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Cache Rules Everything Around Me (C.R.E.A.M.) Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 9/30/2008
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Look out for the cops.

2 for 5s over here.

Got garbage down the way.


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When I started geocaching I always knew I wanted to name a cache after this song. This is my first cache, so here we, here we go...

Cache is not in front of this (impossible) location. Visit this NYC landmark to truly see what rules everything around us. The cops here are nothing to mess with. I put the Mystery Chest Box in these coordinates because it is very appropriate to the song title. It is about a short 1 mile walk north to the cache. It is in a residential neighborhood with some real nice views of the river (in the winter bring a scarf to protect your neck). Mystery Chest Box coords are also a short walk to the Ferry, which you can take to the borough that this group originally hails from.

Name that album:

Find out what 1993 (Parental Advisory) album this song appears in. The 2 digit number in the album title is what will be needed to find this cache. Replace uu with the 2 digit number.

Listen to the song:

At what age did he start smoking? = xx

How many long hard years was he struggling? = yy

How many of us were in the back of the bus? or how many G's did we make every week? = zz

uu+xx+yy=ww

N zz.71wwuu° - W ww.01uu00°


Now convert that to your preferred format of choice using http://www.geocaching.com/wpt/

NEXT: Once you get to these coordinates let your feet stomp about uu meters west to final location where the cache is hanging out at.

The word after the 2 digits in the album title is also the name of the street that this cache is located on

This is magnetic so there are only a couple logical places this cache can be.

Can it be all so simple? Yes, it can. Shame on you if you don't find it. Method to the mandess.

I left a WG dollar, dollar bill y'all. Try to leave (geo)coins and WG bills in this one as it pertains to the cache. BYOP. Thanks guys.

Edit: I made the puzzle a little tougher so you actually have to get through the song to get the coords. Still pretty easy.

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

Congrats to G.O.C. for FTF!! How fitting!

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Uvag: ______.pbz (24-ubhe fnyr fvgr) ______ Yrr (zbivr qverpgbe abg sebz OX) ______qrfgvar Nygreangr Uvag: LbhGhor anzrq nyy gurve cevagref nsgre guvf tebhc naq gurve nyohzf. Bar bs gurve cevagref vf npghnyyl anzrq nsgre guvf nyohz nf jryy. Nygreangr Qbhoyr Uvag: Grnzrq jvgu Balk sbe guvf yvar "Fpnggre lbhe cnegf sebz urer gb Onggrel Cnex" (Pvgl) Svany Ybpngvba Uvag: "Tneontr qbja gur jnl." haqrearngu, abegu raq. (qbag sbetrg gb pbaireg sbezng!)

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)