Cache: G Mystery Cache
Pear Head: Area of the final has been bulldozed.
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This cache is placed to celebrate our first daughter who was born in March of 2005. She made the ~2 mile round trip trek from our house, through the woods, to setup this cache. She slept 99% of the way. :)
There are suggested parking coordinates listed below. You can drive in if you like but I suggest just parking there. The access is from the Munger Shaw Rd. All cache points are on St. Louis County tax forfeit land. There are trails which should lead you 99% of the way. From the parking coordinates it is probably about a 3 mile round trip hike. The area is hunted in the fall by deer hunters - you will walk very close to a stand or two - please don't hunt during deer (rifle) season.
The cache has three steps. It will require some simple math to do. Once you get to the first stage, you'll see three numbers in blue at about chest height. Use them to find the coordinates to the next step below:
A=1 (this used to be the "smallest number" but now I think it's gone)
B=middle number
C=largest number
D=C squared
E=B*(C+A)
The next step is at:
46 59.BDA, 92 AE.AC0
When you get to the next step you should find a post that sticks about a foot and a half out of the ground. This marker happens to also mark the NE corner of the tax forfeit land. On top of that post 6 two digit numbers, two of which are the same number (52). Use the other four numbers to find the next step:
Z=largest number
Y=next largest number
X=third largest number
W=smallest number
V=Z*(A+C)-W
U=W*(B+C)+A
T=((Y+X)*C)-W-A
The cache container is at:
46 V.0U, 92 Z.T1
If you're having a hard time and want to check to make sure you've got the right numbers, the hint below will (hopefully) confirm that you (probably) have the right numbers.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
[Letters A-E:]Fubhyq gbgny gjragl guerr jura nqqrq hc.
[Letters T-Z:]Fubhyq gbgny gjb fvkgl fvk jura nqqrq hc.
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