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The Troms Race Mystery Cache

Hidden : 8/16/2013
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


In the summer of 2013, sveina and Team Dreggen 2 went on a comprehensive tour to find geocaches in all of the 24 municipalities of Troms. The main goal was to end the tour by signing the Troms Rundt challenge.

For each of these municipalities we created an own travel bug, which was placed in its respective municipality. These TBs are now competing in a race against each other, where the goal is to collect as many points as possible.

The points are given based on these rules:

  • For each new country the visit: 10 points
  • For each new county/state the visit: 1 point
  • For each 100 km they travel: 1 point
  • For each log message with a picture: 5 points
This is the score board for The Troms Race:
No. Municipality f #Countries #Counties #100 km #Images #Points
1    Balsfjord A 8   10   250   20   429  
2    Torsken V 2   12   40   53   326  
3    Tromsø X 4   6   192   16   307  
4    Dyrøy D 7   14   146   19   304  
5    Kvæfjord J 3   5   143   7   202  
6    Lavangen L 3   13   141   5   198  
7    Bardu B 7   8   90   4   177  
8    Skånland R 3   5   120   2   154  
9    Skjervøy S 4   5   52   11   144  
10    Ibestad G 4   6   78   6   143  
11    Sørreisa T 2   4   26   18   129  
12    Nordreisa P 5   12   66   2   127  
13    Berg C 4   11   55   4   115  
14    Målselv O 6   9   42   1   105  
15    Storfjord U 5   10   36   1   90  
16    Kvænangen K 3   5   46   1   75  
17    Karlsøy I 3   5   44   1   73  
18    Kåfjord H 3   3   28   1   55  
19    Salangen Q 2   6   28   2   53  
20    Tranøy W 2   5   33   1   52  
21    Gratangen E 2   6   27   1   47  
22    Harstad F 1   3   14   4   36  
23    Lenvik M 1   3   17   2   29  
24    Lyngen N 1   2   10   1   16  

You do not have to visit all municipalities in order to log this cache!

To find the correct coordinates, you have to click on all the 24 TB links in the table above, and answer one question pr municipality. The question is written in red below the picture of the TB. The answers should be filled in the formula below:

North = 69° O + W3(A-D+E+H-J-Q-K)2(G-K)
East = 019° B(C-LM-O)/M - R + N - S/X - V + P + FI + UT + ML - B

You can check your answers on GeoChecker.com.

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