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Malice in Underland Mystery Cache

Hidden : 3/7/2011
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This is a sister to my nearby offset-cache, Elsie In Underland . When you've solved the puzzle below, you may like to attempt both caches at the same time. They're within walking distance of each other (if you're okay with steep hills...)

Elsie in Underland is based around the final resting place of the Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll (LC = Elsie). The author of Alice in Wonderland, he entered the "Underland" in the ninth year of the "Mauve Decade" (the 1890s), and is buried here in The Mount Cemetery.

I wasn't around in the Mauve Decade personally, but I understand that it also saw the birth of one of the greatest crime writers of all time - Agatha Christie. So from one extreme to another! Lewis Carroll wrote a children's fantasy adventure; why not go to the other end of the spectrum, and look at some famous crime authors?

(Well okay, perhaps I was just looking for a word to rhyme with "Alice", and "Malice" seemed to fit the bill...)

Anyway, crime deserves punishment! So I'm giving you "Six of the Best":

C = Agatha Christie
D = Arthur Conan Doyle
F = Ian Fleming
G = Michael Gilbert
L = Jonathan Latimer
P = Edgar Allen Poe

Cache can be found at: N51° 1L.(C-G)(L+D)C W000° 3(F-D).(G+D)(P-C)L

It's a magnetic 35mm container, with 2-hour parking nearby. Stealth may be required at GZ. Please replace in the same position whence you retrieve it.

Why not check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com? It could save you a wasted journey.

Well done to garyhoney and tjapukai for a joint FTF. Their logs seem to indicate that the puzzle and cache have achieved all I dreamt of as far as difficulty, pitfalls and general 'neatness' are concerned.

Have fun! Email me through my profile if you're getting thoroughly frustrated, and want a little nudge...

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Haqreynaq

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)