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ASCII Compression Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

gallaghd: This wasn't the best location for a cache, and it has caused problems. So I'm archiving it.

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Hidden : 3/8/2011
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

There is absolutely nothing wrong with the coordinates above. I'm sure they would take you to a very nice location where you could enjoy God's creation. However, if you want to find this cache, I don't recommend going there; I recommend solving the puzzle instead.


I have been trying to break some of you of the habit of doing these puzzles by hand. This time, I'm just trying to break you.

ASCII is a very widely used character-encoding scheme. Unfortunately, it is a somewhat inefficient scheme in regard to storage requirements, and it is frequently encoded to reduce its size. Also unfortunately ... it must be decoded to be useful again. Or to be read to obtain coordinates.

87BF767E587A75D987A69DFBB9A14153465418F0E3D195069E68366FC787A65C8830F4413
99B940D1AAE70C5C20C3BB220AEC1C3440C1A2E70D1B2E411F7A0CDBF920D3D10A142


Please note that the above set of characters should be a single line of characters without carriage returns. I have broken it into 2 lines simply to keep the width of the page down.

The cache is located adjacent to private property. The owner is aware of the cache; however, please DO NOT go inside his fence line.


To check the coordinates, please do not go here.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Chmmyr: NFPVV bayl erdhverf 7 ovgf. Pnpur: Gerr

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)