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Homage to Toronto East Geocaches Mystery Cache

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

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

I've just done my 100th find and thought I'd make a cache that is dedicated to a few of the previous caches that I've done.


You've got to do a bit of work to find out the true location of the cache. You must either have done the caches I have listed below (and have an excellent memory) or be willing to do them. If any of the ones I have listed become archived, I have also noted down their original coordinates so that this cache can still be done.

Below, you will find 10 caches listed (which are no more than 13km from the listed coordinate). I have gone to 6 of them and taken a photo in some arbitrary direction at some arbitrary magnification while standing within 4m of the cache. Your job is to figure out which 6 I took the pictures at. When you have figured out which picture belongs to which cache, you will use the weight of the picture (number in the upper left hand corner of the picture) as the weight of the cache and then determine the final coordinates by finding the center of mass of the 6 chosen caches. That is the location of the "Homage to Toronto East Geocaches" cache and is less than 5km from the listed coordinate.


The 10 caches:

GC677E "Barnie Cleans the Dog House" by Barnie's Band of Gold at N43 53.740 W79 03.684
--->Archived - However, GC16C55 "The Fifth Element " has one of it's stages at this location.
GCAF46 " Jake's Place " by allwalk at N 43° 49.731 W 079° 10.379
GCCB4F "Rouge Railway Reserve" by Spud Potato Head at N 43° 49.615 W 079° 10.185
GCG0KB "Jellystone no more" by Cyber_Stingray at N 43° 50.671 W 079° 11.404
---> Archived - However, GCT5Y0 "TLI - Justice Wargrave" is 480m away
---> and GC1CK0A "Bloodhound Trails: The Mad Trapper of Rouge River" is 210m away
GCJXKT "Reesor Micro Mystery" by Decodoppler at N 43° 53.035 W 079° 12.577
---> Archived - However GCYY31 "Sixth Sanctum: Mortuary of Heaven" is at this location now
GCK9G2 "The Rotary Cache" by Newtons Crew at N 43° 48.994 W 079° 02.206
GCM70Y "Oh Cristmas Tree 3" by Lac Vertat N43 56.076 W78 58.025
---> Archived - However, GC18RAP "Over the river & through the woods..." and GC102XW "2 Bears" are both 230m away
GCNZ06 "The Mossy Hideaway" by Apples 2 Apples at N 43° 51.709 W 079° 06.536
GCQNZ6 "///////////The Millennium Square\\\\\\\\\\\" by Catchmeifyoucan at N 43° 48.765 W 079° 04.830
--->Archived - However, GC14FWY "Batten Disease Memorial" is only 490m away.
GCR9Q8 "West Lynde Micro" by PitterPatter at N 43° 52.416 W 078° 57.666
--->Archived - However, GCR9DA "Almonds" is 1.6km away

The 6 photos:

Notes:
1) In the 3 months it has taken me to set up this cache, one of the caches has already archived. I though I'd stay true to the caches I've chosen and use the ones I already picked. If you end up needing to go to that cache location to check it out, then you'll have an enjoyable walk through a nice little park with a fantastic view at the final.
2) The pictures I've taken were taken in the months of January, February and March of a year with little snow. Take that into account when deciding which pictures belong to which caches.
3) The final is located in a family friendly park. There are playground, picnic and volleyball areas there. In the winter, if there's snow on the ground, don't forget your toboggan, as there's a small toboggan hill on the way to the cache.
4) There are 151,200 different solutions to this cache, where only one is the correct one. If you successfully discover the answer without visiting any of the 10 cache locations, let me know... and, well Kudos to you for a job well done.
5) If you want to check your math, the supplied coordinate is the center of mass of all 10 caches where all the weights are 1, except for GCR9Q8, which has a weight of 6.
6) All the caches I have listed are traditional caches, so I am not giving any additional information that may speed your finding of the these caches.
7) The math required to figure this out is relatively simple and can be easily done using calculator that can display 10 digits.
8) The difficulties noted for this cache are specific to the figuring out of this cache and the walk from the parking spot to the cache. All other caches have their own difficulty assigned and are not taken into account in the difficulty rating of this cache.
9) If you're having trouble figuring out the "center of mass", do a google search on that topic. There are lots of web site that describe 1, 2 and 3 axis center of mass solutions.
10) You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Svany vf va gur abbx bs n gerr iveghnyyl qrfvtarq gb ubyq n pnpur. Gjragl svir pz'f bss gur tebhaq.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)