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The Malta Challenge Mystery Cache

Hidden : 5/17/2013
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This is a Challenge Cache for the Maltese Islands. The cache is NOT hidden at the given coordinates.


The Challenge:

You can only go and find this cache once you have completed and proved the requirements of this challenge and after you solved the easy-peasy puzzle.

All relevant caches must be found after the publish of this challenge cache. But you have several choices to comply with the requirements:

1. possibility: Within five days find four different cache types on four islands
(e.g. 1x Multi on Malta, 1x puzzle on Gozo, 1x Tradi on Comino, 1x EC on St. Paul´s Island)

2. possibility: Within five days find one cache type on three islands, two cache types each on two islands and two cache types once on an island of your choice. 
(e.g. Tradis on Malta + Gozo + Comino; puzzle on Malta + Gozo; Earth Caches on Malta + Gozo, Multi on Gozo, Letterbox on Malta)

3. possibility: Within seven days find six different cache types on at least three islands.

4. possibility: Within four weeks find seven different cache types on at least three islands.


The Prove:

Please add the necessary information to your Log (Cache type, GC code, island, date).

The owner has found the following caches between 14.5. and 17.5.2013 to meet requirements from possibility 2:
Tradis: GCKDCQ (Comino), GC213DF (Gozo), GCHEQ7 (Malta)
Multis: GC21534 (Malta), GC3M1JX (Comino)
Earth Caches: GC3XFYV (Gozo), GC3XEGW (Malta)
Puzzle: GC3A65C (Malta)
Letterbox: GC3FPWG (Malta)


The Puzzle:

The Micro container is hidden at the following coordinates:

N 36° (2 x Malta + 8 x Comino)
E 14° (76 x Malta + 237 x Comino)

You can check your answers for this puzzle here.

Please bring your own pen.

Small note on cache maintenance: There is a local cache guardian. Name and contact info on file with geocaching.com.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

pnpur ybpngvba: orgjrra "GQ" naq "GQ" va gur jnyy

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)