Take a Sudoku,
leave a Sudoku,
solve a Sudoku,
make a Sudoku.
This cache is for all the Sudoku aficionados out there, eager
for a challenge. The cache is NOT hidden at the posted coordinates.
To derive the correct coordinates, you must solve the following 6
Sudoku puzzles. At the center of each puzzle solution, is one digit
of the coordinates.
42 22.ABC N
71 06.DEF W
The rules of the Sudoku puzzles are simple. You must place
digits, so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box,
contains the digits 1 through 9. All these puzzles have a single
solution. You might want to start with the first puzzle (A), which
should be the easiest, and can be solved using only logic. I made
the other puzzles harder. They will probably require a fair amount
of trial and error. You can go to www.sudoku.com or www.paulspages.co.uk/sudoku/howtosolve/
for useful tutorials and discussions. If you get stuck, I can't
stop you from using a Sudoku-solving program, but I ask that you
state what program you used in the log.
In the log, please write which puzzle you think is the toughest
(A through F).
And the prizes? You guessed it – more Sudoku puzzles* (with
solutuions).
*Unfortunately, the temporary micro-cache, which is in place
now, doesn't have room for more puzzles.
You can check your solution, by replacing ABCDEF with the
appropriate digits in the following URL:
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~jdevor/CheckAnswer/SudokuByMaze/ABCDEF.htm
Note: A large construction site has recently sprouted near the
cache. So far, the cache has not been disturbed or fenced off,
however, I can't promise that this won't happen in the future.
Hopefully, the construction will finish at some point in the
not-too-distant future. Though tragically, the labyrinth, for which
this cache is named, has not been so lucky. It has been destroid by
the construction, and will probably not be replaced.