Every weekday
morning and evening, day-in, day-out, so many like I drone
into the downtown core on the endless stream of busses.
Some read, some sleep, some stare into outer space and some
select few scour the roadside to find that perfect cache
location hiding spot.
This cache is for you,
the businessperson-by-day and cacher-by-night type who relies on
the Ottawa transit system to get you back home so that you can get
to your GPSr and really begin to live. This time, you can
make productive use of your transit time and search for the signs
and clues provided in this challenge. Be observant and
perhaps even ponder the origin of the unusual art, the hands, the
spikes and the plastic donut! What do they mean? Is
there a message? That I’m not sure, but suffice to say, that
at the end of your search awaits a treasure.
To find the cache you
must first locate the symbols. Then decide in what order they
appear as you transit from the West to East lane and the East to
West lane. The order in which the symbols appear are used to
provide the key to the coordinates. The West-East lane has 4
the East-West lane has 4 art symbols.
PIC CODE:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
KEY CODE:
|
West to East Lane |
East to West Lane |
|
Art order |
Matching pic letter |
Letter value |
Art order |
Matching pic letter |
Letter value |
|
1st |
|
4 |
1st |
|
3 |
|
2nd |
|
3 |
2nd |
|
0 |
|
3rd |
|
6 |
3rd |
|
5 |
|
4th |
|
6 |
4th |
|
5 |
The cache can be
found at the following location by placing the letters from the Pic
code into the Key code table above and transferring the matching
letter value into the following coordinates:
N
45 2f .cgh W 075 4a
.edb
Warning. Do not drive or walk in this
transit way it's for busses only so you will get fined, and
it's not safe. The cache is located in a readily
accessible area along the bike trail system.
Note. Cache can be solved from above
for non-transit users, however this may be trickier. Level of
difficulty increases, level of fun decreases. Please no
pictures of the container.;