THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES!
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To determine the solution, you will need to need to solve the puzzle and carry out the following calculations (see photo gallery). Like many who visit Hawaii, I did so in hopes of getting away from the cold wet weather of my hometown and onto the bright sunny beaches for vacation. BUT, like many geocachers, I was sure to get several puzzle solutions under my belt beforehand.
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This puzzle is one for the plane ride (although hopefully it won't take that long!). It is a replica of GC3NXQ0 "Brain Bender III" by The Fat Cars. I enjoyed solving this puzzle and thought that it deserved a little more appreciation, so here it is! The difficulty rating reflects the puzzle, not the find (which is about a 1.5 or 2). GZ holds a nice big ammo can with room for lots of swag and trackables.
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Once you solve the puzzle, you can locate and unlock the final container at the following coordinates:
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N 20° [X-C][C-Y].[X+Y][B+C+Y][B-A] W 156° [B-Z][X-Y].[C+A+Z][B+Z][A-Y]
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Lock combo = YXB
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Where A, B, and C are the numbers spelled-out horizontally (reading top to bottom) and X, Y, and Z are the numbers spelled out vertically (reading left to right). Please use natural camo to rehide well and scramble the combo so that this cache lives long! Be sure to include where you are from in your log!
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Congrats to soph_maclean for FTF!