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Towelday Cache Mystery Cache

Hidden : 5/18/2007
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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[CZ] Pripomenutí rucnikového dne a pocta Douglesu Adamsovi
[EN] Reminder of the Towel Day and tribute to Douglas Adams



[CZ] Tuto keš založil potàfleurs. Nyní je adoptována a uložena na novém míste.
[EN] This cache was made by potàfleurs. Nowadays it is adopted and relocated.

Nedeste se, ze jde o mysterku - neni potreba premyslet (panbu chran!), jen zjistit par udaju o rucnikovem dni.

Kazdeho 25. kvetna je slaven tzv. rucnikovy den. Zkuste pozjistovat par trivialnich skutecnosti:

Proc zrovna 25. kveten?
A=3 je to tyden po datu smrti Douglase Adamse
A=5 je to tyden pred datem smrti Douglase Adamse
A=4 je to dva tydny po datu smrti Douglase Adamse

Kdo je Douglas Adams?
B=8 prvni clovek, ktery za penize jine soukrome osoby cestoval do kosmu - prvni galakticky stopar
B=1 autor knihy Stoparuv pruvodce po galaxii
B=5 hrdina knihy Stoparuv pruvodce po galaxii, pritel Forda Prefecta

Jak slavi galakticti stopari a priznivci Douglase Adamse rucnikovy den?
C=0 nesmi se ani dotknout rucniku (utiraji se do kalhot a tricek), aby mu neublizovali, protoze rucnik ma taky svoje city
C=3 cely den vsude viditelne nosi svuj rucnik
C=6 ze sveho okna (oken, cim vice, tim lepe) vyvesi rucnik jako fangli

Jaky je hlavni psychologicky vyznam rucniku?
D=3 kdyz nejaky padour (padour = ten, kdo neni stopar) zjisti, že stopar ma rucnik, automaticky predpoklada, ze vlastni rovnez kartacek na zuby, zinku, mydlo, krabici susenek, cutoru, kompas, mapu, klubko provazku, sprej proti mravencum, vybavu do deste, skafandr atd. ap. A nejen to. Rad stopari pujci kterykoli ze jmenovanych predmetu nebo cokoliv jineho, co stopar nestastnou nahodou "ztratil". Onen padour si totiz pomysli, ze ten, kdo dokazal stopovat napric a nasir celou galaxii, zit v drsnych podminkach a za par supu, porvat se s osudem a preprat ho, a kdo presto vzdycky vi, kde ma rucnik, je zrejme clovek, s nimz je nutno pocitat.
D=8 kdyz nejaky padour zjisti, ze stopar ma rucnik, automaticky predpoklada, ze je cistotny a tedy nesmrdi.
D=2 kdyz nejaky padour zjisti, ze stopar ma rucnik, automaticky predpoklada, ze neni ozbrojen.

NENI znamo, ze by rucnik bylo mozno pouzit:
E=0 jako plachtu, az poplujete na malickem voru po proudu drsne reky Moth
E=4 k zahaleni hlavy, abyste necitili jedovate pachy zrave obludy Blatotlacky z Traalu a nestretli se s jejim pohledem (je to nepredstavitelne tupe zvire, mysli si, ze kdyz ji nevidite, nevidi ani ona vas - blba jak tago, ale znacne zrava)
E=9 k utreni oken gigantickeho domu Peta-Rho na planete Abarus, pote co byly zavaty aparickou bouri

Kdyz se vas nekdo behem rucnikoveho dne zepta, co delate s tim rucnikem, reknete mu:
F=7 at vam vleze na zada
F=2 ze s clovekem, ktery s sebou nema svuj rucnik, si nemate o cem vykladat
F=0 at si koupi knihu

Souradnice finalky jsou: N 49° 12.ABC E 016° 35.DEF

Pokud jste zapomneli pisatko, muzete si pujcit tuzku, ktera je ve vicku kese, ale po zalogovani by se hodilo ji zase vratit, at je i pro dalsi stopare.

Do elektronickeho logu (papirovy ponechte strucny) prosim charakterizujte svuj vztah ke Stoparovu pruvodci po galaxii. A 25.5. nezapomente doma svuj rucnik!

[EN] Every 25th of May, the Towel Day is celebrated. Try to find out several trivial facts:

Why 25th of May?
A=3 it is one week after the death of Douglas Adams
A=5 it is one week before the death of Douglas Adams
A=4 it is two weeks after the death of Douglas Adams

Who is Douglas Adams?
B=8 the first human, who travelled to the space at somebody else's expense - the first galactic hitch-hiker
B=1 the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to Galaxy
B=5 the hero of The Hitchhiker's Guide to Galaxy, friend of Ford Prefect

How do the galactic hitchhikers and fans of Douglas Adams celebrate the Towel day?
C=0 they must not touch any towel (they dry hands using shirts and pants), so that they don't hurt him, because the Towel has his feelings too
C=3 they carry their towel with them everywhere for the whole day
C=6 they hang their towel from their window (windows, as many as possible)

What is the greatest psychological value of the towel?
D=3 if a strag (strag: non-hitch hiker) discovers that a hitch hiker has his towel with him, he will automatically assume that he is also in possession of a toothbrush, face flannel, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat spray, wet weather gear, space suit etc., etc. Furthermore, the strag will then happily lend the hitch hiker any of these or a dozen other items that the hitch hiker might accidentally have "lost". What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with.
D=8 if a strag discovers that a hitch hiker has his towel with him, he will automatically assume that he is hygieneminded and would not stink
D=2 if a strag discovers that a hitch hiker has his towel with him, he will automatically assume that he is not armed

It is NOT known that the towel can be used
E=0 to sail a mini raft down the slow heavy river Moth
E=4 to wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or to avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (a mindboggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you - daft as a bush, but very ravenous)
E=9 to wipe the windows of the gigantic dome Peta-Rho on the planet of Abarus, after them being dusted by the aparic storm

If someone asks during the towel day what you're doing with a towel, you shall tell him:
F=7 that it's none of his business
F=2 that with somebody who walks out without his towel you have nothing to talk
F=0 to go read the book

The final cache coordinates are: N 49° 12.ABC E 016° 35.DEF

In case you forgot your pencil there is a spare one in the lid. After you will write your log, please put it back in its place for other hitchhikers.

Please describe your stance on Hitchhiker's Guide to Galaxy in electronic log (keep paper log brief). And on May 25th do not forget your towel at home!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[CZ] cbq gergv cerq ceiavz an [EN] haqre guveq orsber svefg ba

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)