This cache is hidden as part of
the 2nd Vancouver Island Hide-&-Go Cache Event, February
25, 2006.
Please ignore the above coordinates -
they will simply place you in the middle of a road in the Greater
Victoria area that is a motorcyclist's delight.
The cache name, Half Slice, is an
anagram of a Natural Feature located in the Greater Victoria
area.
To determine the actual cache
location, do the following:
Solve the anagram.
Once you have done this, number each
unique letter of the result sequentially from left to right,
starting with the number 1.
Using the numerical value generated
for each letter, substitute each letter in the original anagram
with its corresponding number to generate a nine digit number, to
be called the "Generated Number".
As an example:
If the Cache Name (the anagram) had
been: LEAVE BREAK
The name of the Natural Feature would be: BEAVER LAKE
Sequentially assigning numbers to unique letters would result
in:
B=1, E=2, A=3, V=4, R=5, L=6, K=7
Applying these values to the letters in the Cache Name (LEAVE
BREAK) results in:
6234215237 (the "Generated Number") - (Note: this number is for
example purposes only).
To calculate the final coordinates,
do the following:
For the northing (in ddmm.mmm) Divide
the "Generated Number" by 132191.1458134900586
For the westing (in dddmm.mmm) Divide
the "Generated Number" by 51780.6518639230755
Both values may be rounded off at the
13th decimal place.
Cache is a medium/small Lock-n-Lock,
painted black, which contains:
Logbook, pen, geocache sheet
Delaware Geocoin
Historical Plantman Pet Rock
Disneyland Antenna Ball
Small pouch from John O'Groats, Scotland
Martha Washington U.S. Dollar Coin, found in a cache in England
Loonie
A couple of key fobs
GPS food
Mini Tape Measure
Geocaching.com stick-on
Eyeglass repair kit
Have fun! Too bad that most hand held
calculators can't handle more than 8 digits......
PLEASE DO
NOT INCLUDE SPOILERS ON THIS CACHE PAGE. LOGS INCLUDING SPOILERS
WILL BE DELETED.
You can check your answers for this
puzzle on
Geochecker.com.