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Cañusis (KPC2026) Mystery Cache

Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The cache is not located at the given coordinates. Solve the audio puzzle to determine the actual coordinates of the cache.

A long time ago, I used to play in a replay league, where my fantasy team was named the San José Cañusis. The actual team isn't relevant. Apparently that league still exists, even though my team was renamed when I abandoned it. But it's not even the same sport as the one used for this month's puzzle; so no need to go down that Internet rabbit hole. I have hidden the cache reasonably far away from the electrical substation; so hopefully you don't suffer any serious season-ending injuries while searching for this cache.

You will need to be able to play the .wav file that I created using Audacity and is located at the following link: Click here to access the .wav file. I warrant that to the best of my knowledge this file is safe to download and play. Geocaching.com is not responsible for its contents.

Special Notes about the 2026 Puzzle Challenge: To be considered for Fastest Solver points, you must verify your solution with Certitude. Finders will receive Top Finder points when submitting Found It logs to the cache page. All "point" scoring is arbitrary, subject to change, at the discretion of the cache owner, and probably completely meaningless (unless you just want to be announced sooner at the celebration party, which will probably happen sometime in March 2027). The real challenge is to see whether I can keep coming up with puzzles every month! To maintain fairness, hints should not be offered by the cache owner or other solvers until the fifteenth of the month.

Special Notes about this month's puzzle: I'm usually terrible at these types of music puzzles; so I did try my best to make that part as easy as possible, though I'm definitely not a sound engineer; so I apologize for the mediocre quality.

You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

First To Solve: LydiaSimmons (18 minutes)
First To Log: yoyo ken (160 minutes)
Named pre-hint solvers: 37
Pre-hint finds logged: 9
KPC2026 Solvers Scoreboard
KPC2026 Finders Scoreboard
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Additional Hints ()

[Hint added February 17th.] "Wbfé Pnñhfv? Ol gur qnja'f rneyl yvtug" b/~

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)

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