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rufn it Mystery Cache

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donbadabon: Made the slightly muddy walk out this afternoon to grab the container.
I forgot how well it blended in, and it took me a few minutes to spot it. I was starting to get worried.

The solution -
The upper/lower case, and the grouping into 5 characters was simply a distraction. It was simply ROT13.

Once that was decoded, it revealed Capital's throughout the world. The idea was to identify the cities/countries they were a Capital of, and then
using that information to determine the coords.

These Cities / Countries mapped to the geocaching.com ID's. Take a look at your profile, and click on the "List newest in" link. In the address
bar of your browser you will see a number. That number is associated with the State/County associated with your profile.

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Hidden : 10/5/2006
Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not at the listed location.

This is a two-tiered puzzle.

Once you decode the first part, that will reveal a second code that will need to be solved in order to find the cache.

And you can thank local cacher rufnredy for this one. It was while trying to solve one of his fiendish puzzles that I came up with this idea.


The difficulty is based on the puzzle. The hide will be fairly easy.

Please, no spoiler text or photos.

Also, I welcome any suggestions on the rating of the cache.


cUbrA vkgrt hpvtn YcncE bIvqr AprgE rAgbA
UnEgs bEqUr YfvAx vgnYY vAAgU vzcUh



You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.



Congratulations to the first finders: Maryland Steelers Fan & GLM!



This cache is in Grid 80 on the VA Delorme maps.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Your final results will be in order (no reordering needed), and in the standard DD MM.MMM format] [Tier 1] - gUvfv fUvAg [Tier 2] - Ab zngu vf vaibyirq. [Tier 2] - Gurxrlvfabggurjbeqfgurzfryirfohgjunggurlcbvaggb.

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)