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Ponts sans chaussées (vol. II) Mystery Cache

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Marc 3 Scapa: Game over, container retrieved - it ends here.

Time has come to turn this page. Thanks for having accepted the mystery challenge and having visited my cache. I hope you had as much fun as I did when compiling the geocache listing.

Dous ass agesammelt an de Listing archivéiert. Merci dass Dir den Défi vum Mystery ugeholl hutt an ech hoffen Dir haat esouvill Spass beim Léisen a Siichen wéi ech ës haat beim Zesummesetzen vum Listing.
Merci fir all Är Visiten an Är Logs.

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Hidden : 3/24/2015
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

After GC5PBJQ this second cache is also dealing with bridges. There's no container at the given coords, solve first the riddle and get the correct ones. The container is a special one and holds only a logbook (no nano!) - BYOP -- The series will be completed by GC5Q84M plus a weird one (Bonus): GC67P5A.


Similar to the first mission, each bridge has to be identified and related questions have to be answered, in total 8 missions to be completed. This geocache has nothing to do with "Ponts et Chaussées", the Luxembourg civil servant department (Administration des Pont et Chaussées) in charge of the motorways (including tunnels and street lighting equipment). Any identified similarities would be of pure coincidence.

Please put the container exactly back as you found it, don't try to have a better hiding.


 

A1= Two-digit checksum of the total length of the bridge expressed in meters (no decimals)

A2= Latitude of the coords of the bridge


B1= 1st character/digit of the name of the bridge

B2= Latitude of the coords of the bridge


 

C1= Number of letters in the name of the bridge without "Bridge"

C2= Total length of the bridge expressed in kilometers (no decimals)


 

D1= Sum of road lanes and railway tracks on this bridge

D2= 1st character/digit of the name of the bridge


 

E1= 1st letter of the river flowing under this bridge

E2= 1st character/digit of the name of the bridge


 

F1= Checksum of the year (YYYY) when the bridge was completed

F2= 1st letter of the river flowing under the bridge


 

G1= Checksum of the year (YYYY) until this bridge was the longest suspension bridge main span

G2= Last digit of the year when this bridge was opened


 

H1= Checksum of the length of this bridge expressed in meters (no decimals)

H2= 1st digit of the total surface of this bridge expressed in square meters


Now go for the Ponts sans chaussées Cache #2 at:

N 49 "3" "(F2-H2)" . "A1-B1" "(A2/E2)-D2" "(B2-C1)"

E 006 "0" "F1" . "(E1/G1)" "(D1-G1)" "(C2+G2)-(H1+C1)"

Owner's Note: The given T-Rating could have been lesser. It mainly covers the way towards the FINAL from an "official place you're allowed" to leave your car, to do the necessary walk and street crossings (please do it carefully). It does NOT cover any climbing, "downhilling" or special abilities to perform in order to get the container at the final coords. Anyway the current D/T evaluation system is, according to me, not as objective as it should be and has still some room for improvement. But enjoy the last stage of your treasure hunt.



Official Stats GC5PZTD:

FTF ex aequo by Garfield1970 , Den Spuenier , Shooter-10- , Koouye & HeinekenEvil


Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Uvag qq 2015-03-28: va qhovb juvyr cvpxvat cvrprf bs vasbezngvba, cyrnfr pbafvqre znvayl gur ybpny/angvir (oevqtr eryngrq) be gur ratyvfu fbheprf Hcqngr qq 2015-12-14 pbapreavat gur svany pbbeqf: gurer'f ab pyvzovat, qbjauvyyvat be bgure qnatrebhf npgvba arrqrq/arprffnel, fgnl ba gur 20gu praghel cngu perngrq ol znaxvaq.

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)