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Play Ball! Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

YetAnotherReviewer: There has been no response from the CO. Without recent communication on future cache availability, we can't hold this area for you any longer and so we are archiving this cache. Please pick up any remaining cache bits as soon as possible.

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Hidden : 12/11/2005
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is NOT at the coordinates listed. Actual cache coordinates are provided in the encrypted text below.




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The coordinates listed will take you to the middle of a circular driveway in between the two baseball fields at Trailside Park in Ashburn. Once you decrypt the text below, the cache is an easy, short walk from that spot. The encrypted text will provide you the minutes of latitude and longitude (it should be pretty obvious that it's at 39N 077W).

To find the location of the cache, decrypt the following data:

NOEZPNLKRDXMDYKYYEBWKUHTKYYZXDLZYKLZNVBGKDNABXIQDYASNKBXVXNYBOZKBNQXWFDSLSNKBXKBNQYKYAORRN

The cache is a sandwich-sized glad-lock container wrapped in camoflage duct tape.

FTF prize is a Pentagon 9-11 Memorial coin (not trackable on geocaching.com, just a cool coin).


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

1) Jura V jrag bhg gb cynl onfronyy, zl jvsr gbyq zr, "Abj lbh CYNLSNVE OYHABM." 2) Vs lbh'er snzvyvne jvgu gur uvfgbel bs Oevgvfu pelcgbtencul, gura guvf chmmyr jvyy or n Obre sbe lbh.

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)