y P Y 4 D V M 6 K U S 0 0 Z Y I T U
U 4 I R 7 S S I V N T U E H Q X V W W N
Z A L I 0 K D P S P G A M S 0 4 5 Y 0 V
R 2 R I R J A L M 5 G 9 G P 7 K J J S 4
Z Y I X U O 8 H O R 4

You can go to location three now!


Directions for Location Four:

FRNEPU SBEE79 6.03QV NVAFVQ R.LBHJ
VYYSVA QGUERR AHZORE FSBENG BGNYBS
GRAQVT VGFSEB ZGURSE BAGBSV G.GURS
VEFGJB EQBAGU RSEBAG VFLBH EARKGX RL

You can go to location four now!

Before you go look at the image "Location Four"

Prefinal directions:

4 T H U A V W 1 0 1 J L U U 3 S L L D 8
6 Z 9 8 0 6 L U 7 5 6 0 6 9 0 6 N V 8 K
6 3 J 4 0 5 K G 4 K 2 T V 3 7 R B 7 X 1
1 0 7 D 5 1 K S 7 X W L U U 6 K T Y 3 1
W 4 1 V K 9 4 7 Y K O K H 9 K 1 0 7 D K
9 4 Y U K J 4 4 C 9 X 2 Y E 5 R Q 1 E N
S T Y X 1 L 4 D 1 5 J L 9 7 J 4 T H U B
V W 1 0 1 J L U U 3 S L L D 8 6 Z 9 8 0
6 L U 7 5 6 0 6 9 0 6 N V 8 K 6 3 J 4 0
5 K G 4 K 2 T V 3 7 R B 7 X 1 1 0 7 D 5
1 K 5 T 4 J 7 9 A U 6 L G U 0 I W 6 D 1
S V 9 T 6 1 W Z 7 5 I W Y F 9 X 6 7 1 L
6 B G 4 K 9 4 O L U 6 L G U 0 I W S S U
K 4 P I X K O V 1 U 9 0 I U A H 2 U 8 0
2 2 G U 0 I M F U X X T L D 8 6 N 1 G 5
V K 5 C K 9 4 X U P 2 K 7 8 Y S L 5 1 U
6 L G U 0 I 5 1 7 K 9 4 S Y 0 I L H C 5
Y 5 G X 5 U 4 L

Final directions to the Cache:

AMSDO EZFAL YZASI CUIAM OHZKA FXNOV
DINCS IUISD MZAPF OFAUT FOXOC NFOUN
ALOVG UFYCP DYNTM SEMS4 BEEKU 0QICP
O2BEE KISPH LKETO FIVPH PCTVM SO2MF
1HGVL GPCGO LGOGF SIDAS MXZDA SLQCP
AIFGA SMKAS MX4DP ASIHA SZASL MIUFZ
SGBEJ LFSPH VFPCA PTNCB LXFOT EHOO2
MF1HG VLGPC FSFTO VUXIE LGTVI WNCIX
VFCPO VSNZM LCQT7 HAFFV BPAPH OKNCV
OVAOD YCFEA XMAFA LQMVT VFPCI PAMVU
OVALO 1OPH1 APSIH ASZAS LMALF AUVHO

You can go to the Cache now!


You can check your answers for Location 1A on Geochecker.com.

You can check your answers for Location 1B on Geochecker.com.

You can check your answers for Location 2 on Geochecker.com.

You can check your answers for Location 3A on Geochecker.com.

You can check your answers for Location 3B on Geochecker.com.

You can check your answers for Location 4 on Geochecker.com.

You can check your answers for the final cache on this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

Or, check and copy/paste the "Correct" image on a log note using: Submit Waypoint


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email me ALL SEVEN COORDS
or your entry will be deleted


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Make yourself Extra Worthy - Don't decrypt the hints-] Lbhe orfg sevraqf ner tbbtyrqrpbqrenaqpvcurepyrex [...but not always for simpler decoding]. Cnl nggragvba gb qrgnvyf be lbh jvyy unir gb ergenpr lbhe fgrcf. Ybbx ng gur Ncevy 7,2006 ybt ragel sbe yvaxf gb hfrshyy gbbyf gb fbyir guvf chmmyr. Sbe npghny pnpur: 4gu sebz gur evtug. Sbe cubar obbguf ba cnexf: frr abgr nobir. Ybbx ng nyy gur ybtf sbe ersreraprf, uvagf naq glcbf ercbegrq. Vs ceboyrzf jvgu PvcurePyrex: Tbbtyr - PYEY Cebsvyr - Vzntrf Sbe Trbpurpxre: gel n qvssrerag ybpngvba - gur beqre znl inel.

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)