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SHADOWS IN THE NIGHT - Mission 1 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/18/2006
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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|====SHADOWS IN THE NIGHT====|

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|=========Mission 01=========|

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|=\========/    \========/=|
|=|\======(__/\__)======/|=|
|=|  |===============|  |=|
\=\ |-||-||-||-||-||-| /=/
\=_|-||-||-||-||-||-|_=/
\_|-||-||-||-||-||-|_/
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--- ! THIS IS A NIGHTCACHE WHICH CAN'T BE DONE DURING DAYTIME ! ---
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21/02/2006
<<<------------------------------------------------------->>>

! Please note !
"Terrain" and "Difficulty" ratings were upgraded to 4 both
There was an error in the coords for WPT 2 and FINAL
A hint has been added
<<<------------------------------------------------------->>>

 



=============== Waypoint 1 ===============


Here you can park your car.
 

N 49°35.038

E006°10.748

 

Look for the sign on the building.

 

The first line of the sign is:

 

___. ___.   ___  ___  ___  ___  ___  ___   &   ___  ___  ___  ___

 

now replace the letters by their position in the alphabet (A=1 B=2 C=3 ...) and take the total of the digits for every character.

 

___. ___.    ___  ___  ___  ___  ___  ___   &   ___  ___  ___  ___
 

 =    =       =    =    =    =    =    =         =    =    =    =

[A]  [B]     [C]  [D]  [E]  [F]  [G]  [H]       [I}  [J]  [K]  [L]


 



=============== Waypoint 2 ===============

 

N 49° [G+D][G*G].[E*F][K+D][H+C]

E006° [K-L][F-G].[I-B][F*G][L+G]

From here you will see a single white reflector between 80° and 100°.

Go to this point.
 

 



=============== Waypoint 3 ===============


From here you will see a single white reflector between 160° and 180°.
Go to this point.


 



=============== Waypoint 4 ===============

 

From here you will see a single white reflector between 170° and 190°.

Go to this point.

 


 

=============== Waypoint 5 ===============

 

Head from this point 860m in direction 220°.
Take care of being as exact in you measurements as possible.
You should have some skills in using your GPS-reciever.

 


 

=============== Waypoint 6 ===============


JUST TO VERIFY YOUR POSITION:

To check if the position you found is correct, simply search with you torch in direction 49° there you should see a single orange reflector.

 

IF THIS IS CORRECT, NOW DO THE NEXT WAYPOINT:

For the next waypoint you have to go 781 in direction 62°.
 
 


 

=============== Waypoint 7 ===============


Here you will find a code:

___  _
__  ___  ___
 =    =    =    =
[W]  [X]  [Y]  [Z]

Write it down and walk to the reflector you see between 10° and 30°.

 


 

=============== Waypoint 8 ===============


You will find the final cache by walking from here

[Y]2*[Z]+([Z]2-[Y]+(-1))+[X]2 m

in direction

[Y]2-
4*[Z]

 



=========== HERE IS THE CACHE ===========
 



HINT:
 

ESP NLNSP TD WZNLEPO FYOPC L DTYRWP DEZYP


 



TOTAL DISTANCE: 3.7 km

 

Bring along the following stuff to complete the cache:

 

- Powerful torch (e.g. 3D-Maglite or higher)

     to search the reflectors

 

- Replacement batteries
     because doing this cache takes it's time

- Good and waterproof footwear

- A pair of gaiters might be pretty usefull


 



Footnotes:

-> ROT13 (Caesar-Cipher by 13 chars) is a cipher commonly used in Usenet postings. The term cipher itself might be a bit misleading: The ROT13-algorithm is based on a rotation of all alphabetic characters by 13. Speaking in computer terms the ASCII-values of the letters are incremented or decremented by 13.

-> Terrain rating **** means:
Difficult. A real challenge for the experienced cache hunter - may require special skills or knowledge, or in-depth preparation to find. May require multiple days / trips to complete.
 

SO PLEASE NO WHINING ABOUT SOME METERS OFF-TRAIL... ;o)

-> Difficulty rating **** means:
Difficult. A real challenge for the experienced cache hunter - may require special skills or knowledge, or in-depth preparation to find. May require multiple days / trips to complete.

 


Additional Hints (Decrypt)

GUR UVAG VF RAPELCGRQ HFVAT GUR "EBG 15" PBQR NAQ ABG NF HFHNY GUR "EBG 13"... urur Frr sbbgabgr naq abj svther bhg jung "EBG 15" vf...

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)