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Simple As Pi Mystery Cache

Hidden : 6/9/2014
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A transcendental puzzle for geocachers who are irrational but well rounded!


The cache is not at the posted coordinates.  Going there will not help you find the cache, unless you're hungry for a slice of pie! The cache at the final location is log only - BYOP.

Pi is the mathematical constant that is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.  Being an irrational number, pi cannot be expressed as a common fraction or terminating decimal number.  Expressed as a decimal, the digits of pi never end or repeat, but continue endlessly in a seemingly random sequence.  In his science fiction novel Contact, Carl Sagan imagined that some unfathomable cosmic intelligence had hidden a message deep within the digits of pi.  An outlandish idea, wouldn't you say?  Or is it?

Cache puzzle clues:

Year the first geocache was placed
Year of the first human on the moon
Year of the first artificial satellite
Year of Declaration of American Independence
Year Columbus reaches America
Year of Wright brothers' first flight
Year of the Norman conquest of England
Year of the first human in space
 
Year of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and end of the American Civil War
Year of the first faster than sound aircraft flight
Year of publication of Darwin’s The Origin of Species
Year of confirmation of the Magna Carta
Year of Golden Spike completion of transcontinental railroad
Year the 19th Amendment gives American women the right to vote in national elections
Year that Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses
Year of Japanese invasion of Pearl Harbor

You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

Thanks to cacher Nylimb for catching an error in one of my clues!

Congratulations to geoteering for FTF!!!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pvepyrf jvguva pvepyrf - Uvqr grpuavdhr funzryrffyl pbcvrq sebz TP427XI. Vzvgngvba vf gur fvaprerfg sbez bs synggrel!

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)