A Puzzle-type Letterbox/Hybrid cache (please don't remove the ink pad or stamp; they're not swaps) set for the 2018 Winter Geolympix Mega. - The cache is NOT at the given co-ords but is within a couple of miles. You have to crack a puzzle or code to locate it.
Method 1: Use some AANDs (Aluminium Alpha-Numeric Discs. There are around 4,000 in circulation) and go to:
N51° 4 D . F (It is all about the numbers/Puzzles are a mystery to me/The Rookie Error)
D B (Cache Machine/Aliens have stolen 1/8th of the Earth!/Under a Rock)'
W000° 3 J . D (I 'heart' GC/All Day Eventing/The Logbook Octopus Wrangler)
AA (I went Geocaching but all I found was this lousy.../Wherigo, there I am/The Bad Timing)'
Picking which combination of AANDs you need could be a 1/10,000 guess, so I've added some help...
Method 2: Solve this cache's twin, and add 0.174 to the Northings and deduct 0.017 from the Westings to get the co-ords for this cache. Easy! This also works vice-versa, of course...
Method 3: Take the final digit of the years requested for these heroic people/creations to calculate the final co-ords of this cache, using the following formula. If letters are used to find letters, drop the leading number from two-digit numbers - eg. Zeus is Z is 26 becomes 6. There are larger versions in this cache's Gallery if you need a better look. Good luck!
The final is hidden at N51 4A.BC W000 3D.EF where:
A=H+J
B=Qx(L+N)
C=T+R
D=P-G
E=Z-Y
F=(M+W)xK
Checksums:
G+H+J+K+L+M+N=34.
P+Q+R+T+W+Y+Z=27.
G
The year he found international fame.
H
Year the film is set in, not released! (1981)
J
In pulp literature, not this 1982 film version.
K
Numeric value (A=1, J=0, Z=6) of the first letter of his middle name.
L
Numeric value of the first letter of the name of the writer of Odyssey.
M
Year of release of the first film of the franchise.
N
In literature, not this 2003 film adaptation.
P
The number he refused to be known as.
Q
First appearance in serialised stories.
R
This film adaptation, not the comics or series it was based on.
T
First appearance in a Marvel comic, not this 1998 film.
W
Heroic, but a hero? Year of publication of the first book.
Y
A radio Richard from 1946-1951 The numeric value of his surname's first letter. He liked to gallop like the devil...
Z
Numeric value of the first letter of the Greek hero's name.
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