Wayland 13.0 - Fortress of Solitude Mystery Cache
Wayland 13.0 - Fortress of Solitude
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* * * TOUGH FIND IN WINTER * *
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PLEASE TRADE SUPERHERO
AND COMIC BOOK THEMED ITEMS. IN YOUR LOG, PLEASE INDICATE WHAT
SUPER POWER YOU WISH YOU POSSESSED.
HOLY GOOGLE SEARCH, CACHEMAN! A
GEOCACHE TO TEST YOUR MUTANT POWERS OF RECALL OR GOOGLING.
THE CACHE IS NOT LOCATED AT THE COORDINATES ABOVE - THEY ARE THE
GC.COM COORDINATES FOR THE TOWN CENTER. THE CACHE IS SOMEWHERE IN
WAYLAND.
THE SUPERHEROES BELOW WILL GIVE YOU A CLUE TO THE CACHE'S LOCATION.
ALTHOUGH THE CACHE'S NAME COMES FROM THE DC COMICS UNIVERSE, ALL OF
THE CHARACTERS DEPICTED BELOW ARE MARVEL HEROES.
To find the coordinates:
- Determine the names of the characters below.
- Count the number of letters in each name
(do not count the word "the" in any
names)
- To find the last four digits of the latitude, N42°2x.xxx,
divide 17.8845 by the number of letters in the names of the
characters in the top row
- To find the last four digits of the longitude, W71°2x.xxx,
divide 34.7824 by the number of letters in the names of the
characters in the bottom row
- As a check, the first letters of the names spell out a
description of the area near the cache.
LATITUDE N42°2n.nnn
nnnn = 17.8845 / total number of letters in the names above
LONGITUDE W71°2w.www
wwww = 34.7824 / total number of letters in the names above
Math Notes: Truncate and take the four leftmost digits, out to the
thousandths place. If you're in doubt,
email me. Be sure to include all elements of your solution -
superhero names, number of letters, derived coordinates, cache
location, etc.
You can check your answers for this puzzle here:
DO NOT SEARCH FOR THIS CACHE UNLESS YOU HAVE THE COORDINATES.
THE SEARCH AREA IS LARGE, THE CONTAINER IS WELL HIDDEN, AND PRIVATE
PROPERTY IS NEARBY.
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Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
[puzzle: #3 normally rides a motorcycle. #5 is not "Storm", look at the insignia. #6 is a superhero's father; googling his name results in "OS/2 emulator". #7 is NOT riding a silver surfboard. The comic book covers in the background image will give you a clue to most of the characters' "teams" if you're really stuck.]
[parking: offset from cache N -0.263 W -0.642
worth seeing : offset from cache N -0.276 W -0.550]
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