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Ides of March Multi-Cache

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GeoCrater: I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no word from the owner in the month or more since the last reviewer note was posted.

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Hidden : 3/15/2005
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   not chosen (not chosen)

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Geocache Description:

The above coordinates are NOT the coordinates for the cache. They bring you to the parking garage in the town of Hanover, NH, where the first 30 minutes of parking are free.

The parking garage is a good starting point for solving this puzzle.


Feel free to park elsewhere. There are parking meters & the Chamber of Commerce says this:

Parking Garage: First 3 hours are free on Saturdays

Street Parking is free after 5pm and free on Sundays

Street Parking is free on Holidays and Dartmouth Football Games

Street Parking is free on Saturdays during December.

This cache is in honor of NannyOgg’s birthday and her love of puzzle caches.

Happy Birthday, _ _ _ _ _!!

First, visit each of the locations below in any order and write down the name (usually a business) you find there:

LOCATIONS:

1. N 43° 42.050 W 072° 17.381

___________________________________ name

2. N 43° 42.056 W 072° 17.253

___________________________________ name

3. N 43° 42.011 W 072° 17.860

___________________________________ name

4. N 43° 42.060 W 072° 17.176

___________________________________ name

5. N 43° 42.091 W 072°17.423

___________________________________name

Once you have all the names written down, take the first letter of each name and shuffle the order of these five letters until you discover a single proper noun. Write the proper noun in these blanks.

a) ______ b) _______ c)______ d)_______ e)_______

When you’ve discovered the proper noun convert the letters in each blank to their numerical equivalent in the alphabet.

A=1 B=2 C=3 D=4 E=5 F=6 G=7 H=8 I=9 J=10 K=11 L=12 M=13 N=14 O=15 P=16 Q=17 R=18 S=19 T=20 U=21 V=22 W=23 X=23 Y=25 Z=26

a) ______ b) _______ c)______ d)_______ e)_______

numerical equivalents

Note that there are small letters to the left of each blank. Use them to identify where to put the numbers in the arithmetic problems below.

Insert the math answers in the coordinates to find the final, a log only micro.

PLEASE bring your own pen/pencil to the cache. And, please use stealth. Thanks.

__ Q = (4 x a ) – 3

__ T =(a x c x d) - (2 x c)

__ Y = c - b

__ Z = (a x c x 2) - (e + b - d)

N 43° Q . T W 072° Y . Z

N 43° ____._______' W ____._______'

Check sum: The minute plus decimal individual digits for North add up to 23;

the minute plus decimal individual digits for West add up to 25.

There is wifi in Hanover 0n the Green, in the Dartmouth Bookstore, or inside the Hopkins Center cafeteria.

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

Google map of final via geochecker does NOT show the correct location.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Uvagf: 1. qbja ba bar xarr 2. qba’g oyhfu abj 3. lbh pbhyq zrqvgngr urer 4. lbh jbhyqa’g jnag gb gnxr n ongu urer 5. fbzrguvat'f n yvggyr svful nebhaq urer 6. sbe Svany ernpu va qrrc

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)