The World Caches:
There were 6 original World Caches in this series:
And now we, the World Cache COs, plan to add six more. The plan is to have another Mystery Cache in each location. And each of these 6 new Mystery Caches will require more teamwork. So make sure you are familiar with the original 6 caches.
Cambridge England:
The 7th World Cache has been published in Cambridge. It is a Mystery cache and sets the stage for other new ones in the other 5 countries. This cache is one of those. The original Virtual Cache page at (GC7B7B5 - Virtual World Cache - Cambridge University Museums) describes how each of the other five country caches have a secret code word, phrase, or number in their logbooks. The aim is for the partners in the other five countries to get that code and pass it to the Cambridge cacher who obtained the original information from the museum.
The steps so far:
- 1: Cambridge cacher makes contact with overseas cachers in each of the 5 other countries.
- 2: Each of these 5 cachers indicates what information they need about an item in one of the museums.
- 3: Cambridge cacher visits museums and collects 5 sets of information.
- 4: Cambridge cacher send the specific country answers to each of the 5 other cachers.
- 5: Cambridge cacher sends all that information to the GC7B7B5 CO and can then log the Virtual cache
- 6: Each of the five overseas cachers use the information to get the coordinates of a physical cache in their country which they can now find and log.
- 7: Each of the 5 overseas cachers finds the code in the logbook which they send to the Cambridge cacher.
The last step was originally going to lead to an extra logging requirement for GC7B7B5 but this is no longer the case for that cache.
However this is where the new caches come in. There are already 5 codes. To find the second Cambridge cache the Cambridge cacher needs all 5 codes. Plus another 6th code from Cambridge. You will also need to get that code from the Cambridge member of your team to solve this cache. He or she will get it while doing the second World Cache in Cambridge.
So now there are 6 codes.
These 6 are all part of a puzzle that must be solved. There are (or will be) puzzles for each country for a second cache in each country. As with the Cambridge mystery cache the second cache in each of the other countries requires all 6 codes to solve each local puzzle. All the puzzles are different but the information all comes from the 6 code words/phrases so the whole team needs to collaborate for this next stage.
The puzzle for this cache:
Take the first AND last letter/digit of the following six codes:
- The Netherlands
- USA
- Australia
- Cambridge
- France
- Portugal
This results in 12 letters/digits. Put the letters in lowercase, and put the result into the following checker. Further instructions regarding the cache will be available when having entered the correct answer.
Logging your find and acknowledging your team:
The aim of these World caches is for people from 6 different countries to work together as a team to collect information from around the world. And for each cacher to only be a member of one team.
If, when you were younger, your kindergarten teacher wrote in your report “Does not play well with others” then this cache may not be for you!
To acknowledge your team mates contributions, when you log your find we would like you to please mention all your team members caching names in your online log.
Listing the names will do two things.
1: It acknowledges the international collaborative efforts of you and your team mates.
2: It allows future searchers to see who has already completed the World caches from each country. When they are searching for partners, they can then approach new people.